Event 143 - Season of Mists.... Autumn officially arrived in the UK on 23rd September and with it the misty mornings, but certainly not a drop in the temperature….so far! This week Eastbourne parkrun welcomed 131 runners for it’s 143rd outing with a super sixteen first timers, ten of whom had never done a parkrun before! So welcome to: Richard Potts, David Roberts, Joshua Buckwell, Robert Grew, Stuart Meeks, Philip Drake, Jennie Burgbacher, Brittmari White, Harry Pitman and Cherie Hardy. Hope you enjoyed the parkrun experience! Welcome also to the six first time visitors to Eastbourne: Tom Evans from the running club ‘My Legs Ache’ who usually runs at Kingston, Edward and Annabel Hadlow from Greenwich, Brian Davis from York and Mark Manley who has done one parkrun in Swindon and his 2nd parkrun at Eastbourne. Welcome to you all. It was also a great week for PBs with a terrific 24 runners recording a new best time this week, including all three top placed women with 3rd lady Kate Fowler recording her best time in 34 parkruns at Eastbourne. Other notable PBs went to Kate Waite, 29:40, her best time in 45 parkruns, Marco Fortmann, 21:33, his best time in 36 runs, Lance Boseley, 22:58 going under 23 minutes for the first time in 34 runs, Sharon Finch, 22:43, her best time in 17 runs at Eastbourne and Emma Richardson, 29:13, her best time in 13 parkruns Junior runners Matthew Laing and Charlie Moon were both chased to PBs over the line by Neill Horan who also managed to score himself a PB in the process! Gary Pibworth made it 4 PBs in a row, finishing in 20:50, his first time under 21 minutes and Sean Tester finished in 27:02, making it a clean sweep of a PB in every parkrun he has done so far at Eastbourne (9 in total!). Don’t forget, next week is a pacer week, so for anybody chasing that elusive PB next week is your chance. There will be pacer slots from Sub 35 minutes all the way down to Sub 21 minutes (still a couple of slots available for the super speedy: sub 19 and 20). So no excuses!! Also next week is the 10th anniversary of the first ever UK parkrun and as a celebration of this we will be visiting St Wilfrid’s Hospice coffee shop after the run for coffee and cake. Everybody is invited back there for a post run chat and results. Congratulations to Mick Andrews who completed his 50th parkrun this week, and with the t-shirts finally coming through, Graham Clark and yours truly (Nicki Howard) were presented with their 100 run tops and Tim Reading received his 50 run t-shirt Massive thanks, as ever, to all of the other volunteers this week, who help make your parkrun possible. Thanks to: Andrew BETTISS • Barbara WASHINGTON • Christine BERTRAM • Fenella MALONEY • Graham WEST • James CLOUGH • Julie REEVES • Katie BAILEY • Mike THOMPSON • Natalie MCCREATH • Nicki HOWARD • Pam HART • Ryan WALKER • Sally EASTALL • Tim READING • Tobias BAKER • Tracey ARMSTRONG We always need volunteers so if you haven’t volunteered before, please consider giving it a go. Remember we need you! Please email eastbournehelpers@parkrun if you can help. Here are the results of the 143rd Eastbourne parkrun: Mens placings: Elliot HOSKINS (SM20-24) (Unattached) was first over the line in 18:57 - first time in 2 appearances. David PERRY (VM35-39) of Hailsham Harriers, was second over the line in 19:10 - was first to finish once before. Mark CAGE (VM40-44) of Lewes AC, was third over the line in 19:30 - was first to finish once before Current standing in the Mens annual points competition Ian WESTON (Polegate Plodders) 3141 pts. Stuart BAKER (Unattached) 2679 pts. Nick EASTERBROOK (Unattached) 2583 pts. Womens placings: Cat BOUNDS (SW25-29) of Cambridge University Hare and Hounds, was first (21st overall) over the line in a new PB of 21:21. This is Cat’s second time in first place in 4 appearances. Aislinn DARVELL (SW18-19) of Wycombe Phoenix Harriers & AC, was second (25th overall) over the line in a new PB of 21:34. Kate FOWLER (VW40-44) (Unattached) was third (27th overall) over the line in a new PB of 21:46. Current standing in the Womens annual points competition Karen ADAMS (Unattached) 2863 pts. Fenella MALONEY (Unattached) 2605 pts. Charlotte SCOTT (Unattached) 2389 pts. Junior Placings: Karl Fortmann was first junior (15th overall) in 20:53. Arnold Weston was 2nd junior (16th overall) in 20:54 . Matthew Laing was 3rd junior (17th overall) in a new PB of 21.14 The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores: Nick EASTERBROOK (VM55-59) was graded 75.08% for the time 20:28 (10th overall). Angela PEERLESS (VW60-64) was graded 74.89% for the time 26:17 (71st overall). John PEERLESS (VM55-59) was graded 73.45% for the time 21:28 (22nd overall). Eastbourne parkrun started on 28th January 2012, and since then 2,311 different runners, including participants from 227 athletics clubs, have completed 13,861 runs covering a total distance of 69,305 km, and there have been 3,005 new Personal Bests. The womens record is held by Julie BRIGGS who ran in a time of 00:17:59 on 2013-05-11 (event number 69). The mens record is held by Edward HICKMAN CASEY who ran in a time of 00:15:53 on 2013-03-02 (event number 59). The Age Grade course record is held by Paula FUDGE who recorded a 89.62% run (21:21) on 15th September 2012 (event number 34). Finally, a gentle reminder to please remember to hand your position tags back at the end. We lost 4 this week! Remember, your barcode goes home, your position tag stays in the park! Finally Todays full results and a complete event history can be found on the Eastbourne parkrun Results Page. Please check out our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter (@Ebourneparkrun), to keep up to date on your parkrun news and gossip. DFYB – Don’t Forget Your Barcode! If you forget your barcode, your time will not be recorded, and you will appear as “Unknown” in the results. We had 6 unknown runners this week. If you have not yet registered for parkrun, please do so on the parkrun website and print your barcode before your next visit. See you soon, happy parkrunning and don’t forget your barcode!
Posted on: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 15:22:34 +0000
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