Tessa McCormick and Jacob Allen ran the quickest parkrun occasions within the UK this week (twenty sixth February).
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Evidently immediately it was primarily runners with lengthy membership names that did effectively at parkrun, notably for the chaps. Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC takes the biscuit.
Provided that it’s Nationwide XC Champs weekend we usually count on a drop within the common quick occasions, however it appears that evidently isn’t the case this yr. With a lot additional ado, the quickest park-runners of the weekend.
Tess McCormick of Vale Royal AC has began 2022 with a bang already. On the Chichester 10k earlier this month McCormick ran a PB of 34:46 to take the win and this weekend runs a 16:38 parkrun finest, not far off her highway 5k mark of 16:26 from final yr.
The quickest man, at Highbury Fields parkrun, was Jacob Allen. The Rugby and Northampton man was considered one of two underneath quarter-hour this week however the quickest by two full seconds in 14:50. After beginning the season on the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza in January with a twenty first place, Allen, now working for Highgate, has a 5k PB of 14:43 and a formidable 5000m mark of 14:19.95, each from final yr.
Busy day at Nice Denham
Not a parkrun we regularly see within the prime 10, Nice Denham options a number of occasions this week with second quickest feminine Elle Roche laying down top-of-the-line runs of the day in 17:14. The 16:48 5k runner opened up the ’22 season with a superb third on the Bedfordshire / Buckinghamshire County Championships on cross nation and it appears to be like like one other thrilling yr forward.
Alex Hampson, in a unique subject to Highbury Fields at Storey’s Area, was our different runner underneath quarter-hour with 14:52. The Peterborough & Nene Valley AC athlete broke by way of 1:55 and three:50 for 800 and 1500m final yr and begins this yr in equally vogue with a two 5k PBs on the Nottingham Winter 5K Sequence and Nottingham Holme Run 5K respectively.
Third quickest woman was Ellie Marie Monks at Southampton parkrun. On the south coast the Southampton AC runner clocked 17:19, which is a brand new parkrun finest and matches the 5k highway PB of the two:57 V35 marathoner.
The subsequent within the males’s rankings was Marc Brown at Keswick parkrun within the Lake District. The Salford Harrier ran 15:07, and has already PB’d at half marathon this yr with 65:58 on the Brass Monkey Half in January. After 2021 noticed PBs at each single distance going, Brown definitely didn’t relaxation on his laurels and hits new heights in 2022 already.
The quickest course?
We’ve hinted already however a turn-out in pressure from Marshall Milton Keynes AC at Nice Denham parkrun was sufficient to equal these working at Storey’s Area, with three a chunk making the highest 10s. 2nd, seventh and tenth versus 2nd, sixth and seventh implies that Nice Denham takes it on the line!
Males’s prime 10
1) parkrun: Highbury Fields
Jacob Allen, 14:50, Rugby & Northampton AC
2) parkrun: Storey’s Area
Alex Hampson, 14:52, Peterborough & Nene Valley AC
3) parkrun: Keswick
Marc Brown, 15:07, Salford Harriers and AC
4=) parkrun: Bushy
Bradley Goater, 15:10, Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC
4=) parkrun: Poole
Niall Caley, 15:10, Group Bathtub
6) parkrun: Nice Denham
Sam Winters, 15:20, Marshall Milton Keynes AC
7) parkrun: Storey’s Area
Ross Broomfield, 15:30, College of St. Andrews AC
8) parkrun: Lengthy Eaton
Aston Perrin, 15:31, Lengthy Eaton RC
9) parkrun: Croxteth Corridor
Matthew Crehan, 15:35, St. Helens Sutton AC
10) parkrun: Stretford
Samuel Bryan, 15:42, Salford Harriers and AC
Girls’s prime 10
1) parkrun: Bushy
Tessa McCormick, 16:38, Vale Royal AC
2) parkrun: Nice Denham
Elle Roche, 17:14, Marshall Milton Keynes AC
3) parkrun: Southampton
Ellie Marie Monks, 17:19, Southampton AC
4) parkrun: East Park
Lauren Cooper, 17:23, Shrewsbury AC
5) parkrun: Burnham and Highbridge
Hannah Taunton, 17:28, Taunton AC
6) parkrun: Buckingham
Sophie Wooden, 17:31, Sale Harriers Manchester
7) parkrun: Nice Denham
Alice Ritchie, 17:33, Marshall Milton Keynes AC
8) parkrun: Cardiff
Rachel Davies, 17:37, Swansea Harriers AC
9) parkrun: Cannon Hill, Birmingham
Bryony Haines, 17:38, Birchfield Harriers
10) parkrun: Storey’s Area
Darcie Hey, 17:39, Birmingham College AC
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