Many congratulations to Jo GASCOIGNE-OWENS for her superb performance at the Newcastle Parkrun on Saturday 27th July, where she finished an amazing 7th overall, smashing the female 5k club record by well over 2 minutes in the process with a time of 17.33! Jo now holds club records in 5k, 10k, 10 mile and marathon distances. She just needs to beat Lyn FRATER’s half marathon record of 1.27.48, which was set in 1992, and then she has the full set!
However first Harrier home in a new 5k pb of 17.08 was the ultra consistent Bruce CROMBIE. Bruce was a great 4th overall of the 378 runners, and was 1st in the male 40 category, knocking 12 seconds off his previous 5k pb. Agonisingly Bruce was a mere 7 seconds outside the best ever Parkrun by an Alnwick Harrier, set by Richard AGAN in 2011.
Danny RICHARDSON ran well ensuring that we had 3 runners in the top 20, by finishing 19th.
To complete a great day for the club Diana WEIGHTMAN was first in the female 50 category, finishing as 6th overall female, with a 1 second pb of 22.01!
Results:
4-Bruce CROMBIE 17.08 (79.67%)
7-Jo GASCOIGNE-OWENS 17.33 (84.90%)
19-Danny RICHARDSON 18.48 (69.77%)
93-Mark DOCTOR 21.45 (62.30%)
100-Diana WEIGHTMAN 22.01 (76.15%)
148-Kim BRONZE 23.43 (62.68%)
174-Phil LEE 24.31 (62.13%)
Thanks to Rob and Sue KIRTLEY for the photos.
Also that day Dave “Dave” HINDMARSH took part in the Glasgow Parkrun. He was 79th of the 442 runners in 22.21.
The following day Gay and Richard EASTOE travelled to north east Scotland to take part in the Deeside Runners organised Ballater 10. This is a mixed terrain 10 miler organised by the Aberdeenshire club. The pair ran together finishing 126th and 127th of the 165 runners. Gay finished in 1.31.39, with Richard one second further back.
