Twenty seven Striders, many armed with collection buckets to aid with the AED fund appeal, attended Tees Barrage parkrun in ideal weather conditions. Sarah Winter did the double by collecting a PB and being first female finisher. Sam Johnston also had cause for a double celebration by completing his 150th parkrun in a new PB for the course. Lindsey Spires, Claire Taylor, Rachael Hall, Leah Fletcher and Michelle Hart all took advantage of the conditions to set their new PBs. Phil Swash joined the one club.
Elsewhere, we had athletes at Redcar, Stewart Park, Hartlepool, Sunderland, Northallerton and Hackworth where Katie Abel took 3rd female finisher and also set a new Striders record for that course.
Gavin Morley grabbed a new PB at Albert Park – there have now been 99 different Striders complete a run here. Mick Fawcett took a new PB at Sedgefield and I think tourist of the week would have to go to Jackie McCabe for her tour of Sedgefield.