I did not find anybody joining a parkrun club this week although Paul Appleton joined the unofficial 150 club. This was a week to go on tour and grab a PB in the process.
Close to home, we had six Striders at Albert Park – where Lloyd Ryan whistled around in a new PB.
Five more Striders attended Stewart Park, where last week’s star performer, Jennie Johnston, grabbed a PB for the second week in a row. A mini tour group of nine attended Hartlepool. Fiona Shaw, Racheal Hall, Shaun Fletcher were not going to be outdone by Jennie as they too grabbed consecutive PBs – having thrown down that gauntlet, Gavin Morley and Michael Hodgkiss also raced to a new PB here. We also have to credit Jim Wright who had a good day out at Sedgefield and lowered his best time there.
The biggest Strider turnout was at Tees Barrage but no PBs to be seen. Angela however, will be coaching us this week on the importance of dipping on the line.
We also had representation at Flatts Lane, Northallerton, Hull, Fell Foot and arguably tourist of the week is Suzanne Brodie with her PB performance at Burnley.