Author: Liz Simpson

There were milestones and pb's aplenty on Saturday. Hub of all the action was Stewart Park - with 36 Striders in attendance. Liz Simpson reached the 400 parkrun milestone - a little over 10 years from her first event. Diane Johnson completed her 250th parkrun. Good going ladies. Chloe Turner recorded an all-course pb. Nice work Chloe. Rebecca Stout and Emma Fleming picked up Stewart pb's. Emma was also the first lady to finish. Elsewhere there was another Strider doing parkrun number 250 - and that was Kirsty Alderthay at Town Moor. Tom Murphy (70%+ age-grading) and Tom Holland got all-course pb's at Hartlepool. Great work. Simon Russell achieved a 70%+ a-g at Albert. Izzy Morgan was third lady to finish, in a new pb, at Sedgefield. There were two…

Sunday saw the final event of the winter NYSD XC season at Darlington. Saturday's parkruns had big Striders turnouts at both Sedgefield and Stewart. Starting with Sedgefield - Abby Barker (70%+ age-grading) was first lady to finish. Daniel Mcilvenny got a new pb and Helen Mcilvenny a 70%+ a-g. Liz Simpson was doing her 399th parkrun... Tom Ramsey recorded a pb at Stewart. Elsewhere, Mike Cleasby hit the 300-parkrun milestone at Herrington Country. Phil Baines (70%+) got an all-course pb for the second week in a row at Albert. Good work Phil. The venue also saw Dara Mavi reach 50 parkruns and Simon Russell get a 70%+ a-g. Caroline Horton reached a 70%+ a-g at Redcar. Jamie Bentley was third finisher at Erddig (Wrexham). Emily Palmer was third lady to…

3 Striders were in great form at Hartlepool on Saturday. Sam Johnston, Phil Baines and Christopher Lovell recorded all-course pb's. Nice work fellas. Jane Stohrer got a 70%+ age-grading and Tom Marrs (70%+) was second finisher. A further 11 Striders went to Northallerton where Diane Johnson pb'd and Liz Simpson was 3rd lady to finish. Rebecca Stout pb'd at Stewart. Stevie Cooper and Simon Russell got 70%+ a-g's at Albert. Striders too at Gateshead, Sedgefield, Redcar, Darlington, Hackworth, Rushmoor, Druridge Bay, The Pastures, Jubilee and Hamsterley Forest. A reminder that next Sunday is the NYSD Darlington relays. It's a manageable 2 miles per person on tarmac round South Park. I think the ladies have teams of 3 and the gents 4. Our six individual age-category medals and the Ladies overall…