Author: Liz Simpson

Tony Gallilee didn't want a fuss made about his milestone on Saturday. Sorry Tony but your 500th parkrun at Flatts Lane has to be the first item on the agenda. Together with 90 volunteering credits - wow! what a brilliant achievement. The bulk of Tony's runs have been local - with Albert, Stewart, Redcar, Darlington, Flatts Lane and Sedgefield his top 6 venues.  Here's to the next 500... Liz Jordan was 3rd lady home at Flatts Lane. Elsewhere James Heslop continued his good recent form with another pb - this time at Albert Park. Hartlepool witnessed pb's for Tom Murphy and Beth Dang along with a 2nd lady finish for Sarah Winter. Abby Barker and Izzy Morgan were 2nd and 3rd lady finishers at Sedgefield - Abby also recording a…

26 Striders went along to the Sedgefield parkrun on Saturday. I've just seen some photos on the website - it looked like you all had a good time. The two main milestones I could see were Janice Long reaching 150 parkruns and Simon Russell 50. Abby Barker and Izzy Morgan were 1st and 2nd ladies to finish. Both got new pb's in the process with Izzy improving her previous best by 34 seconds. Nice work. For the gents - James Heslop, Daniele Meucci and Gareth Maloney picked up new pb's. Elsewhere Michelle Ince was 3rd lady finisher at Hartlepool - also picking up a regional age-grading. Tony Gallilee got a pb at Northallerton in his... 499th parkrun. We also had runners at Albert, Redcar, Stewart and Bramley (Leeds). Redcar was…

Following on from last week's exploits Emily Palmer had another great run on Saturday. A first sub 20-minute parkrun was achieved at Albert Park. Nice one Emily. Albert was also the venue for Helen Mcilvenny to notch up parkrun number 150. Another speedy run and regional age-grading ensued. Hartlepool witnessed regional age-gradings for Simon Russell, Gareth Maloney and Steve Cotton. Steve also recording a pb. Mark Dickenson celebrated run number 100 at Stewart Park where Emma Fleming got a new pb. Keran Hodgson pb'd at York, while Andy Laverick at Cotsford Fields and Tom Day at Woodgate Valley got 3rd place finishes. We also had runners at Oxford, Durham, Sedgefield, Darlington South, Flatts Lane, Marshall Drive, Jubilee, Chevin Forest (Leeds) and Torvean (Inverness). At the time of writing the Striders…