Author: Liz Simpson

30 Striders were present at a bright and breezy barrage on Saturday - where conditions were very much to the liking of Karen Clarke and Sarah Griffiths. Both ladies running all-course personal best times. Splendid! Kay Stokes was 3rd lady finisher and I notched 3rd for the men. Suzanne B, Colin F, Sarah G, Beverley H, Neil M, Gavin M, Elizabeth M and Claire T were the Striders among the volunteers. Throughout the run I heard encouraging comments from marshals and fellow club members. At the finish, Julia, on barcode scanning, was there with a smile and a "well done". These small acts of kindness are very much appreciated and make the event what it is. On a slightly more downbeat note Dave Fender once again failed his fitness test…

With the barrage called off, Striders tried out some of the other local parkrun courses - the majority choosing Albert and Stewart Park. Stevie Cooper ran well at Albert Park to record a new pb. At Stewart Park Stephen Mitchinson celebrated his 200th parkrun with a pb. Philip Baines joined him in the pb club. Final pb of the day went to Philip Morley at Hartlepool. Matron only allows Dave Fender to run at the barrage - so he had a day off. Runners too at York, Catterick, Rounhay, Sedgefield, Riverside, Northallerton, Bramley, Bideford and Millfield. Musze cwiczyc moj polski but I do know that Paul and Jeanette Appleton took the tourism award with a trip to the Krakow parkrun. Paul J

Run Director David Murphy had his work cut out at the barrage on Saturday. It was wet... very wet. 25 Striders tried to avoid the puddles in the warm rain. No pb's to report but we did see Sarah Winter get third female finisher. Viv and Colin also helped with volunteering. It was also a relief to see me old pal Dave Fender back fit and well. Elsewhere, it was a good day for David Holmes who celebrated his 150th parkrun with a new pb at Southwark. Beverley Harvey completed her 100th run at Fountains Abbey. And how about this for a milestone - Tony Gallilee ran his 450th parkrun at Marshall Drive. At first I wondered if this was even possible. A bit of research on the main parkrun…

31 Striders turned up at a warm and breezy barrage on Saturday. It didn't look like a pb day to me but 3 Striders proved otherwise. Those being James Boynton. Aaron Atkinson and David Edwards. Good work fellas. Dave Fender had been watching documentaries about the moon landings all week. Then, at 4am on Saturday morning Matron was awoken by screams from Dave's room. It was another terrible parkrun nightmare. The dream saw him running alongside Buzz Aldrin and Harley before all 3 were captured by Nancy Sinatra at the small canal bridge. She then transported them to a prison colony on the dark side of the moon - via a hot air balloon. Matron eventually calmed him down but there was no way he'd be passed fit to run.…