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An unusually warm and still morning on the Tees welcomed the Striders who lined up for the most recent club league event. 16 Striders looked to better their points total. To that end, Lindsey Spires achieved another PB. The top female, using the age graded scoring system, was Helen McIlvenny and the top male – and 3rd overall – was Paul Johnson. Meanwhile, Amelia Whitehouse joined the 1 club. Elsewhere, two Striders attended Stewart park and there were another four at Albert park where Janice Long and Paul Stephenson made to best of the conditions to set new PBs. The tourism award goes to Jeanette and Paul Appleton for their trip to Boston (no, not that one, the one in Lincolnshire)

A good week for many Striders at parkrun. No new parkrun club members this week but eight PBs were achieved. Kelly Atherton, Lindsey Spires, Katie Abel and David Horton all PB’ed at Albert park. There were seven Striders at Albert park and a further two at Stewart park. Angela Cox was the run director at Tees barrage this week and had a handful of Striders in volunteer roles. 17 Striders took part in the run with the accolades going to Gail Robinson, Kirsty Alderthay, Matthew Smith and Stephen Boddy for their new PBs. Adam Potter takes the prize for tourist of the week with his first international parkrun at Malahide in Ireland.

There were 18 Striders running at Tees Barrage this week. Diane Johnson qualified for a new black T shirt by joining the 100 club and both Veronica Taylor and Antony Hamling celebrated new PBs on this course. There were also six Striders at Albert park with Stella Hudson also joining the ranks of PB runners this week. We had a number of tourists this week with a runner at Sedgefield but the week’s prize would go to Caroline and David Horton for their trip to Newport.

Striders attended three different parkruns this week – Albert park, Tees Barrage and Sedgefield. Helen McIlvenny and Stephen Boddy both whipped around in new PBs at Albert park. 13 Striders ran at Tees Barrage and there were a hand full of volunteers helping it all run smoothly.  On a still and muggy morning along the riverside, Micheal Burke joined the 1 club in doing so becoming the 75th different Strider to run Tees Barrage and Gail Robinson took advantage of the conditions to set a new PB.  

A quieter week on the parkrun front for Striders. We had runners at Albert park, Stewart park, Tees Barrage and Northallerton. Liz Simpson was the first lady home at Tees Barrage whilst Amy Lewis set a new PB at Albert park and Anna Carruthers did the same at Stewart park.

Eight Striders took the trip to Albert park this week. The first Strider home, in yet another PB, was Adam Potter. Neil McGee also bagged himself a new PB. Craig Robinson went to his 28th different parkrun location with a first trip to Newcastle. Three Striders attended Stewart Park and two, Gail Robinson and Andy Hayes, were rewarded with PBs. It was regatta day at Tees barrage and tradition dictates that it will be windy – it was. Liz Simpson was the first lady overall and another nine Striders took the fresh air. Angela Cox was run director for the day and ably helped by numerous Strider volunteers.

There is a lot of commitment to the cause required to gain yourself a parkrun tee shirt, this week Emily Chaytor achieved her 50th run at Sedgefield and Jackie McCabe, at Albert park, became the 17th Strider to enter the 100 club. Well done to both. Five other striders completed Albert  park and Amy Lewis decided to tackle the hill at Sedgefield for the first time. We also had a representative at Hartlepool, Redcar and Stewart park. Tees barrage saw a record attendance on the day and both Rachel Carr (for the sixth successive week) and Adam Potter (sixth in seven runs) rose to the occasional with yet another PB each. 11 Striders appear in the Tees barrage results but I know that that there were a couple more –…

Caroline Horton was the first female finisher at Albert park this week and in the process scored 80%+ , getting very close the her PB. Eight other Striders followed Caroline home, with Neil McGee completing his first run here whilst Anna Carruthers set a new PB. Katie Abel travelled to Sedgefield to pick up a new PB and we also had representatives at Stewart park and Hartlepool. 11 Striders attended Tees Barrage with Rachel Carr setting her 5th successive PB along the riverside route. Over 90,000 people did a UK parkrun this week, slightly over 600 of those achieved their 50th red tee shirt run but how many of those also got a PB? I do not know but Ian Howse certainly did achieve 50 runs and a new PB! …

Seven Striders, including a couple of hardy athletes fresh from London Marathon, toed the line at Albert park with Caroline Horton knocking out another 78%+ age graded score. We also had one representative at Stewart park. Craig Robinson travelled over to Riverside parkrun and was rewarded with a new PB. Others also travelled to Hartlepool and Fountains Abbey. 13 Striders got in some practice for Mondays 10k with a run at Tees Barrage. Rachel Carr (again!) and Alison Stobbs both clocked new PBs. The simple way to look for Striders in the results is to filter the club name rather than look for actual names – if I have missed you out please check that you appear in the results as a Strider. An easy way to do this is…

Between Stockton duathlon, Fountains 10k and VLM commitments, numbers of Striders at parkrun dropped a little this week but there were still a lot of PBs set. Jill and Katie Abel travelled to Dalby forest – a first trip there for Katie and a new PB for Jill. Emily Chaytor took a big chuck out her PB at Sedgefield and we also had two representatives at Albert park. There were 18 Striders running at Tees Barrage plus some volunteers such as the timers and the tail runner. Lindsey Spires, Rachel Carr, Helen McIlvenny and David Holmes all made the best of the cool conditions to set new PBs. Well done to all those who participated in the other events this weekend – maybe we could get an event report from…