Author: Liz Simpson

Plenty to report this week. We'll take another look at the successful 'club-league' parkrun at Albert and Sunday's cross-country at Whitby. However, first item on the agenda is Mike Cleasby's parkrun at Chopwell Wood, Gateshead. Mike has been quietly going about his parkrun business and on Saturday he reached 2 milestones. First of those was completing run number 250. More impressive was his second milestone: Mike has now done 100 different parkrun venues. Amazing! (to put that in context, Dave Fender has done 752 parkruns over the course of 6 decades - with all but 1 at the Tees Barrage) I think Suzanne Brodie, David Murphy and Fin Pennington have done over 50 venues - but they still have some way to go to catch Mike. Thanks for spreading the…

35 Striders joined Debbie Edwards at Stewart Park on Saturday. The website photo shows our growing number of parkrun dogs! (Harley looked as calm as ever) All looks to have gone well and I wish Debbie all the best in her recovery. In-form Tom Murphy was 3rd home in a new pb. Steven Hall and Charlotte Farrar recorded pb's - whilst Emma Fleming was third lady to finish. Elsewhere, Stephen Mcneal pb'd and Izzy Morgan was third lady to finish at Albert park. Nigel Radcliffe reached run number 100 at Hartlepool. A venue which also saw Phil Baines get a new pb and Steve Cotton a 70%+ age-grading. Striders too at Carlisle, Valentines (Ilford), Sedgefield, Northallerton and Dolgellau (Wales). Paul J

Striders evenly spread over the local venues this week. At Hartlepool Abby Barker was first lady to finish and recorded a 70%+ age-grading - a feat matched by Michelle Ince. Tom Murphy came away with a new pb. At Albert Simon Russell got a new pb with a 70%+ a-g, whilst Rob Parker got an all-course pb. Izzy Morgan was first lady to finish at Sedgefield and Jonathon Archer got a 70%+ a-g at Stewart. We also had runners at York, Darlington South, Flatts Lane, Keswick, Northallerton and Woodgate Valley (Birmingham). Paul J