To celebrate his 632nd Parkrun, Eddie Meehan chose to run at Rockingham, South of Perth(the one in Australia) . With the time difference, he was already well into his day before anyone else reached the start line. Congratulations to Tracy Biney who was first female finisher at Stewart Park and set a new course pb […]
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I’ve just got back from grandchildminding in Wales and then a couple of days in the Lakes but feel last Saturday’s results were so good for Nymac members, I had to publish something. So here goes:* Pride of place to Paul Bowman who showed the Aussies a clean pair of heels, taking first place at […]
a quiet Saturday with Albert Park, Flatts Lane and several others cancelled made me decide to do my first note of 2023. So, congratulations to Ian Latimer and Laurence Taylor who managed to escape the freeze by running in Australia. Ian took 53rd place out of 264 at Cairns while Laurence was 9th at Kamay […]
I was told by Eddie Meehan that Nymac members had taken 10 first in Age Category positions at Rothay Parkrun, near Ambleside in the Lake District. He didn’t say who the 10 leaders were but who am Ito disbelieve Eddie. Well done tool of them, taking a break (?) from the Lakes weekend. Back here, […]
Not content with taking first place at the iconic St Andrews Parkrun on Saturday, Alasdair Tatham set a new Age Category record win Chariots of Fire territory. Special mention too to evergreen David Watkins in second place at Albert Park where he was beaten by an incomer from Bure Valley Runners in Norfolk. A personal […]
Nymac members took three first places at Saturday’s Parkruns. Vic Brudenell was first man home at Hartlepool in a new age Category Record while Paul McLean were first male and female finishers at Stewart Park. I got to try out The Great Lines event in Gillingham while Kevin McLoughlin ran at Keswick, Alison Lloyd along […]
I was away last weekend so didn’t get the chance to mark Iain Hall’s 600th Parkrun. This week, to celebrate (?) , he travelled to Guernsey for his 601 st at his 169th different course. Quite a bit of travel with Bressay and Stornoway at least amongst other islands still to knock off.Meanwhile, not only […]
Some great results for Nymac’s rising generation on Saturday. First off , Vic Brudenell took First Place and set a new Age Category record at Beverley Westwood a time which rated 84% on the WAVA scale. And then I saw that his contemporary, David Watkins, had achieved 85% at Albert Park on the same day. […]