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 […]
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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. […]
Eddie Meehan became the first Nymac member to reach 600 runs. Quite an achievement and the same as running from Middlesbrough to Ankara in Turkey. He started at Albert Park on June 2nd 2008, the second event there. How did he miss the first? Eddie has run Albert Park 207 times and has competed 341 […]
Congratulations to Sarah Towers who took on the scenic and challenging News Castle course in Stornoway on the marvellous Isle of Lewis. When I ran the half marathon in my Nymac vest there (and won 2 black puddings), my photo appeared in the local paper as ‘The New York runner crosses the line’. So I […]
Sharon Gayter added yet another honour to her long list of achievements when she became the Club’s 5th member to reach the milestone of 500 Parkruns. I had wondered last week where she would turn out and, in the end, she chose to run at Talkin Tarn near Brampton in Cumbria. William Gayter completed his […]
Last Saturday, 43 Nymac members turned out at 10 separate events and it was the older generation who posted the best performances. Brian Laverick (60-64) set a new age category record at Whitby, the relatively young Stuart Dawes (50-54) had a new pb at Stewart park while Mr Consistency, David Watkins (55-59) ran an 18.01 […]
I wasn’t going to put anything out this week, having been away for a while but when I looked at Saturday’s Parkrun results, I felt that I had no choice.First of all, David Allison ran at Bressay, in the Shetlands, where you have to catch a ferry from Lerwick before the start. Then, to beat […]
Nymac members led the field home on five separate occasions on Saturday. Jonathan Scott recorded the second fastest 5k Parkrun at Albert Park while Alasdair Tatham and Rob Moore were first men at Flatts Lane and Tapijn respectively. Kirsty Struthers and Joanna Moore were first women home at Stewart Park and Tapijn. Among the 42 […]