Before the weekend arrived, however, Mats and Rachel were in mid-week action at the Silverstone Grand Prix 10K. Mats ran a superb PB of 40:30 and Rachel was less than a minute behind with a finishing time of 41:23.
The first milestone of the weekend came on Saturday morning at Watermead where Mark Sadler completed his 300th parkrun. Mark was joined by a large group of club members to get the Bank Holiday weekend of racing started.
Sunday morning saw the first race of the club's summer championship, the 5-mile Wymeswold Waddle. Over 30 Barrow runners made the short journey to the nearby village with some impressive racing and category finishes in warm conditions.
Tim Don finished 3rd overall, Chris Walker 1st senior male, Rob Phillips 2nd VM50, Rachel Bentley 1st senior female and 3rd female overall, Andrea Winkless 1st VF50, Justine Albert 1st VF45, Monique Raaijmakers 3rd VF55, Rebecca Chandler 2nd senior female and Tess Kay 2nd VF65.
Wymeswold Waddle also contained a milestone with Bill Phillips following up his 400th parkrun milestone last weekend with his 50th 5-mile race. Before the weekend, Bill took a nostalgic look back at his previous 5-milers and identified his PB... a 30.45 finish at Belton in 1986!
The weekend was rounded off with the Milton Keynes Marathon and Half Marathon. Alex Toll completed his 30th marathon in 02:58:49 and finished 2nd place in the VM55 category. Lorraine Toll competed in the half marathon and finished in 01:58:11.
Congratulations to everybody for their performances, PBs, milestones, category finishes and for putting the first summer championship points on the board!
Milton Keynes Marathon
- Alex Toll 02:58:49 2nd VM55
Milton Keynes Half Marathon
Silverstone Grand Prix 10K
- Mats Vermeeren 00:40:30 PB!
- Rachel Bentley 00:41:23
Wymeswold Waddle
- Tim Don 00:27:51 3rd overall
- Chris Walker 00:29:09 1st senior male
- Rob Phillips 00:32:19 2nd VM50
- Mats Vermeeren 00:32:21
- Rachel Bentley 00:33:00 1st senior female and 3rd female overall
- Mark Platt 00:33:18
- Adam Vignali-Clarke 00:34:20
- Jonathan Dent 00:35:49
- Andrea Winkless 00:35:56 1st VF50
- Kyle Black 00:36:06
- Tony Armitage 00:35:59
- Luke Martin 00:36:00
- Ian Paramore 00:36:04 3rd VM60
- Justine Albert 00:36:09 1st VF45
- Richard Perkins 00:36:19
- Chris Trzcinski 00:37:26
- David Goodacre 00:37:36
- Monique Raaijmakers 00:38:01 3rd VF55
- Rebecca Chandler 00:38:06 2nd senior female
- Ronald Muhumuza 00:38:05
- Kathy Robinson 00:39:14
- Paul Bentley 00:39:10
- Mark Sadler 00:39:23
- Paul Leaney 00:39:55
- Claire Dennison 00:41:15
- Lorna Goodacre 00:41:24
- Keith Dennison 00:42:52
- Sue Taylor 00:44:11
- Joe Darling 00:44:13
- Oscar Ashby 00:44:44
- Rachel Gibbs 00:44:48
- John Ashby 00:45:20
- Tess Kay 00:45:40 2nd VF65
- Bill Phillips 00:50:56
- Susan Wilson 00:57:41
parkrun
Abbey Park parkrun
- Bhavesh Mistry 00:27:06
- Andy Gatward 00:31:58
Dishley parkrun
- Mark Lingham 00:22:28
- Matthew Sturgess 00:25:09
Harlow parkrun
Hove Promenade parkrun
- Ian Robinson 00:20:49
- Liz Robinson 00:25:51
Leicester Victoria parkrun
Rushcliffe parkrun
- Paul Leaney 00:25:00
- Amanda Stanbridge 00:35:53
- Julie Felstead 00:40:30
Watermead Country Park parkrun
- Mark Platt 00:21:13
- Kristie Matthiae 00:21:29
- Rob Phillips 00:21:44
- Justine Albert 00:21:44
- Vicky Elston 00:22:14
- Mats Vermeeren 00:23:20
- Rachel Bentley 00:23:22
- Dawn Storer 00:23:42
- Mark Sadler 00:24:29 300th parkrun!
- Paul Bentley 00:24:45
- Ann Hillier 00:26:18
- Nigel Hillier 00:28:10
- Joel Payne 00:28:42
- Karen Griffin 00:37:44
- Adam Goodacre 00:43:25
- Daniel Goodacre 01:03:28 (tail walker)
- Lorna Goodacre 01:03:45 (tail walker)
Wotton parkrun
Prepared by Ben Spencer with Wymeswold Waddle results help from Rachel Bentley