9 Barrow Runners headed out to Pisa in Italy with 8 running the half marathon and 1 running the full marathon. On a sunny day in this historic city, the star of the show was Jonathan Dent who ran a huge marathon PB time of 03:27:56! The half marathon runners were led home by Kathy Robinson, followed by Andrew Unitt, Claire Dennison, Sue Taylor, Monique Raaijmakers, Keith Dennison, David Robson and Ian Paramore. Well done to all who travelled out to Italy. It looked like a great trip.
We also had two PBs closer to home, with Michael Cheverton completing the ATW Nottingham Holme Run 10k in 00:35:30 and Mike Gunson completing the half marathon at the same location in 01:27:07.
There was another Nottinghamshire race over at Sherwood Pines, where Paul Leaney ran the Trail 10k in 00:55:52.
We had another international runner this weekend with Mark Sadler running the Rockingham parkrun in Australia in 00:25:19, finishing 3rd in the VM65-69 category and enjoying some lovely weather in a beautiful looking setting.
There was also the usual parkrun action closer to home, with 28 Barrow Runners taking part in 11 different parkruns in the UK: Beacon Hill, Braunstone, Bushy, Cannock Chase, Dishley, Leicester Victoria, Long Eaton, Newark, Rushcliffe, Sence Valley and Watermead.
There were plenty of category and age finishes this weekend at parkrun, with Malcolm Cook finishing 2nd in the VM50-54 category at Beacon Hill, Andrea Winkless finishing 1st in the VW50-54 category and 2nd lady at Braunstone, Mats Vermeeren finishing 3rd in the SM30-34 category and Rachel Bentley finishing 2nd in the SW30-34 category at Leicester Victoria Park, George Burdett finishing 3rd in the VM50-54 category at Long Eaton, Heather Dunkley finishing 3rd in the VW40-44 category at Newark, Dawn Storer finishing 1st in the VW55-59 category at Sence Valley, Laura Browne finishing 1st in the SW30-34 category at Watermead, Vicky Elston finishing 2nd in the VW50-54 category at Watermead, and Bill Phillips finishing 2nd in the VM75-79 category at Watermead.
Well done to everyone who raced this weekend and congratulations to Jonathan and Michael for their fantastic PBs!
Pisa Marathon
- Jonathan Dent 03:27:56 PB! 🏅
Pisa Half Marathon
- Kathy Robinson 01:46:07
- Andrew Unitt 01:47:09
- Claire Dennison 01:50:28
- Sue Taylor 01:54:37
- Monique Raaijmakers 01:56:26
- Keith Dennison 01:59:29
- David Robson 02:17:07
- Ian Paramore 02:55:22
ATW Nottingham Holme Run
Half marathon
- Mike Gunson 01:27:07 PB! 🏅
- Rosette Dikebele (awaiting result)
10k
- Michael Cheverton 00:35:30 PB! 🏅
Sherwood Pines Trail 10k
parkrun
Beacon Hill Country Park parkrun
- Malcolm Cook 00:24:33 2nd VM50-54 🥈
- David Goodacre 00:24:57
- James Armitage 00:29:13 3rd JM11-14 🥉
- Alexandra Dalgetty 00:34:09
Braunstone parkrun
- Andrea Winkless 00:22:24 1st VW50-54 🥇 2nd lady 🥈
Bushy parkrun
- Justine Albert 00:35:33
- Rob Phillips 00:35:36
Cannock Chase parkrun
Dishley parkrun, Loughborough
- Mark Lingham 00:23:16 3rd VM40-44 🥉
- Jack Peasgood 00:24:35 2nd SM30-34 🥈
- Jonathan Rashleigh 00:25:40
- Amanda Rashleigh 00:36:05 3rd VW55-59 🥉
Leicester Victoria parkrun
- Mats Vermeeren 00:21:07 3rd SM30-34 🥉
- Rachel Bentley 00:21:22 2nd SW30-34 🥈
- Rebecca Chandler 00:23:01
Long Eaton parkrun
- George Burdett 00:19:15 3rd VM50-54 🥉
Newark parkrun
- Ben Dunkley 00:28:19
- Heather Dunkley 00:28:32 3rd VW40-44 🥉
Rockingham parkrun (Australia)
- Mark Sadler 00:25:19 3rd VM65-69 🥉
Rushcliffe parkrun
- Mark Platt 00:20:17
- Paul Leaney 00:31:01
- Amanda Stanbridge 00:31:30
Sence Valley Forest Park parkrun
- Dawn Storer 00:24:36 1st VW55-59 🥇
Watermead Country Park parkrun
- Laura Browne 00:21:12 1st SW30-34 🥇
- Vicky Elston 00:27:32 2nd VW50-54 🥈
- Bill Phillips 00:30:31 2nd VM75-79 🥈
- Katy Young 00:31:14
Prepared by Ben Spencer