Two of our Barrow Runners took on the Nottingham Outlaw Half Triathlon, which involves a 1.2 mile swim, a 56 mile bike ride, followed by a half marathon. Laura Browne came home in 5 hours, 53 minutes and 7 seconds while our Runner of the Month for April, Paul Leaney, won the O70-74 category in a time of 7 hours, 21 minutes and 7 seconds. Well done Laura and Paul!
Lee Godrich took on a tough route in Wales to complete the UTS Snowdonia 50k, which was actually 56.3km and included 3,432m of elevation, taking in four big climbs and descents. He had a wonderful time on a beautiful day and finished in 10 hours, 20 minutes and 14 seconds.
Sam Minion tackled the Eyams Half Marathon in a great time of 1 hour 37 minutes and 10 seconds.
And finally, over 30 of us were plodding (well, some were running rather fast...) the paths at 9am on Saturday at parkruns all over the country. A few went to the reasonably new Vicar Water Country Park to get their "V" for the alphabet challenge and Rob Phillips went back to where it all started at Bushy. We had the usual host of placings in the age categories, but also this week we had, not one, but TWO first placings in parkrun! Chris Jackson zoomed up and down the hills at Beacon Hill to beat everyone in a time of 19 minutes and 16 seconds, and Tim Hartley bolted around Rugby in 17 minutes and 20 seconds. Well done fast people! But also well done to the slower people who show up every week, set themselves goals and achieve them, like Ben Dunkley who was very pleased to have well beaten Lorna Goodacre after apparently trying to do so for a while!
UTS Snowdonia 50k
Eyams Half Marathon
Nottingham Outlaw Half Triathlon
- Laura Browne 05:53:07
- Paul Leaney 07:21:07 1st O70-74 🥇
parkrun
Beacon Hill Country Park parkrun
- Chris Jackson 00:19:16 FIRST! 🥇
- Liam King 00:22:47 1st VM40-44 🥇
- Ben Dunkley 00:25:11
- Lorna Goodacre 00:26:08 3rd VW40-44 🥉
- Alexandra Dalgetty 00:32:00
- Heather Dunkley 00:33:56
Bushy parkrun
Dishley parkrun, Loughborough
- Jonathan Rashleigh 00:23:08 1st VM50-54 🥇
- Gill Elliott 00:30:50 2nd VW60-64 🥈
- Amanda Rashleigh 00:33:16
Phoenix parkrun
Poolsbrook parkrun
Rugby parkrun
- Tim Hartley 00:17:20 FIRST! 🥇
Rushcliffe parkrun
- Matthew Wolloch 00:20:21 3rd VM40-44 🥉
- Ian Paramore 00:22:30 3rd VM60-64 🥉
- Jack Peasgood 00:23:14
- Amanda Stanbridge 00:30:54
- Julie Felstead 00:42:53
Sence Valley Forest Park parkrun
- Mark Lingham 00:21:27
- Dawn Storer 00:23:22 1st VW55-59 🥇
- Bill Phillips 00:30:40 1st VM75-79 🥇
Vicar Water Country Park parkrun
- Rachel Bentley 00:22:52 3rd female 🥉 and 1st SW30-34 🥇
- Mats Vermeeren 00:23:01 3rd SM30-34 🥉
- Rebecca Chandler 00:24:31 3rd SW30-34 🥉
- Luke Martin 00:24:33
- Mark Sadler 00:25:38 2nd VM65-69 🥈
- Paul Bentley 00:25:53
Watermead Country Park parkrun
- Vicky Elston 00:26:02 1st VW50-54 🥇
- Rebecca Edmonds 00:29:32
- Jon Walsh 00:32:47
- Katy Young 00:47:22
Prepared by Lorna Goodacre