The 13th may be considered unlucky by some but for Vegan Runners numbers soared again for parkrun attendance on 13th May with 782 taking part compared to 729 last week! We repped at 353 parkrun locations. 73 of us volunteered and 709 grabbed a parkrun finish token – read on to find out if you feature in this week’s report.
Lots of Vegan Runner meet ups took place this week the largest of which were at Hastings (11), Harleston Magpies (10), Blaise Castle (9). Thames Path – which is a brand-new location in its 2nd event had eight Vegan Runners as did Ashton Court, Swansea Bay and Beckenham Place. Rushmoor, Southampton and Worcester hosted seven Vegan Runners and Bognor Regis, Dartford Heath, Folkestone, Ganger Farm and Scunthorpe had six VRs repping.
Sixteen first places were bagged by Vegan Runners on this thirteenth day of May – more first places than any other club – proving that a vegan diet is the optimal way to fuel top running performance. Congratulations to Andy Gardiner, Philip Nind, Ben Parmar, Matthew Rhodes, Matthew Timms, Andrew Millis, Matthias May, Thomas Almond, Darren Comeau, Matthew Wheat, Gareth Pritchard, Michael Slack, Matt Stephens, Pawel Pasko, Harley Team Vegan (Australia) and Matt Edmonds.
Congratulations to the seven first ladies this week with superb times from Catherine Allen, Laura Pettitt, Marti Spence, Rebecca Lait, Jenny Katsoni, Kate Telford and Caroline McAleese. Plant power.
Top age graded on this mid-May morning for ten Vegan Runners – which again is more than any other running club – Margaret Pritchard, Caroline McAleese, Matthias May, Gary Farquharson, Philip Nind, Stephen Boyton, Michael Slack, Gareth Pritchard and James Thompson – brilliant repping from you all.
The average time for all Vegan Runners this week was 29:46 – another sub-30!
Vegan Runners parkrun is such a great club to be part of, as proven by these milestones this week for:
Barnaby Norman 100
Jenny Chakravarty 100
Melanie Hamilton 150
Rosalie Hoskins 150
Karin Glöckle 200
Katy Wilson 200
Marti Spence 300
On the noughtie step this week we can put Nathann Thornton, Kevin Bunn, Kerry Irwin-hall, Karen Ratcliffe, Kevin Morris, Emma Gaut, Vicky Johns, Amy Fell and Jon Taylor. Congratulations!
Finish tokens with a multiple of 50 were bagged by Elaine Banks, Mark Gretton, Peter Holt, Rebecca Hawes, Kyle Martyn-Clark, Mark Myer, Susan MacDonald, Heath List, Charlie Cooper, Lee Poynter, Marcine Hammond, Tom Barratt, Rebecca Nisbet, Mike Harling, Lydia Seager and Maria Rita Fiannacca.
Just for fun Repdigit Reppers this week were, in 11th place: James Broady, Andy Olejnik, Richard Pedrick, Jenny Katsoni, Finn Bundy, Robert Ottolangui, Scott Bates. 22nd: Kevin Bunn, Deborah English, Mike Harper, Kathryn Lamb, Simon Mcmurtary, Wayne Crisp. 33rd: Bev Dennis, Susan Waller-Toyne, August Frew, Theo Deacon, Mary P Scott, David Stephens-Mikesch, Matthew Symonds, Rory Browne. 44th: Helen Skilton, Emily Pinto, Simon Fitzmaurice. 55th: Nina Nickerson, Angela Cresswell, Mark Oborn, Eloise Kate Billington, Helen Jenkins. 66th: Sam Gateley-Preece, Sam Bagnall, Taryn Archer, Lucy Johnston, Julia Garan, Kristy Lee James. 77th: Sam Gateley-Preece, Sam Bagnall, Taryn Archer, Lucy Johnston, Julia Garan, Kristy Lee James. 88th: Steven Liddle and Jane Willmott. 99th: Thom Milner, Alex Forrest, Bob Stephenson, Martin Leake and 111th: James Maker, Lindsey Cotterill and Tam Sanger.
2023 VRUK parkrun League
Number of Global parkrun days so far in 2023: 23
Number of UK parkrun days so far in 2023: 20
Have run at 21 different events: 3
Have run at 20 different events: 5
Have run at 19 different events: 4
Have run at 10-18 different events: 118
Have run at 2-9 different events: 1024
Have run at only 1 event location: 720
Number of Event Locations VRs have run in 2023: 847
10 Fastest Times of 2023 (new entries):
3rd 2023-05-13 00:16:21 Andy Gardiner – Cardiff parkrun
7th 2023-05-13 00:16:39 Matthew Wheat – Severn Bridge parkrun
Thanks and credit to Mike Harper for this week’s photo from Trelissick parkrun – Mike has now completed all 25 parkruns in Devon and Cornwall and Jane Willmott gained a half Cowell (50 different parkruns) 
Have a great week everyone and look out for the mid-week poll to find out where your local meet ups will be. Also, how about trying some parkrun touristing for a change, if you haven’t already?
