Out of a total of 4989 members, 787 Vegan Runners took part in parkrun events in the UK at 329 locations on this second parkrun of July. 719 grabbed a finish token which means 68 of you kindly volunteered. Although many parkruns encouraged participants to wear blue in celebration of the 75th anniversary of our wonderful NHS, the green and black remained highly visible across the UK. ?? ???? ?
There were lots of VR meetups again this week, the most popular being at:
Marine Parade 21
Southampton parkrun 14
Bushy parkrun 13
Sherwood Pines 11
Bedford parkrun 9
Swansea Bay 9
Worthing parkrun 9
Southsea parkrun 8
Millhouses parkrun 8
Colwick parkrun 7
Cannon Hill 7
Eastbourne parkrun 6
Nonsuch parkrun 6
Rosliston parkrun 6
Burgess parkrun 6
Birkenhead parkrun 6
Itchen Valley 6
Thanks to Norbert Adison for this week’s fab photo from Marine Parade, Brighton, organised by Caro Line, it looks as if you had a wonderful morning and the post run brunch looks amazing, too! ??☘️???
Vegan Runners averaged the 5k just shy of a sub 30 again this week at 30:13, performing fantastically despite the humid conditions across most of the UK. ?? ???? ?
More Fantastic Milestones this week achieved by:
Jonathan Holt 50
Connor Bridgeland-Knowles 100
Ceci Musgrave 150
Lisa Baxter 150
Lesley Connors 200
Valerie Freestone 200
Susan Waller-Toyne 250
Tom Carpenter 400
Congratulations! ????
Top five speediest men this week are:
? Matt Edmonds 16:54
? Jake Stephens 17:03
? Tom Carpenter 17:12
? Philip Nind 17:37
? Christopher Pearson 17:40
And top five speediest ladies:
? Caroline McAleese 00:18:56
? Kelsey Wiberley 00:19:45
? Hester Hill 00:20:41
? Serena O’Connor 00:20:42
? Naomi Sutton 00:20:44
Plant powered prowess! ??? ???? ?☘?? ?️?
Best age grade overall at their parkrun this week achieved by:
Milford Waterfront Tom Carpenter 17:12:00 78%
Wetherby Stephen Boynton 21:03:00 81%
Barnsley Judy Johnson 03:47:00 81%
Abbey Park Christopher Pearson 17:40:00 82%
Brighton & Hove Graham Godden 18:12:00 84%
Marine Parade Caroline McAleese 18:56:00 85%
Outstanding stats, well done everyone, incredible athletic performances. ????
Vegan Runners who finished first in their gender position this week were:
00:16:54 Matt Edmonds
00:17:12 Tom Carpenter
00:17:37 Philip Nind
00:17:51 Geoffrey Gregory
00:17:53 Scott Braunton
00:18:12 Graham Godden
00:18:12 Dan Stent
00:18:40 Matthew Rhodes
00:18:56 Caroline McAleese
00:19:36 Khan Nothnagel
00:19:45 Kelsey Wiberley
00:20:07 Simon Quin
00:21:11 Natalie Dawson
00:21:44 Tracy Moroz
00:22:18 Elly Maggs
00:23:06 Laura Seaman
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I wonder who got onto the noughtie step this weekend!? Serious misbehaving it would appear occurred from the following:
Richard Farrage 23:00
Sean Joseph Carey 23:00
Gareth Davies 26:00
Carla Brain 27:00
Karen Louise Watson 27:00
Maria Rita Fiannacca 28:00
Mark Piprani 29:00
Joanna Tomlinson 29:00
Christina Winfield 33:00
Buff Forbes Stone 35:00
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Vegan Runners who collected a finish token with a multiple of 50 this week:
50 Alice Wood
50 Laura Dunkling
50 Dawn Corlet
50 Luke Denbeigh-Griffiths
100 Sarah Laws
150 Cate Mullen
150 Mike Mcbeth
200 Hilary Cockshaw
250 Ang White
250 Jo Zamo
300 Paul Juan
350 Marcine Hammond
450 Helen Collis
450 Andrea Lynda Bird
And, last but not least! This week’s rumbunctious repdigit reppers:
11 Dan Belben
22 August Frew
22 Rafael Bickley
22 Anthony Holder
22 Andrew Knight
33 Kate Dunbar
33 James Gargett
33 Felix Wilson
33 Alan Burgess
44 Greg Turner
55 Jack Riggall
55 Gareth Davies
55 Mike Harper
66 Emma Warren
66 Katie Wythe
66 Wendy Hammond
66 Rory Browne
66 Adrian Pilbeam
66 Noel Williams
66 Robert Skedgell
66 Jamie Cecil
77 Serena O’Connor
77 Kerry Irwin-Hall
77 Tom Rogers
88 Nadja Stephens-Mikesch
88 Gordon Smith
99 Lisa Baxter
99 Emily Bruchez
99 Mick Eames
111 Katherine Harris
111 Joanne Kitchener
111 Doug Porter
222 Sylwia Narbutt
333 Michelle Steer
Brilliant repping, everyone, fantastic numbers across the UK again. Veganism combined with a healthy lifestyle is becoming more and more popular each week and all of you repping the green and black at our weekly parkruns are doing an incredible job at promoting our wonderful club.
Have a wonderful week, wonderful Vegan Runners! Watch out for wonderful Mike’s wonderful mid-week poll!
Until next week, ?? ???? ?.
