Month: May 2021

Fairlands Valley’s ANDREW PATTERSON won Sunday’s Hitchin 10K with a time of just 33 minutes 36 seconds!  He was more than a minute clear of the next runner with a new personal best and course record.

In addition on a super Spartans Sunday CHARLOTTE SMITH was first female senior with 46:50; PAUL SHELLEY was first male 50 plus with 40:16; ALISON SHELLEY first female 50 plus with 50:30; BRIAN WHITE was second male 60 plus with 41:55; and WILLIAM MORLEY was third male under 20 with 45:07.  That’s four Spartans first places, a second and a third!  GEORGIE HOOPER ran a new personal best (PB), less than a week after her last one, of 46:08; STEVE DOBNER improved to 47:36 and MARIAN MORLEY ran a new PB of 54:23.

Paul and Alison said they enjoyed the course despite the hill at about 3.5 kilometres and a nicely organised event with great marshalling.  It was really good to race again and with the camaraderie of the Spartans.

There were 21 Spartans amongst the 348 finishers in the race.  Find all their results in the table near the end of this release.

The race was another opportunity to record a time for race one in the Mid Week League and some Spartans achieved improvements compared with Tuesday (see below).  They were Andrew Patterson (37 seconds); Brian White (1:20); PETE SMITH (12 seconds); William Morley (1:35); Georgie Hooper (33 seconds); Charlotte Smith (2:53); JIM BROWN (2:50); NICOLA ANDERSSON (1:16); NICK KLEANTHOUS (21 seconds); MARIAN MORLEY (13 seconds); KARL SHREEVE (41 seconds) and JONATHAN JONES (3:49).

 

Wave 10K

This year’s Mid Week Road Race League (MWRRL) has started without clubs travelling to fixtures but staying in their home areas.  Fairlands Valley Spartans offered a secure waved start on a measured course and 81 took up the challenge on Tuesday.  Despite the event finishing in the rain there were outstanding performances from SIMON JACKSON (34:08); ANDREW PATTERSON (34:13) and ADRIAN BUSOLINI (36:37) who was running just three days after a 44 miles ultra event.

NICK GILL improved his personal best by 25 seconds to 41:41.  GEORGIE HOOPER by a full 2 minutes 30 seconds to 46:41.  HEATHER JONES set a new mark of 47 minutes 47 seconds and VICKY ARCHER was left speechless by her new personal best of 54:36.

Position	Name	Time	Comments
1	SIMON JACKSON	34:08
2	ANDREW PATTERSON	34:13
3	ADRIAN BUSOLINI	36:37	3 days after 44
4	ALEX SISLEY	39:04
5	JAMES UTTING	39:33
6	DANNY SCANLON	39:45
7	TODD GRAY	40:40
8	MARTIN BLACKBURN	40:41
9	STUART HAYCROFT	41:34
10	NICK GILL	41:41	PB (0:25)
11	SUZY HAWKINS	41:50
12	MATTHEW NEWTON	42:00
13	BRIAN WHITE	43:15
14	JAMES KAY	43:21
15	STUART ARCHER	44:18
16	PETE SMITH	44:27
17	YUKO GORDON	46:30
18	CRAIG BACON	46:34
19	GEORGIE HOOPER	46:41	PB (2:30)
20	WILLIAM MORLEY	46:42
21	TOBY ECCLESHALL	46:51
22	JO BOWDERY	46:54
23	MARK GOODWIN	47:04
24	LEE PICKERSGILL	47:07
25	ABBIE PEZ	47:45
26	HEATHER JONES	47:47	PB
27=	ANDY McGUINNESS	47:57
27=	MARIE COLUCCI	47:57
29	NIGEL STRONGITHARM	48:35
30	CLAIRE PULLEN	48:39
31	TRACY PEZ	48:40
32	GRACE COVENTRY	48:48
33	CHARLOTTE SMITH	49:43	2 days after marathon
34	CRAIG WILSON	49:51
35	JON SYPULA	49:53
36	DAVE PRICE	50:24
37	LUKE GURNEY	50:32
38	MARTIN DUDLEY	50:38
39	ZOE JACKSON	51:14
40	CHRIS HOLLAND	51:18
41	DARREN EMMERSON	51:22
42	ANDREW SMITH	51:27
43	MIKE REYNOLDS	51:50
44	ANDY JAY	51:54
45	TIM ROBINSON	52:05
46	JENNY GARRETT	52:22
47	CAROLYN LINSELL	52:38
48	JIM BROWN	53:35	2 days after marathon
49	NICK KLEANTHOUS	53:42
50	NICOLA ANDERSSON	54:00
51=	CLAIRE EMMERSON	54:36
51=	MARION MORLEY	54:36
51=	VICKY ARCHER	54:36	PB (speechless)
54	WENDY THARANI	54:40
55	LINDA NOLAN	54:56
56	DEBBIE BLANTERN	55:06
57	JACKIE DOWNES	56:10
58=	HAZEL SMITH	56:11
58=	KAREN ELLIS	56:11
60	TRICIA HOPPER	56:18
61	BARRY KING	56:29
62	KERSTIN WEINER	56:58
63	JON HARDING	57:33
64	KARL SHREEVE	57:52
65=	CHLOE CHAPMAN	58:17
65=	MICHAEL ANDREWS	58:17
67=	JAN FRY	60:00
67=	SIMON SYPULA	60:00
69	DZENNA TOPIC	60:04
70	CHRISTINE ZVEREV	61:08
71=	CALLIE CHAPMAN	62:00
71=	JONATHAN JONES	62:00
71=	PENNY SCHENKEL	62:00
74=	KAREN PALMER	63:51
74=	TONI NICHOLLS	63:51
76	MONICA SMITHSON	64:03
77=	ANGIE KEELING	69:58
77=	SALLY PHILLIPS	69:58
79	TRACY STILES	71:34
80	JUDY KING	71:45
81	RACHAEL MILLER	72:25

In addition SU McANENY and CIARAN McANENY ran their 10K virtually in 49 minutes 54 seconds.  That will be included in the MWRRL result for race one.  Race two will also be virtual and is between 14^th and 27^th June.

 

London to Brighton

Spartan JOHN HARRIS ran from London to Brighton in 12 hours 41 minutes and 8 seconds.  This was 64 miles on a very challenging course with elevations over 5,100 feet in the hot sun on Saturday.

 

Racing Round England

The Spartans have a winner in their Bristol to Bristol virtual run, cycle and walk challenge around the coasts and borders of England.  PENNY SCHENKEL crossed the finish line during the Spartans Wave 10K run on Tuesday with all 2,970 kilometres done.

She was 434 kilometres ahead of JIM BROWN (2536) and 789 ahead of BRIAN WHITE (2181).

By the end of the month Jim had reached Leominster, Herefordshire with 2664 and Brian was in Maryport, Cumbria with 2212.  The only other Spartan with over 2,000 kilometres so far was SHARON CROWLEY with 2050.  She has done the left turn in Northumberland and is heading towards Hadrian’s Wall.  The other ten Spartans are still chasing around England and so far have a team total of 22,875.7 kilometres.

This virtual event was another great distraction and motivation during the months of restrictions on racing and training together.  It started in Bristol and followed the coasts and borders of England in an anti-clockwise direction.  Many other clubs are participating in the Virtual Coast Challenge.

 

Fly 5K Number 54

Four Spartans raced in Saturday morning’s Fly 5K, the 54^th running of the virtual event.

NICOLA ANDERSSON led the Spartans in with a new personal best of 25 minutes 46 seconds.  In the middle of a very active week JIM BROWN backed off a bit to take 28:19 but was still second in his age group. PENNY SCHENKEL ran 31:52 and PAUL HOLGATE 32:12.

The Saturday morning virtual Fly races started during the first lock down to help keep people active.

 

(Not) Parkrun

In addition to those using the same effort to record Fly 5K times on Saturday NICK KLEANTHOUS ran a (not) Parkrun on Tuesday in 26:32 and JIM BROWN went faster on Sunday with 24:59 in the second half of his 10K.

(Not) Parkruns can be run on any day of the week.

Tables

Full results for all Spartans are listed below.  It’s back!

Spartans at Hitchin on Super Sunday:

Position	Name	Time	Comments	Comp MWRRL 1
1	ANDREW PATTERSON	33:36	Overall winner PB	37 seconds
13	PAUL SHELLEY	40:16	1MV50
20	NICK GILL	41:46
22	BRIAN WHITE	41:55	2MV60	1:20
36	SAM SIMMONS	43:20
42	SIMON JACKSON	43:46	5MV40
51	PETE SMITH	44:15		12 seconds
62	WILLIAM MORLEY	45:07	3rd male U20	1:35
74	GEORGIE HOOPER	46:08	PB.  4th FV30.	33 seconds
85	CHARLOTTE SMITH	46:50	1st female senior	2:53
100	STEVE DOBNER	47:36	PB (1:05)
144	ALISON SHELLEY	50:30	1st FV50
147	JIM BROWN	50:45		2:50
162	ANDY JAY	52:19
168	NICOLA ANDERSSON	52:44		1:16
177	NICK KLEANTHOUS	53:21		21 seconds
190	MARIAN MORLEY	54:23	PB	13 seconds
220	KARL SHREEVE	57:11		41 seconds
223	SUE HAMER	57:34
238	JONATHAN JONES	58:11		3:49
284	DZENANA TOPIC	1:02:32

That definitely felt real.  Eight Spartans headed north for Peterborough Marathon on Sunday morning.

This was essentially a flat race but with some awkward turns and muddy sections.  A bit of a nagging head wind in places but all the Spartans finished in the dry before the day’s deluge began.

CHARLOTTE SMITH beat four hours in only her second marathon and now has a new personal best of 3 hours 55 minutes 43 seconds.  GRANT RAMSAY kept up his amazing record of sub three marathons with 2:54:56.  He was 38^th out of the 561 finishers.  Grant had hoped to beat 2:50 but the course was not to his liking.  47 of Grant’s 51 marathons have been under three hours.

MATT CLARKE kept up a consistent pace for 3:49:43.  If it wasn’t for a tricky last four miles JOHN HARRIS may well have beaten four but came in with 4:01:06.

JIM BROWN freely admitted that he hadn’t had the time to prepare for a full marathon but grabbed the opportunity to get one done after so long.  He was pleased and surprised to keep a nine minute mile pace going to the 20 mile marker which he reached in exactly three hours.  Then it became grit and determination and a liquid mud section within the last 5K wasn’t great if you were tired.  Still he got round in 4 hours 6 minutes 13 seconds so achieved a target of running a marathon while he was Mayor of Stevenage.

JOHN NELMS cruised in with 4:10:45 followed by ED HARE at 4:25:20 and FIONA CLARKE setting out on a series of marathons with 4:29:47.  This was Fiona’s first proper” marathon and the first of three raising money for the East and North Hertfordshire Hospitals Charity.

The Spartans team (team of three) were 17^th in the race.

Position	Name	Time	Comments
38	GRANT RAMSAY	2:54:56	4MV45
243	MATT CLARKE	3:49:43
282	CHARLOTTE SMITH	3:55:43	PB
305	JOHN HARRIS	4:01:06
327	JIM BROWN	4:06:13	5MV65
347	JOHN NELMS	4:10:45
387	ED HARE	4:25:20
406	FIONA CLARKE	4:29:47

561 finishers

 

Classic Quarter for Spartan Three

Spartan ADRIAN BUSOLINI was one of three Spartans that tackled the Classic Quarter on Saturday.  It’s at 44 mile trail run from the southernmost point of England to the most westerly.  He said it was a cold, dreary, rainy start (following a 5am coach trip to Lizard Point); but it soon warmed up, and the sun broke through for what was a glorious day on the coastal trail.  It wound its way through hidden coves and beaches, up and down hills, and of course into the headwind (mild, thankfully).  However, it proved difficult to maintain pace as the technical difficulty of the route escalated after Mousehole, with rocky terrain to navigate that sometimes bordered on scrambling, just at the point the legs and mind were tiring.  A confusing factor was seeing participants occasionally shooting past, sprinting up the tricky hills like they’d only just started; these turned out to be relay runners, who had quite literally just started!  There was a fabulous welcome back at the finish line at Land’s End.  It’s one of those routes that feels incredibly rewarding to complete.

Adrian finished the 44 miles in 8 hours 54 minutes 26 seconds and was 20^th in the event.

Anthony Hewitson and Jason Hawthorne, both newbies with FVS, also completed the Endurance Ultra Classic Quarter.

What started as a really wet and windy day quickly turned into glorious blue skies on this race from Lizard Point (the most Southerly part of the UK) to Lands End (the most Westerly point).  In Jason’s first Ultra (Anthony is a vet with races like MDS Marathon des Sables under his wings) they ran together and completed the 44 miles in 11 hours 42 minutes, which saw them placed 136 and 137 out of the field of 184 that ran the solo race.  The total number of runners on the day was 551 with many relay teams either sharing a half or a quarter the distance.

They said it was a great event, really well organised and now comes highly recommended.

 

Racing Round England

In the Spartans run, cycle, walk around the coasts and borders PENNY SCHENKEL is only 13 kilometres from the finish line back in Bristol.  That’s 99.57% done.  She hopes to include the Spartans 10K wave running race on Tuesday to get her over the line.

Including some help from Sunday’s marathon JIM BROWN has crossed the Mersey and is in Frodsham, Cheshire.

In bronze medal position BRIAN WHITE is right by Hadrian’s Wall at Greenhead.  He’s on 2120 kilometres.

SHARON CROWLEY, fourth, is through Middlesbrough heading for Haverton Hill with 1949 kilometres done.

KEN JUDE 1611 is at Kirton near Boston in Lincolnshire.  CATHY CRAIG 1503 is in the Norfolk Coast area of outstanding natural beauty.  While HAZEL SMITH 1483, seventh is in West Runton heading for Sheringham.

The virtual event started in Bristol and is following the coasts and borders of England in an anti-clockwise direction.  Many other clubs are participating in the Virtual Coast Challenge.  The team total for all fourteen Spartans is 21,731 kilometres.

Bib no.	Now	Last Week	Participant	Location
120	2957.3	2834.6	Penny Schenkel	Outskirts of Bristol
118	2521.0	2424.07	Jim Brown	Frodsham, Cheshire
115	2119.6	2077.8	Brian White	Right by Hadrians Wall at Greenhead
99	1949.1	1899.1	Sharon Crowley	Through Middlesbrough, Haverton Hill
108	1610.7	1537.9	Ken Jude	Kirton near Boston, Lincolnshire
110	1503.1	1439.1	Cathy Craig	Morston, Norfolk Coast AONB
128	1483.1	1414.9	Hazel Smith	West Runton, heading for Sheringham
98	1447.2	1332.2	Jon Sypula	Horsey, Norfolk
100	1301.6	1190.6	Liz Crowley	Martello Beach in Essex
102	1299.2	1248.5	Paul Holgate	St. Osyth in Essex
113	968.1	951.2	Liz Carvell	Rottingdean, Essex
109	939.1	909.2	Tracy Pez	Kingston Course, east of Littlehampton
136	911.8.	863.5	Wendy Tharani	Approaching Bognor Regis
114	720.4	690.2	Lee Pickersgill	West Dorset Heritage Coast at Langton Herring.

 

Fly 5K Number 53

Four Spartans raced in Saturday morning’s Fly 5K, the 53^rd running of the virtual event.

This time NICOLA ANDERSSON was the fastest from Fairlands with 27 minutes 43 seconds.  This was her 30^th Fly 5K.

Feeling nostalgic JIM BROWN and PENNY SCHENKEL followed the paused Stevenage parkrun course.  In an otherwise quiet Fairlands Valley Park Jim was second in his age group with 28 minutes 46 seconds and Penny scored 28:48.  They were 123^rd and 124^th out the 210 finishers.  Jim and Penny are the outgoing Mayor and Mayoress of Stevenage and this was a small compensation for there being no parkruns for their whole time in office.

PAUL HOLGATE came in 186^th with 34:40.

The Saturday morning virtual Fly races started during the first lock down to help keep people active.

 

(Not) Parkrun

In addition to those using the same effort to record Fly 5K times on Friday NICK KLEANTHOUS ran a (not) Parkrun on Monday in 27:39 and JIM BROWN ran a (not) parkrun 26:21 on Thursday.

(Not) Parkruns can be run on any day of the week.

Spartans ANDREW PATTERSON and ADRIAN BUSOLINI took part in the Reunion 5K on Saturday. This was one of the pilot events in the government’s Events Research Programmes, organised to provide scientific data for the government on how mass-participation events can resume safely from June.

It was held at Kempton Racecourse in Surrey. The weather was horrid on the drive down but held up for the race.

There were two races and Andrew took part in the first one, Adrian was in the second.  There were some differences in the way the two races were organised.

Runners started the first race side by side with another runner two metres apart.  The pairs went off every couple of seconds.  Andrew set off in the 12th pairing.  The course was flat and reasonably fast.  The only tricky part was from 3.5k to 4.5k where it went from tarmac to trail.  He managed to keep to pace over these five furlongs and then manage to make up a few more places to finish third across the finish line with the second best time in the race.  His time was 15:58, which was a Personal Best (PB) by 40 seconds!  Andy said it was great to be racing and hopefully helping to demonstrate that mass participation events can return.  Fingers crossed!

ADRIAN BUSOLINI was in the second race and finished in 17 minutes 32 seconds.

 

Two In Kew

SAM SIMMONS and FIONA CLARKE ran the Kew Gardens 10K on Sunday.

Fiona said the race was completely within Kew Gardens on its tarmac paths, meandering around the greenhouses and exhibits but we did get to see the insides during the race.  There were no spectators allowed which meant the atmosphere was slightly lacking but the race was very well organised.

Sam finished in an impressive 43 minutes 9 second his previous PB (personal best) by over two minutes.  Fiona completed the race in 51:34.

Then they did another 6k cool down on the Thames towpath watching the rowing boats go by.  All in all, a great morning out.

 

Racing Round England

As lock down eases a little more PENNY SCHENKEL is potentially only a day’s cycle ride from the finish line in the Spartans virtual race around the coasts and borders of England.  She has run, walked or cycled 2,834 of the 2,970 kilometres and is closing in on Bristol.

In second place JIM BROWN is by the River Ribble in Penwortham, Preston with 2,424 kilometres or 82% of the event done.

BRIAN WHITE is through 2,000 kilometres and at Scot’s Gap not far from Hadrian’s Wall

SHARON CROWLEY, fourth, has reached the seagulls, dogs, ice cream and fantastic views at Whitby with 1899 kilometres done.  KEN JUDE 1538 and CATHY CRAIG 1439 are both in Norfolk while HAZEL SMITH, seventh is at the most easterly point of England just north of Lowestoft.

The virtual event started in Bristol and is following the coasts and borders of England in an anti-clockwise direction.  The team total for all fourteen Spartans is 20,813 kilometres.

Bib no.	New	Last Week	Participant	Location
120	2834.6	2726.6	Penny Schenkel	Severn Valley
118	2424.07	2279.02	Jim Brown	Penwortham, Preston
115	2077.8	1983.8	Brian White	Scot’s Gap
99	1899.1	1815.0	Sharon Crowley	Whitby, Yorkshire
108	1537.9	1424.1	Ken Jude	Hunstanton, Norfolk
110	1439.1	1377.9	Cathy Craig	Hemsby, Norfolk
128	1414.9	1372.0	Hazel Smith	Most easterly point, Lowestoft
98	1332.2	1209.9	Jon Sypula	Felixstowe
100	1190.6	1190.6	Liz Crowley	Gillingham, Kent
102	1248.5	1179.6	Paul Holgate	UP ONE.  South Woodham Ferrers
113	951.2	929.0	Liz Carvell	Shoreham-by-Sea
109	909.2	883.4	Tracy Pez	Approaching Bognor Regis
136	863.5	805.2	Wendy Tharani	Fareham, Hampshire
114	690.2	646.4	Lee Pickersgill	Charmouth

 

Country to Capital

Recently Spartan JOHN HARRIS ran the Country to Capital 43 mile race with a time of 6 hours 52 minutes 1 second.  Country to Capital is a 43 mile point to point Ultra Marathon starting at the Chiltern Way Academy, Church Lane in Wendover and finishing at the Waterside Cafe in the Little Venice Canal basin close to London’s Paddington station.  The route is a mix of country trails and canal towpath.  John was 66^th.  There were 197 finishers.

 

Fly 5K Number 52

Five Spartans raced in Saturday morning’s damp Fly 5K, the 52^nd running of the virtual event.  Damp but not unpleasant.

JIM BROWN, in real life running round Fairlands Valley Park, got in the top one hundred at 94^th with 26 minutes 2 seconds which was good enough for second place in his category.

Next was JAMES McSWEENEY at 113^th in 26:55.  NICK KLEANTHOUS was 144^th in 28:32.  PENNY SCHENKEL ran her 25^th Fly 5K in exactly 30 minutes for 162^nd.  PAUL HOLGATE was 187^th in 31:44.  There were 230 finishers.

The Saturday morning virtual Fly races started during the first lock down to help keep people active.

 

(Not) Parkrun

In addition to those using the same effort to record Fly 5K times on Friday NICK KLEANTHOUS ran a (not) Parkrun in 27:35

(Not) Parkruns can be run on any day of the week.

Spartan JOHN HARRIS ran the Country to Capital 43 mile race on Saturday with a time of 6 hours 52 minutes 1 second.  Country to Capital is a 43 mile point to point Ultra Marathon starting at the Chiltern Way Academy, Church Lane in Wendover and finishing at the Waterside Cafe in the Little Venice Canal basin close to London’s Paddington station.  The route is a mix of country trails and canal towpath.  John was 66^th.  There were 197 finishers.

Racing Round England
In their race around England Spartan team leader PENNY SCHENKEL is closing in on the finish line with 2605 of the 2970 kilometres done.  With more rthan 200 kilometres done in the last week she has been near the Welsh border for a while and has reached Bomere Heath in Shropshire heading for Shrewsbury.
Penny has a lead of nearly 400 kilometres on second placed JIM BROWN on 2213.  He is in Crosscanonby, Cumbria having passed through the Solway Firth Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty within sight of Scotland.  Now he’s heading for Workington and settling into the long slog against the prevailing wind
On his way through Middlesbrough BRIAN WHITE is on 1945.
Fourth placed SHARON CROWLEY is coming into Hull with 1765 kilometres.  KEN JUDE is up into fifth place on 1368 and is nearly into Aldeburgh in Suffolk.
CATHY CRAIG and HAZEL SMITH are both in Essex.  Cathy is on 1312 in Thorpe-le-Soken and has opened up a 19 kilometre gap on her daughter who is in Thorrington with 1293.
LIZ CROWLEY is up one place to eighth and in Gillingham, Kent on 1191.  Ninth place JON SYPULA is also in Kent at How Green with 1177 as is PAUL HOLGATE tenth with 1126 and between Margate and Westgate.
The chasers are still going well LIZ CARVELL, 923 in Bognor Regis; TRACY PEZ 858 at Swanwick, Southampton; WENDY THARANI, 767 at Corfe Castle and LEE PICKERSGILL, 607 in Dartmouth just about to get on the ferry to Kingswear.
In the virtual race around England the Fairlands Valley Spartans team have already covered a total of 19,149 kilometres, the equivalent of more than six times round the course, and are now scattered between Devon and Shropshire.  The event started in Bristol and is following the coasts and borders of England in an anti-clockwise direction.

Bib no.	Now	Last Week	Participant	Location
120	2604.9	2377.9 km	Penny Schenkel	Bomere Heath, Shropshire
118	2212.8	2045.1 km	Jim Brown	Crosscanonby, Cumbria
115	1944.9	1874.7 km	Brian White	Middlebrough
99	1764.9	1642.0 km	Sharon Crowley	Coming into Hull
108	1368.0	1249.7 km	Ken Jude	Approaching Aldeburgh (UP)
110	1312.3	1256.4 km	Cathy Craig	Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex
128	1293.0	1240.9 km	Hazel Smith	Thorrington, Essex
100	1190.6	1087.0 km	Liz Crowley	Gillingham, Kent (UP)
98	1176.6	1100.4 km	Jon Sypula	How Green, Kent
102	1125.9	1063.7 km	Paul Holgate	Margate – Westgate, Kent
113	923.2	899.1 km	Liz Carvell	Just past Bognor Regis
109	858.4	825.1 km	Tracy Pez	Swanwick, Southampton
136	766.9	737.8 km	Wendy Tharani	Corfe Castle – Studland
114	607.1	580.7	Lee Pickersgill	Dartmouth, Devon

Fly 5K 50^th Edition
Five Spartans celebrated the fiftieth Fly 5K.  They were JIM BROWN 112^th and second Vet 65 plus in 25 minutes 29 seconds; NICOLA ANDERSSON 116^th with a personal best of 25:49; MARIAN MORLEY 179^th and second female 55 plus with 28:56; PENNY SCHENKEL 191^st in 29:20 and PAUL HOLGATE 201^st in 29:57.
The virtual Fly races started during lock down to help keep people active.

(Not) Parkrun
In addition to those using the same effort to record Fly 5K times on Saturday NICOLA ANDERSSON and JIM BROWN ran (not) ParkRun times of 26:28 and 26:52.
(Not) Parkruns can be run on any day of the week.