It was seriously hot, an estimated 30 degrees at the finish line, for the St. Albans Summer 10K but Danny SCANLON ran it in a quick 42 minutes 57 seconds for 39th place overall. At Saturday’s parkrun Jim BROWN was nervous about the heat but come Sunday he won his age category by more than thirteen minutes with 56:38. Michael O’KEEFE was close to his personal best with 58:22.
Parkrun Highlights Saturday 13th August
The summer holiday period saw thirty two Fairlands Valley Spartan members travelled to 10 different parkrun venues across the country.
Simon JACKSON took first place at Stevenage and was the fastest Spartan this week finishing in 17:13. Jonathan PARR took first place at Hunstanton promenade finishing at 17:59 and Susan MCANENY was the fastest female Spartan with a time of 26:46, 8th female at Stevenage.
Other top ten finishers are Adrian DONNELLY at Malahide (6th, 19:20), John HARRIS at Letchworth (5th, 20:40), Claire PULLEN at Stevenage (9th female, 26:46).
Cathy CRAIG travelled to Blandford park run and achieved a new seasons best in 25C heat of 30:40.
| Position | Gender Position | Parkrunner | Run Time |
| Stevenage parkrun (21 FVS) | |||
| 1 | 1 | Simon JACKSON | 17:13 |
| 11 | 11 | Paul SHELLEY | 20:56 |
| 12 | 12 | Tony RANDFIELD | 20:58 |
| 25 | 25 | Thomas SAUKA | 22:34 |
| 43 | 41 | Toby ECCLESHALL | 23:57 |
| 46 | 44 | Martin DUDLEY | 24:04:00 |
| 51 | 47 | Matt CLARKE | 24:40:00 |
| 73 | 8 | Susan MCANENY | 26:46:00 |
| 74 | 9 | Claire PULLEN | 26:46:00 |
| 80 | 12 | Alison SHELLEY | 26:58:00 |
| 81 | 13 | Gail MACKIE | 27:02:00 |
| 85 | 15 | Ashley SCHOENWETTER | 27:14:00 |
| 88 | 18 | Fiona CLARKE | 27:23:00 |
| 91 | 72 | Mark BEASLEY | 27:54:00 |
| 107 | 84 | Jim BROWN | 29:01:00 |
| 110 | 25 | Debbie BLANTERN | 29:15:00 |
| 115 | 88 | Steven DOBNER | 29:35:00 |
| 144 | 103 | Tony ARGYROU | 32:50:00 |
| 146 | 38 | Jane WADEY | 33:04:00 |
| 154 | 41 | Hilary DAVIES | 34:23:00 |
| 180 | 117 | Roger BIGGS | 48:12:00 |
| Bedford parkrun | |||
| 150 | 36 | Chloe CHAPMAN | 30:20:00 |
| 151 | 111 | Sam SIMMONS | 30:22:00 |
| Malahide parkrun | |||
| 6 | 5 | Adrian DONNELLY | 19:20 |
| Blandford parkrun | |||
| 99 | 23 | Catherine CRAIG | 30:40:00 |
| Burnham and Highbridge parkrun | |||
| 214 | 139 | Darryl STEVENS | 38:23:00 |
| Rutland Water parkrun | |||
| 108 | 83 | Chris HOLLAND | 29:55:00 |
| Letchworth parkrun | |||
| 5 | 5 | John HARRIS | 20:40 |
| Hunstanton Promenade parkrun | |||
| 1 | 1 | Jonathan PARR | 17:58 |
| Oriam parkrun | |||
| 13 | 13 | Grant RAMSAY | 20:31 |
| 100 | 27 | Nikki Katherine NATION | 31:22:00 |
| Henlow Bridge Lakes parkrun | |||
| 43 | 36 | Michael O’KEEFE | 28:22:00 |