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parkrun Saturday

Bradley was first across the line in Richmond running an impressive 16:48 in a comfortable looking run on the toughest local parkrun course. Ross was 2nd in around 17:12, also a very solid run. Eoin, Tomm and Adam all featured in the top 10 with Jamie pulling away from Jivendra on the final hill as they finished in 11th and 12th. This was the first time Jivendra had ran a 5k race. The Other Noel was next home, followed by daughter Christina who was 3rd female, not far outside the record for her age group. Nobby and Georgia followed (I can't remember who was first) and Julie Garner was running too while Maddie and Ollie ran the Kingston Mini Marathon trials in Bushy Park. Long warm ups and warm downs made for a productive morning, and all finished by 10:00; ideal! (Interestingly, 5 of the top 7 age graded performances were from our group, with Bradley beating Jivendra to the number 1 spot.... Christina and Georgia - you need to update your details with your age.)

At Bushy Rebecca Killip had the pick of the runs as she ran a pb and just pipped Mum Liz in the race for 2nd and 3rd woman. That makes it 4 pbs in a week for Rebecca if you include the three 1500 pbs she set in training on Tuesday!

I hadn't noticed that three St Mary's ladies lead the way last week in Richmond. Kate Brown (19:15) set an age group record in winning the race, Liz Killip was 2nd (20:44) and newcomer Alice Hewitt was 3rd (21:16) (Alice - update your details with our club!). Well done to all three.

Elsewhere on Saturday, Maddie was 2nd and Ollie 4th in the Kingston Mini Marathon trials.