This week saw the birth of two Titchy Striders! Congratulations to
Mik Escolme and his wife Mary on the birth of their baby boy, and to
Striders’ Rachel Green and Nick Hogan on the birth of their
daughter Ivy.
In running news,
seven Striders took part in the Congleton parkrun at Astbury Mere,
with Andy Thomas and Stephen Mclean pushing each other round to
achieve new personal best times. Lisa Highfield also achieved a new
PB. Full results were:
Stephen Mclean 19:34
Andy Thomas 19:35
Lisa
Highfield 23:50
Andrew Ayres 24:26
Catherine
Winders 26:21
Denis Culloty 29:22
Tracey Hale 32:45
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| Striders at Congleton parkrun |
Paul Barnett
travelled to Connah’s Quay to take part in Wepre parkrun and came
3rd overall in a time of 21:43.
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| Paul Barnett at Wepre parkrun |
Alice and David
Sharpe took a few hours out of their holiday to take part in the
Penrose parkrun, an out and back course through a country estate.
David finished in 24:35 and Alice in 25:04.
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| Alice and David Sharpe at Penrose parkrun |
Duncan Robertson
continued with his tour of the country’s parkrun’s, finding
himself at Chippenham this week. He completed the course in 35:47.
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| Duncan Robertson and his daughter Milly at Chippenham parkrun |
Over in Bulgaria,
club member Liz O’Keeffe ran her local parkrun in Varna 27:37.
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| Liz O'Keeffe at Varna parkrun |
On Sunday,
Striders headed over to Winsford to take part in the Run Winsford
10k. The route takes in the Winsford Salt mines, Whitegate Way, Vale
Royal Abbey, and the River Weaver. Heather Carter came in as 2nd
female and there were personal best times for Lynsey Astles and
Elaine Wood (who also came second in her category). Full results
were:
Heather
Carter 40:12
Helen Child 53:40
Matt Wood 53:55
Lynsey
Astles 54:20
Elaine Wood 56:12
Denis
Culloty 1:02:56
Karen
Lovatt 1:13:22
Dave
Stockton 1:13:24
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| Striders at Winsford 10k |
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| Heather Carter at Winsford 10k |
Paul Nicholls
travelled North to take part in the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon. Not
content to run the race in his usual race gear, Paul opted for a
fetching pink outfit! Paul finished the race in a hot and sweaty
4:54.
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| Paul Nicholls at the plusnet Yorkshire Marathon |
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