Saturday was the 5th Congleton parkrun at Astbury Mere. There
was a great turnout on a windy day with 143 runners taking part, 10 from
Sandbach Striders and three new 5k personal best times. Finishing times were as
follows:-
"Please
Run Carefully. Do Not Fall Into The Canal. This Is A Fun Run Not A Race.
But if you come first there is a prize." said the race organiser. And I
heard a loud laugh beside me. I looked around and recognised the
laugher as an ex-work colleague, a member of Macc Harriers and veteran
of several SuperSix races with a best time of under 39 minutes. Well if
he wasn’t planning to take it too easily then neither would I!
Join CAFOD for a post-Christmas outing at the Bollington fun
run and burn off all those mince pies! That was the advert and Strider Martin
Colman joined in the fun and ran 5 miles of muddy paths around the local area….and
Martin won the race.
Michael Escolme ticked off yet another Parkrun on Saturday
with a run at Cannon Hill Park
next to Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham.
This is an accurately measured 5k