parkrun News 4 April 2026
22 members at 16 venues this Easter weekend.
Roy and Sarah made the most of Alvaston parkrun’s flat and fast course to run great times of 24.42 and 29.27 respectively.
All 3 men at Black Rocks also recorded good times too led in by Andy Wallis in 20.58, followed in by Chris Gillott in 21.35 and rounded off by Dale Peakall in 22.42.
Our old member in Norfolk, John Birch also put some effort in with a 25.23 earning him a 67.3% age grading at Blickling parkrun.
Kicking off our Easter breaks in Wales were two Flitter juniors separated by only 18 seconds and 2 positions at Dolgellau parkrun. Finley took the family honours just ahead of Stanley but the more important point is what has happened to Simon who can’t even score a volunteer credit?
Showing Simon the way with volunteering, Dennis Holmes got credits for Pre event set up, Pacing (25 minutes) and Barcode Scanning at Evesham parkrun as well has his superbly timed 24.52 run.
Up at Fell Foot parkrun, regular volunteer Simon Brister couldn’t resist the lure of the 5k and had a gentle jog around in 34.00.
A bit less far North, Kalle and mum, Cherry Moger were enjoying the sights of Fountain Abbey as they cruised around in just over the 35 minutes for 604 and 605th places at this very popular event.
Back in the lake district Isabella Wilson ran a tremendous time of 26.44 for 282nd place and a fantastic 70.2% age grading.
Gav Elliott made the relatively short trip to Milton Keynes where he ran 26.15 for 216th place.
Harry Holmes made one of the shortest journeys of the weekend to Monsal Trail parkrun where his time of 16.25 gained him second spot and a 79.9% age grading.
Our second family holiday in Wales was to the beautiful island of Anglesey and the equally beautiful parkrun course of Newborough Forest. There, Heidi Eyers ran a superb 24.36 for 94th place with mum Vicki both 1 second and 1 place behind her.
On possibly his longest ever parkrun streak Jon Tyson turned up at Sherwood Pines parkrun in North Nottinghamshire, another beautiful forest course, where he ran a pretty quick 24.31 to grab 68th place and a 64.85% age grading.
Found marauding at Stratford Upon Avon parkrun, Dan Haworth had a gentile outing on Saturday morning, completing the 5k in 21.38 for 56th position.
Not taking it gently at the hilly Shipley Country Park parkrun was Christine Howard whose finishing time of 22.31 earned her the first lady finisher, 16th overall and a super 79.35% age grading!
Taking this week’s tourist award by running at the University of Stirling parkrun, young Daniel Allaway ran a tremendous time of 22.44 for a 39th place finish.
And finally, at one of the newest “local” parkrun’s, Victoria Embankment, Nottingham, Lisa Walton ran a consistent time of 28.59 for 385th place out of 650 finishers.
Well run everyone!
