Dennis Holmes reports
21 MAC runners at 12 venues is a pretty typical weekend for our 5k athletes.
Young Misha was flying solo around Ashbourne in a pretty rapid 24.24 for 31st place.
David Bowden led home our nine strong team at Black Rocks in 8th position in a time of 20.11. Second home was MaraDan Ashcroft in 22.46 for 33rd spot whilst young Stanley Flitter was 3rd MAC home in a great time of 23.11 and 39th place.
Isabella Wilson made the short trip over to Congleton where she ran a fine 26.08 for 125th place.
Uber tourist Dennis Holmes was down on the South coast of Hampshire at Fareham where he finished the simple out and back course in 25.32 and 37th place.
Lisa Walton was much closer to home at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham where she ran 28.22 for 144th position.
Gav Elliott made a strong challenge for the tourist award with a trip to Mailing Rec parkrun at Lewes, East Sussex and finished in 26.18 for 34th.
Sole MAC at Monsal Trail this week was Paul Clark with a fantastic run of 21.58 for 29th place.
Touring at the opposite end of the country, Carl Vincent had a great run at Northallerton parkrun finishing in 20.07 for 14th place.
Staying local, Malcolm Betts was again at Poolsbrook with a 25.08 and 83rd place.
Our penultimate venue this week is also the pretty local Shipley Country parkrun, imfamous for its double hill where Cherry Moger ran a fine 24.54 for 44th place.
And finally, 2 MAC’s decided that they also wanted to run hills at parkrun this weekend so made the short trip to Sheffield Castle parkrun. For the boys, Jon Tyson completed the 3 lap undulator in an excellent 24.25 for 40th place whilst for the girls, Jo Lloyd ran a not too shabby 29.44 for 94th position.
