Parkrun 1st February 2020
With many fine Running clubs and a great variety of quality races which are staged for every distance including The Round Norfolk Relay, The Peddars Way Ultra, The City of Norwich Half (now in its 32nd year), The Dereham ‘10’ and town centre races at King’s Lynn and Dereham. There is also an excellent Cross Country series staged by Ryston Runners at Shouldham Warren.
In addition we have sixteen parkruns (soon to be seventeen with Great Yarmouth starting).
Each Norfolk parkrun has its own character.
The great Norfolk estates of Blickling, Holkham and Sheringham offer beautiful sweeping parkland to run.
The formal parks at Eaton in Norwich and The Walks in King’s Lynn make good for fast times.
There is Norwich’s secret park, Catton hidden just beyond the Ring Road.
Where could you find a more English setting for a parkrun then the village common at Mulbarton with its duck ponds and cricket green surrounded by the Parish Church and Pub.
A coastal parkrun is provided at Gorleston Cliffs where on a winter’s morning you may see the sun rise due east out at sea.
And finally there is a real ‘Runners’ parkrun at Colney Lane with a mixture of a woodland hill trial and a sprint across the playing field turf it will test the abilities of all.
We are indeed lucky to live in Norfolk but it is a pity there are only three floodlit eight lane running tracks. (Lynn Sport, UEA sports park and Welesley Road, Great Yarmouth).
Results for Dereham Runners at parkrun for Saturday, 1st, February, 2020.
Norwich (Eaton Park):
37th Matthew Freezer 20:43 (62.43%) 147 runs (New PB!)
54th Craig Moore 21:16 (60.97%) 2 runs
202nd Louise Hudson 25:28 (60.41%) 251 runs
There were 602 runners.
Dereham Volunteer :- Stuart Bizley (9 times)
King’s Lynn (The Walks):
1st Matt Pyatt 16:40 (83.10%) 237 runs
13th Darren Easter 19:16 (75.35%) 190 runs
20th Jo Isbill 20:25 (86.37%) 11 runs (1st female)
34th Lisa Pyatt 21:15 (72.94%) 159 runs (2nd female)
344th Teale Nunn 34:10 (46.20%) 113 runs
There were 417 runners.
Colney Lane (UEA Playing Fields):
61st Kareana Symonds 23:25 (64.45%) 124 runs (New PB!)
63rd Grant King 23:40 (58.52%) 31 runs
66th Adrian Hollis 23:45 (63.65%) 112 runs
78th Jonathan Burton 23:59 (62.47%) 46 runs
84th Peter Swales 24:19 (64.29%) 288 runs
85th Philip Websdale 24:22 (58.62%) 77 runs
92nd Daniel Green 24:35 (55.12%) 115 runs
246th Gill Woodhouse 31:14 (73.69%) 137 runs
288th Heidi Isbill 34:08 (43.36%) 27 runs
351st Megan Oram 53:33 (28.73%) 30 runs
There were 353 runners.
Blickling:
205th Di Renshaw 32:27 (58.96%) 112 runs
224th Ken Renshaw 33:58 (47.64%) 79 runs
There were 318 runners.
Sloughbottom:
1st Steve Walker 18:31 (71.65%) 26 runs (New PB!)
155th Natisha Ramsbottom 29:29 (50.37%) 112 runs (New PB!)
156th Wayne Ramsbottom 29:30 (50.79%) 158 runs
There were 259 runners,
Dereham volunteer :- Mandie Thorpe (18 times)
Brundall (The Countryside Park):
18th David Kellaway 25:21 (62.20%) 147 runs
75th Tina Blanch 43:36 (38.91%) 103 runs
There were 77 runners.
Lytham Hall (Blackpool, Lancs.):
12th Daniel Roberts 21:11 (60.90%) 27 runs
There were 297 runners.
Swaffham:
Dereham volunteer :- Sarah Lake (21 times)
Loch Neaton, Watton:
1st Ash Gilbert 20:02 (65.47%) 30 runs
2nd Luke Gilding 22:17 (65.07%) 51 runs
3rd Louis Preston 22:47 (63.64%) 75 runs
7th James Davis 23:37 (54.62%) 17 runs
13th Emma Potter-Campbell 24:54 (67.34%) 71 runs (1st female)
16th Steven Rix 26:09 (51.88%) 278 runs
18th Jake Gilding 26:09 (56.85%) 51 runs
19th Oliver Pearson 26:18 (56.53%) 18 runs
21st Mark Preston 26:41 (52.72%) 73 runs
40th Kelly Mitchell 29:14 (52.62%) 29 runs
61st Carole Preston 33:44 (46.64%) 82 runs
There were 115 runners.
Soham Village College (Cambs.):
10th Jacob Last 23:37 (61.40%) 86 runs
24th Debbie Last 25:38 (62.55%) 79 runs
26th Robert Last 25:45 (53.40%) 107 runs
56th Dawn Protheroe 28:09 (59.56%) 59 runs
85th Michael Protheroe 31:36 (47.42%) 103 runs
There were 187 runners.
Highwoods (Colchester, Essex):
110th John Richardson 38:23 (44.12%) 314 runs
There were 118 runners.
