Natasha Phillips and Luca Fanottoli ran the quickest parkrun occasions within the UK this weekend (18th Might).
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First an apology for an absence of parkrun high 10 final weekend, we had an internet site outage that meant I acquired the weekend off (while crewing my spouse at a 100km mountain race, so not simply on the seaside). However we’re again at present.
Its was a Scottish double this weekend with the quickest girls’s and males’s occasions coming at occasions within the north of the UK at West Hyperlinks parkrun and Holyrood.
Natasha Philipps, a Dundee Hawkwill Harrier, had the quickest time by only one second with 16:32 sufficient for the highest spot this week. It’s a good way to begin your weekend, particularly with Pleasureland Abroath a brief jog away from the ending chute. We don’t know the way Sunday goes to measure as much as at present for Phillips.
Central AC’s Luca Fanottoli was the primary finisher at Holyrood parkrun in 15:22 and it’s a giant parkrun PB however not as fancy as his 5k PB of 14:30 and 10,000m PB of 30:08.81 in April this yr. Blistering tempo!
The very best of the remaining
At Sutcliffe parkrun it was Gemma Kersey who one solely second behind behind Philipps, albeit it 450 miles aside. With 16:33 Kersey didn’t run a parkrun PB nevertheless it’s one other top quality run for the Basildon AC athlete who ran 76:56 for her first half marathon simply two weeks in the past.
Additionally in second spot was Ethan Primett at Durham parkrun within the north east. The Herts Phoenix runner clocked 15:32, 10 seconds again from Fanottoli, and builds on a powerful season that has already seen a 15:11 parkrun PB and tenth on the CAU Inter County Championships (inc British Athletics Cross Problem).
Third on the ladies’s podium was mountain runner Sara Willhoit, who ran 17:38 at Shrewsbury parkrun and is making ready for the upcoming European Off Highway Working Championships 2024 in Annecy, France the place she is competing within the uphill solely race.
Adam Hill completes our podium with a 15:42 at Walsall Arboretum, on the again of some sturdy 2024 performances together with a 15:18 at Mid Cheshire 5K a number of weeks again.
The quickest course?
Alexandra parkrun, Moss Facet, was the one occasion to characteristic twice so takes the biscuit this weekend. Bravo!
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