parkrunday 10th October 2026

There were 49 HPH women and 77 HPH men out parkrunning across 53 venues worldwide this week.

Twenty-four Hyde Park Harriers travelled to try out a new course. Four of these were new to the HPH list. These were Breakwater in Canada by Kay Jefferies running and Trevor Raddings volunteering; Zonnestraal in the Netherlands by Helen Noyes; Whalan Reserve in Australia by Philip Fisher; and Spring Rock in the US by Edward Hale and Amber Edwards.

Breakwater Park in Kingston is on the waterfront overlooking Lake Ontario. The park underwent a major renovation as part of the “Make a Place for People Project” which aimed to inject new life into underperforming spaces; to encourage physical activity; and promote mental health through activity nodes where people meet, relax and play. The renovations were also influenced by the Swim Drink Fish Initiative with its vision of creating swimmable, drinkable, fishable water for everyone. The renovations were completed in July 2018. The park is very popular. It has grassy hills to enjoy a picnic; lots of sand for the full beach experience; Canada’s first urban natural swimming pier; and a shallow area perfect for young children. It is good for long walks with a dog with a view. The parkrun course is flat and entirely on tarmac paths. It is two laps.

Zonnestraal parkrun takes place through the Loosdrecht Forest and over moors on the outskirts of the city of Hilversum. The Zonnestraal was built in the 1930s as a sanatorium for TB. It is regarded as one of modern architecture’s most important buildings. The building features the classic design of the sanatorium, which focuses on as much open space and fresh air as possible. However, it still embodies the definition of the modern architecture by the immense amount of repetition, bold geometric shapes and the avoidance of superfluous decoration. The building is mostly made of transparent materials to allow as much light as possible to enter the patients’ rooms. The parkrun course is two laps, clockwise, on unpaved paths, through the woods and across the heath. Starting and finishing close to the Zonnestraal building.

Whalan Reserve is in the western Sydney suburb of Blacktown City. A variety of sport and recreation activities are played at Whalan Reserve. The sports include rugby league, football, AFL, cricket. Local recreation clubs include NSW Rocketry Association and Whalan Model Car Club. The parkrun course is relatively flat and single lap on combined grass, sealed old go-cart track and sealed running track.

Spring Rock Park is the flagship park of the Western Springs Park District in Chicago. It offers a wide range of recreational amenities for residents and visitors alike. This expansive 41.7-acre park provides ample space for various outdoor activities and community events. A large number of early residents of Western Springs were Quakers, and deeds often prohibited the sale of alcohol. Until recently, the village itself had not permitted the sale of alcoholic beverages but currently a number of establishments do sell such. Over time, with increased commuter settlement, Western Springs came to look less and less Quaker. The parkrun course is three laps on a mixture of grass and trail around the perimeter of the park.

There were two first finishing Hyde Park Harriers. These were Gregor Lawson in a PB time of 20:43 at Loch Leven and Michael Vargas in 18:09 at Wetherby. There were nine other PBs. These were by Nathan Jeffs with 20:45 at Woodhouse Moor; Adam Sumnall with 24:41 at Roberts Park; Ralph Kidner with 27:13 at East Holmes Field; Daniel Richardson with 23:08 at Chevin Forest; David Hould with 29:06 at Lister Park; Charlie Jackett with 21:47 at Rickmansworth; Derrick Macey with 34:39 at Lincoln; Jago Webb with 20:07 at Quakers Walk; and Paul Robinson with 19:54 at Endcliffe.

There were four new members of the parkrun milestone clubs. These were Nathan Jeffs who reached his 50th parkrun and Sarah Underwood who reached her 300th parkrun, both running at Woodhouse Moor. Anna Stocks reached her 500th parkrun with her run at Roberts Park. Karly Stringer reached her 300th parkrun with her run at Cross Flatts.

The top female Age Grade% was 69.97% by Alison Hargreaves at Wodhouse Moor. The top male Age Grade% was 78.35% by Gordon Crawford at East Holmes Field.

Here are the details of this week’s parkrunning Hyde Park Harriers.

Women

parkrunner	parkrun	Country	Time	AgeGrade%	parkruns	PB/1st
Alice HOULDCROFT	Temple Newsam	UK	32:10	46.01%	98	1st
Alison HARGREAVES	Woodhouse Moor	UK	22:42	69.97%	262	–
Alys GRIFFITHS	Woodhouse Moor	UK	59:54	25.04%	420	–
Amber EDWARDS	Spring Rock	US	32:21	46.06%	285	1st
Amy RAMSDEN-YOUNG	Woodhouse Moor	UK	23:46	63.67%	359	–
Andrea SENDULA	Woodhouse Moor	UK	30:23	48.71%	37	–
Anna STOCKS	Roberts Park	UK	30:36	48.47%	500	–
Becky WEBB	Roberts Park	UK	30:37	48.45%	166	–
Cara GATES	Woodhouse Moor	UK	59:53	25.38%	333	–
Carol ROGERS	Heaton	UK	47:07	41.17%	353	–
Caroline SANDERS	Woodhouse Moor	UK	47:15	35.49%	410	–
Claire HOUGHAM	Highbury Fields	UK	34:46	47.65%	470	1st
Clare SLORACH	Rothwell	UK	22:38	67.16%	213	–
Claudia BAUER	Woodhouse Moor	UK	34:46	44.25%	457	–
Eleanor WILLIAMS	Battersea	UK	28:45	51.48%	385	–
Emily MARTINSON	Ancholme Valley Way	UK	24:58	59.35%	133	–
Emma BROWN	Woodhouse Moor	UK	28:48	51.45%	281	–
Erin SHEPHERD	Woodhouse Moor	UK	30:29	48.55%	54	–
Faatemah PIPERDY	Greenwich Peninsula	UK	26:22	57.08%	397	1st
Fleur SISWICK	Woodhouse Moor	UK	28:49	51.71%	111	–
Helen NOYES	Zonnestraal	NL	31:06	64.20%	353	1st
Hilary M Z LUND	Pontefract	UK	36:09	61.60%	415	–
Jane PRUST	Middleton Woods	UK	32:32	65.22%	284	–
Jaz BANGERH	Woodhouse Moor	UK	39:02	46.37%	797	–
Judith HOLMES	East Holmes Field	UK	37:27	47.71%	51	1st
Julie ROBSON	East Holmes Field	UK	33:49	56.58%	270	1st
Karly STRINGER	Cross Flatts	UK	31:45	48.45%	300	–
Kate SOLOMON	Plymvalley	UK	32:13	46.04%	184	–
Kay JEFFERIES	Breakwater	CA	37:36	50.89%	513	1st
Lara CHAPMAN	Holyrood	UK	44:45	34.64%	230	1st
Larissa CAIRNS	Druridge Bay	UK	27:36	53.62%	168	–
Lesley-Ann DONNELL	Woodhouse Moor	UK	30:24	50.00%	338	–
Liz JONES	Chevin Forest	UK	46:39	45.48%	734	–
Lizzie COOMBES	Woodhouse Moor	UK	39:01	48.36%	368	–
Manesha CHAUHAN	Edgbaston Reservoir	UK	30:58	52.31%	264	–
Matilda RHODES	Woodhouse Moor	UK	28:40	51.69%	290	–
Meg COLEMAN	Monsal Trail	UK	31:30	46.98%	53	–
Megan FOSTER	Woodhouse Moor	UK	23:01	64.30%	108	–
Nichola MORELAND	Woodhouse Moor	UK	28:41	52.12%	95	–
Nicola HAROLD	Holyrood	UK	44:46	35.82%	227	1st
Poppy FORWOOD	Bramley	UK	56:07	28.45%	290	–
Rebecca GRAY	Woodhouse Moor	UK	24:49	60.64%	476	–
Robyn JOHNSON	Rothay Park	UK	56:10	27.24%	412	–
Sarah JEWERS	Loch Leven	UK	29:33	50.08%	190	1st
Sarah MARKLESS	Potternewton	UK	27:36	53.86%	150	–
Sarah UNDERWOOD	Woodhouse Moor	UK	28:50	52.49%	300	–
Surinder BHATTI	Roberts Park	UK	32:45	52.47%	375	–
Vicky HOUGHTON	Woodhouse Moor	UK	30:15	52.01%	588	–
Vikki HAWKINS	Futakotamagawa	JP	41:05	43.49%	323	–

Men

parkrunner	parkrun	Country	Time	AgeGrade%	parkruns	PB/1st
Adam SUMNALL	Roberts Park	UK	24:41	52.87%	191	PB
Alex TURNBULL	Harrogate	UK	24:52	60.25%	88	–
Andrew BLACK	Woodhouse Moor	UK	23:01	60.17%	179	–
Andrew CARRIER	Rothwell	UK	25:34	50.85%	182	–
Andrew P NICHOLLS	Favorita	IT	28:41	60.14%	607	–
Andy JUDD	East Holmes Field	UK	25:29	63.51%	394	1st
Bartosz LEWANDOWSKI	Potternewton	UK	28:15	50.56%	347	–
Ben HARTLEY	Potternewton	UK	31:59	45.39%	453	–
Charlie JACKETT	Rickmansworth	UK	21:47	65.57%	291	PB
Chris CARRICK	Woodhouse Moor	UK	24:37	59.44%	357	–
Chris HARRIS	Lister Park	UK	25:52	52.00%	189	–
Chris JONES	Chevin Forest	UK	28:28	61.94%	828	–
Chris WORFOLK	Horton Park	UK	25:41	52.76%	469	1st
Colin TRANTER	Cross Flatts	UK	31:46	45.33%	127	–
Curtis BROADHEAD	Woodhouse Moor	UK	23:11	55.79%	248	–
Dan DONNELLY	Woodhouse Moor	UK	22:45	70.48%	230	–
Dan STEVENSON	Woodhouse Moor	UK	18:11	75.62%	132	–
Daniel ALLISON	Woodhouse Moor	UK	23:41	54.61%	127	–
Daniel FAWCETT	Rothwell	UK	33:35	38.51%	110	–
Daniel RICHARDSON	Chevin Forest	UK	23:08	55.84%	35	PB
Daniel WAAS	Thonock Lane Farm	UK	29:58	47.33%	599	–
David GREALY	University of Galway	IE	23:54	56.69%	265	–
David HOULD	Lister Park	UK	29:06	55.61%	28	PB
Derrick MACEY	Lincoln	UK	34:39	45.12%	83	PB
Edward HALE	Spring Rock	US	30:23	42.68%	172	1st
Frazer CARR	Wimpole Estate	UK	22:31	57.74%	231	–
Gordon CRAWFORD	East Holmes Field	UK	23:47	78.35%	290	–
Gregor LAWSON	Loch Leven	UK	20:43	63.64%	130	PB
Harrison GRANGE	Woodhouse Moor	UK	28:25	45.45%	44	–
Harry WEBSTER	Woodhouse Moor	UK	19:41	65.88%	64	–
Jack ROSE	Fountains Abbey	UK	22:33	58.83%	295	–
Jago WEBB	Quakers Walk	UK	20:07	64.13%	149	PB
Jamie DOBSON	Strathclyde	UK	26:48	50.93%	391	–
Jamie RYAN	Rothwell	UK	25:36	50.98%	416	–
Joe HOGG	Wetherby	UK	28:38	55.06%	347	–
Joe LAWLEY	Loch Leven	UK	27:45	47.27%	251	1st
John BLATHERWICK	Kingsway Park	UK	24:51	54.53%	484	1st
Jonathan BAXENDALE	Woodhouse Moor	UK	19:39	66.16%	103	–
Jonathan PRYOR	Philips Park	UK	30:38	43.58%	276	1st
Joseph WILSON	Leicester Victoria	UK	24:48	52.28%	203	–
Lee TAYLOR	Potternewton	UK	23:49	61.44%	164	–
Lucas JOHNSTONE	Woodhouse Moor	UK	24:42	52.23%	172	–
Mark HADDRILL	Woodhouse Moor	UK	24:38	57.10%	462	–
Matt BARTON	Woodhouse Moor	UK	27:36	51.75%	337	–
Matthew BATTEN	Brockwell	UK	27:19	47.47%	139	1st
Matthew GRAY	Woodhouse Moor	UK	30:32	43.72%	277	–
Michael VARGAS	Wetherby	UK	18:09	76.31%	235	–
Mike GALLAGHER	Woodhouse Moor	UK	19:58	69.95%	150	–
Nathan JEFFS	Woodhouse Moor	UK	20:45	62.17%	50	PB
Nick PAYNE	Woodhouse Moor	UK	24:37	56.74%	170	–
Nick SHAKHLEVICH	Conyngham Hall	UK	25:07	53.95%	165	–
Nigel WALLIS	Woodhouse Moor	UK	23:12	62.57%	154	–
Oliver ISAAC	Woodhouse Moor	UK	28:52	45.96%	97	–
Paul FARMERY	Beckton	UK	40:17	34.92%	199	1st
Paul RAMSDEN	Woodhouse Moor	UK	25:09	59.11%	314	–
Paul ROBINSON	Endcliffe	UK	19:54	71.78%	229	PB
Paul SAWYER	Woodhouse Moor	UK	22:47	61.30%	323	–
Peter WHITE 2015	Hillsborough	UK	33:43	51.16%	287	–
Phil LINDSAY	Woodhouse Moor	UK	32:54	56.64%	573	–
Philip FISHER	Whalan Reserve	AU	23:37	56.18%	272	1st
Ralph KIDNER	East Holmes Field	UK	27:13	66.44%	396	PB
Reuben GIBBONS	Potternewton	UK	23:23	57.52%	13	1st
Richard CARTWRIGHT	East Holmes Field	UK	27:22	51.40%	96	–
Richard EDWARDS	Woodhouse Moor	UK	30:15	48.76%	434	–
Richard PULLAN	Waverley Lakes	UK	33:14	51.91%	489	1st
Robert BUTLER	Heslington	UK	26:32	54.71%	247	–
Sam DOOLEY	Graves	UK	27:37	60.17%	480	1st
Sam TOWNSON	Woodhouse Moor	UK	20:47	62.07%	60	–
Simon BURTON	Roundhay	UK	22:43	60.09%	72	–
Simon ROGERS	Heaton	UK	27:45	59.88%	391	–
Sohebuzzaman KHAN	Woodhouse Moor	UK	29:24	44.61%	35	–
Stephen PRUST	Middleton Woods	UK	39:18	43.47%	267	–
Timothy LINLEY	Woodhouse Moor	UK	39:02	36.04%	166	–
Tom MCNEILLIE	Roundhay	UK	23:34	57.07%	144	–
Vicente PONSODA	Woodhouse Moor	UK	29:05	45.90%	118	–
William DOW	Woodhouse Moor	UK	24:27	54.60%	128	–
William WATKINS	Lister Park	UK	22:41	57.16%	73	1st