parkrunday 15th June 2024

There were 61 HPH women and 65 HPH men out parkrunning across 47 venues this week.

Forty-three Park Harriers travelled to try out a new course. Two of these were new to the HPH list. These were Carlow Town in Ireland by Chris Worfolk and Cieszyn in Poland by Tom Elcock.

The Carlow Town parkrun course is an out and back on the Barrow Track finishing with a lap of the Carlow Town Park. The Barrow Track is a path alongside the River Barrow that was originally used for horses to pull boats. Carlow Town Park was completed in June 2003. The park reimagines the open space at the heart of the Town. The water level in the River Barrow fluctuates over the seasons and part of the brief for the design of the new park was a series of positive interventions which would allow for the seasonal flooding of the area. In particular, the lower section of the site is liable to flooding in the wintertime as the level of water in the river swells and overflows. The implemented design allows for power washing of the pavement surfaces following flooding.

Cieszyn is in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River which forms the border with the Czech Republic. In 1920 Cieszyn Silesia was divided between the two newly created states of Poland and Czechoslovakia, with the smaller western suburbs of Cieszyn becoming part of Czechoslovakia as a new town called Český Těšín. The larger part of the town joined Poland as Cieszyn. After Poland and the Czech Republic joined the European Union and its passport-free Schengen zone, border controls were abolished and residents of both the Polish and Czech part could move freely across the border. The parkrun course takes advantage of this free movement. The Cieszyn parkrun straddles the Olza river. Starting in Poland, you run alongside the river and over a rather rickety wooden bridge, to the newly constructed “Sports bridge” half way over the bridge you enter the Czech Republic, where you then run alongside the opposite river bank to a touch post and then back on yourself to Sikora park, past a restaurant, before going back across the bridge into Poland (and no, you don’t need your passport). Once back on Polish soil, you turn down a gravel path, through a wooded area to a loop around a picnic site. Then it’s follow the path back again to finish where you started.

There was one first finishing Hyde Park Harrier. This was Jonathan Coade in a PB time of 18:16 at Pontefract. There were nine other PBs. These were by Aisling Davis with 23:05 and Dan Lee with 49:06 at Woodhouse Moor; Sam Dooley with 24:58 at Rothwell; Caitlin Crockford with 26:39 at Roundhay; Chloe Brooks with 23:09 at Fountains Abbey; Andrew Bassett with 22:30 at Druridge Bay; Ian Martinson with 22:00 at Penrose; Gregor Lawson with 21:18 at Loch Leven; and Alison Hargreaves with 25:44 at Potternewton.

Richard Cartwright joined the parkrun 50 club with his run at Pontefract. Helen Noyes joined the parkrun 250 club with her run at Woodhouse Moor.

Top female Age Grade% was 71.68% by Jane Prust at Huddersfield and top male Age Grade% was 74.85% by Ian Martinson at Penrose.

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

Women

parkrunnerparkrunCountryTimeAgeGrade%parkrunsPB/1st
Aisling DAVISWoodhouse MoorUK23:0564.12%45PB
Alison HARGREAVESPotternewtonUK25:4460.69%180PB
Alys GRIFFITHSCardiffUK24:5759.59%3111st
Amber EDWARDSPotternewtonUK25:2758.28%216
Amy RAMSDEN-YOUNGHeslingtonUK38:3838.70%260
Anna J HIGGINSLoch LevenUK30:2248.96%112
Anna MOGERMillfieldUK29:1153.91%327
Anna STOCKSCliffe CastleUK26:1956.24%383
Anne AKERSWoodhouse MoorUK37:3454.79%408
Becky WEBBFelixstoweUK27:5253.11%122
Beverley MILLERMiddleton WoodsUK34:2557.19%397
Caite BURKEBurgessUK21:1070.00%331st
Caitlin CROCKFORDRoundhayUK26:3955.53%32PB
Cara GATESWoodhouse MoorUK28:4852.08%240
Carol ROGERSWittonUK30:0161.97%2411st
Caroline YOUNGPontefractUK23:5562.72%157
Catherine HAYWARDBramleyUK39:0338.92%59
Catherine MCGUIREBramleyUK29:3451.18%180
Catherine WALLISPotternewtonUK37:5139.15%66
Charlotte Victoria EVAWoodhouse MoorUK27:3554.56%33
Chloe BROOKSFountains AbbeyUK23:0963.93%107PB
Ciara CROSSANMiddleton WoodsUK28:5452.36%153
Claire BOOTHPotternewtonUK28:0353.95%2671st
Clare EVANSBramleyUK27:5053.53%330
Clare MASONWoodhouse MoorUK41:0043.01%373
Clare SLORACHRoundhayUK23:1464.56%109
Claudia BAUERDruridge BayUK31:2348.43%3441st
Daisy WALESWoodhouse MoorUK28:4851.39%49
Danni FOXPendleUK51:4128.64%1451st
Debbie BROWNCliffe CastleUK33:3653.87%2991st
Delyse FORBERWoodhouse MoorUK42:5945.79%309
Dominique HARRISPendleUK51:3630.04%481st
Eleanor WILLIAMSConyngham HallUK25:4957.33%2771st
Ellie SHIPPWoodhouse MoorUK58:0625.47%102
Emma AMORAuldcathie DistrictUK29:4150.53%208
Emma BROWNWoodhouse MoorUK29:2350.37%267
Helen BEDDOWThornham WalksUK30:5848.01%1591st
Helen NOYESWoodhouse MoorUK28:3168.03%250
Honor BALDRYWoodhouse MoorUK21:4669.53%109
Jane PRUSTHuddersfieldUK28:4371.68%1661st
Jaz BANGERHWoodhouse MoorUK35:0750.21%674
Jo RHODESMillhousesUK28:1452.77%2511st
Karly STRINGERPontefractUK26:4556.82%2031st
Kate PANKHURSTBramleyUK32:4747.99%140
Lesley-Ann DONNELLWoodhouse MoorUK29:2650.96%245
Lizzie COOMBESOrmeauUK28:1964.80%3041st
Lucy RIDERPontefractUK39:3139.81%340
Matilda RHODESWoodhouse MoorUK29:2450.34%224
Naomi ADKINSMillhousesUK31:1247.65%2091st
Naomi MILESMillhousesUK22:0267.62%2141st
Nicki DERRICKMelton MowbrayUK26:4255.49%2751st
Rebecca DAWSONRoundhayUK27:3253.75%190
Rebecca GOODYWoodhouse MoorUK49:0732.03%64
Rebecca GRAYMillhousesUK23:0964.36%3631st
Robyn JOHNSONRothay ParkUK33:5344.66%293
Rosie LEWISWoodhouse MoorUK27:2054.15%9
Sarah JEWERSPontefractUK27:0954.51%1081st
Sarah MARKLESSPotternewtonUK25:0559.07%112
Sarah UNDERWOODFletcher MossUK31:2547.75%2191st
Vicky HOUGHTONHeatonUK24:0364.45%4701st
Vikki HAWKINSFutakotamagawaJP39:1544.37%217

Men

parkrunnerparkrunCountryTimeAgeGrade%parkrunsPB/1st
Adam SUMNALLCliffe CastleUK26:2049.24%1331st
Alexander PERKINRedcarUK29:3043.73%120
Andrew BASSETTDruridge BayUK22:3057.33%294PB
Andrew BLACKCross FlattsUK20:3365.94%81
Andrew CARRIERRoundhayUK19:2166.84%72
Andrew P NICHOLLSForo ItalicoIT24:4868.28%497
Andrew SMALLWOODWoodhouse MoorUK27:5750.33%51
Ben HARTLEYPotternewtonUK37:5037.75%354
Chris HARRISThe Cinder TrackUK22:2559.18%941st
Chris JONESKingsbury WaterUK23:2473.01%7051st
Chris WORFOLKCarlow TownIE25:2852.42%3561st
Conor GOOLDWhitley BayUK27:5646.96%95
Craig MORLANDPontefractUK21:0362.00%111st
Curtis BROADHEADWoodhouse MoorUK18:3469.48%163
Curtis PARKER-MILNESWoodhouse MoorUK28:3945.14%220
Dan DONNELLYWoodhouse MoorUK24:1265.15%170
Dan LEEWoodhouse MoorUK49:0628.21%38PB
Daniel WAASYarborough Leisure CentreUK28:3648.43%474
David GREALYThornham WalksUK23:4256.33%1541st
Dominic O’KEYWoodhouse MoorUK22:3257.69%149
Frazer CARRLowestoftUK18:0571.52%139
George WEBSTERWoodhouse MoorUK32:4439.41%131
Graeme MILESWoodhouse MoorUK30:4744.34%163
Gregor LAWSONLoch LevenUK21:1861.27%116PB
Ian MARTINSONPenroseUK22:0074.85%58PB
Ives SOLOWoodhouse MoorUK31:0149.11%188
Jack GORDONBurgessUK22:5357.03%221st
Jack ROSEHeslingtonUK20:2863.76%216
James UNDERWOODFletcher MossUK31:2641.94%1301st
Jamie RYANRothwellUK22:0458.76%312
Jason NEWELLOakwell HallUK28:4752.06%331
Joe LAWLEYPontefractUK20:4962.45%1491st
John BLATHERWICKPontefractUK23:4455.90%370
John PRATTTemple NewsamUK19:5868.86%1481st
Jonathan COADEPontefractUK18:1670.99%71PB
Jonathan PRYORArmleyUK28:2546.39%1581st
Jonathan SPAINThornham WalksUK23:4255.63%1271st
Lee TAYLORPotternewtonUK21:4566.21%102
Mark HADDRILLDruridge BayUK21:4463.27%3511st
Matthew GRAYWoodhouse MoorUK38:3834.12%173
Michael GARTSIDERoberts ParkUK23:1858.15%134
Michael GODSALLWoodhouse MoorUK25:5549.77%35
Mohammed ASLAMRoundhayUK34:0145.96%241
Nigel WALLISBramleyUK21:1767.11%801st
Paul MILLIGANMiddleton WoodsUK24:5456.09%86
Paul RAMSDENHeslingtonUK29:4749.13%2311st
Paul ROBINSONWoodhouse MoorUK20:3168.56%157
Paul SAWYERWoodhouse MoorUK23:1858.58%245
Peter WHITE 2015HillsboroughUK31:2953.79%222
Phil LINDSAYWoodhouse MoorUK54:2433.24%456
Ralph KIDNERPontefractUK25:4568.48%3631st
Richard CARTWRIGHTPontefractUK23:1259.70%501st
Richard EDWARDSWoodhouse MoorUK28:1651.36%352
Richard PULLANRothwellUK30:3055.52%387
Rob RILEYCattonUK20:1164.00%200
Robert BUTLERSale WaterUK27:5451.19%1431st
Sam DOOLEYRothwellUK24:5865.35%362PB
Simon ROGERSWittonUK30:0653.77%2761st
Stephen PRUSTHuddersfieldUK35:2846.85%1541st
Steve BROWNCliffe CastleUK29:2753.54%2591st
Thomas MOULDINGWoodhouse MoorUK17:1874.76%141
Timothy LINLEYWoodhouse MoorUK21:1665.13%120
Tom ELCOCKCieszynPL25:4854.13%4471st
Tom MCNEILLIEWoodhouse MoorUK24:0655.05%87
William DOWWoodhouse MoorUK22:2158.99%53