parkrunday 1st August 2026

There were 47 HPH women and 71 HPH men out parkrunning across 51 venues worldwide this week.

Fifty one Hyde Park Harriers travelled to try out a new course. Four of these were new to the HPH list. These were Kingsway Park in Greater Manchester by Vicky Houghton and Robert Butler; Donauradweg in Austria by Lucas Johnstone and Pablo de Pablo Carrion; Greendale Farm Shop in Exeter by Manesha Chauhan; and Sunnyvale Bay Trail in California by Tami Bond.

Kingsway Park is in the town of Urmston, five miles south west of Manchester City centre. The park a well-established outdoor space,that serves families in Manchester seeking somewhere for daily walks, picnics, and relaxation. It is best known for its vital role during World War II as an anti-aircraft gun battery site defending the nearby Trafford Park industrial estate. Its primary job was to protect the strategic Metropolitan-Vickers factory and Trafford Park production lines, which manufactured parts for the legendary Lancaster bomber. The battery operated with searchlights and heavy guns to deter and target enemy bombers flying toward Manchester. The military site closed in 1945 with the end of the war, and original guns and concrete storage bunkers were subsequently cleared. The parkrun course is three clockwise laps, starting and finishing by the northwest corner of the leisure centre car park. The course is predominately on grass with two short sections of tarmac path per lap.

Donauradweg parkrun is in the Austrian city of Linz. The city straddles the Danube River midway between Salzburg and Vienna. Baroque buildings, including Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus) and the old cathedral or Alter Dom, ring Hauptplatz, the old town’s main square. The riverside Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz has a major modern art collection. Across the river, the striking Ars Electronica Center focuses on society, technology and life in the future. Adolf Hitler considered Linz, Austria, his true hometown. He spent his formative adolescent years there from 1898 to 1907, attended secondary school at the local Realschule, met his close friend August Kubizek, and later envisioned grand plans to transform Linz into a major cultural capital of the Third Reich. The parkrun course is a flat out and back along an asphalted cycle path on the northern bank of the River Danube.

The multi award-winning Greendale Farm Shop is located just outside Exeter. The shop sells meat from their own farm and fresh fish from their boats. The shelves are additionally packed with delicious local produce – from cheese and clotted cream to fresh fruit and veg, handmade sausages, newly-baked bread and Devon-brewed cider. Local produce also features on the menus at Greendale Kitchen (their cafe/restaurant), at their fish & chip takeaway and at Oscar’s Drive-Thru – named after Oscar the Ostrich, one of their Farm Trail’s most popular residents. The free Family Farm Trail is set in several acres of farmland and follows a level path taking you past friendly animals, from Oscar the ostrich and the Kunekune pigs to fluffy alpacas, shaggy Highland cattle and a resident wallaby. The parkrun course starts at the farm shop, completes a short 1km loop before heading down to the fishing lake and alongside a beautiful stream. The course loops back to finish next to Oscar’s Cafe.

Sunnyvale is a city in the Santa Clara Valley in California. As one of the major cities that make up California’s high-tech area known as Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale is the birthplace of the video game industry having the former location of Atari’s headquarters. Many technology companies are headquartered in Sunnyvale and many more operate there, including several aerospace/defence companies. The Sunnyvale Bay Trail is part of the bigger San Francisco Bay Trail that will eventually encompass 400 miles around the Bay Area. The parkrun course is one long out and back and then a second shorter out and back along the Sunnyvale Bay Trail. The joint civil-military Moffett Field airport is at the western end of the course making it a good site for plane spotters. Large transport planes like the C-5 Galaxy and C-130 Hercules frequently fly in and out. Federal or dignitary flights (such as Air Force Two) periodically land. Occasional fighter jets (such as F-35s) do low approaches. Private aircraft for Google executives are housed there.

There were two first finishing Hyde Park Harriers. These were Nick Shakhlevich in 18:02 at Heslington and Adam Lomas in a PB time of 17:52 at Bramhall. There were thirteen other PBs. These were by Lara Chapman with 30:13 and Nicola Harold with 40:20 at Conyngham Hall; Reuben Keating with 17:44, Tobias Adkins with 18:36, Matthew Batten with 21:11 and Gordon Crawford with 22:55 at Armley; Daniel Allison with 24:10 at Roundhay; Harry Webster with 21:58 and William Dow with 25:43 at Chevin Forest; Grace Hunter with 39:20 at Lancing Beach Green; Edward Hale with 20:42 at Horton Park; Nigel Wallis with 20:17 at Bishan in Singapore; and Ellie Shipp with 30:03 at Gunnersbury.

There were no new members of the official parkrun milestone clubs.

Top female Age Grade% was 69.73% by Amy Ramsden-Young at Rutland Water and top male Age Grade% was 81.31% by Gordon Crawford at Armley.

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

Women

parkrunnerparkrunCountryTimeAgeGrade%parkrunsPB/1st
Abi THORNLEYBrockwellUK31:3546.86%281st
Alison HARGREAVESHarrogateUK28:3855.47%2561st
Alys GRIFFITHSBeverley WestwoodUK28:1352.98%4131st
Amy RAMSDEN-YOUNGRutland WaterUK21:3569.73%3511st
Anna STOCKSWanstead FlatsUK29:5849.50%4921st
Anne AKERSConyngham HallUK43:4848.44%4801st
Carol ROGERSHeatonUK49:5838.83%343–
Claire HOUGHAMSewerbyUK33:5948.75%4611st
Claire LYONSRoundhayUK28:4155.37%282–
Clare SLORACHArmleyUK22:2067.76%204–
Claudia BAUERCross FlattsUK34:0445.16%4471st
Ellie CROSSLEYArmleyUK29:0450.92%111–
Ellie SHIPPGunnersburyUK30:0349.25%178PB
Emily MARTINSONEast Holmes FieldUK25:3857.80%1261st
Fleur SISWICKChevin ForestUK28:2452.46%106–
Grace HUNTERLancing Beach GreenUK39:2037.63%93PB
Grace ROBERTSPotternewtonUK32:2646.09%207–
Helen BEDDOWArmleyUK1:03:2523.57%242–
Helen NOYESPotternewtonUK30:4964.79%345–
Hilary M Z LUNDPontefractUK37:5257.83%409–
Jane PRUSTLinwoodUK30:3469.41%2741st
Jayne GLENNONCrosbyUK32:0058.96%4111st
Jaz BANGERHConyngham HallUK40:2144.86%787–
Jo RHODESBeverley WestwoodUK34:5742.92%3401st
Karly STRINGERArmleyUK1:03:2524.26%293–
Kasia LIPKAShrewsburyUK34:5342.62%141st
Kate PANKHURSTArmleyUK33:5447.30%153–
Kristan WEBBPotternewtonUK45:4342.44%299–
Lara CHAPMANConyngham HallUK30:1351.30%221PB
Laura HALLIWELLTemple NewsamUK30:2848.80%85–
Laura KETTLEWELLRoundhayUK29:3254.29%259–
Lesley-Ann DONNELLSewerbyUK30:5249.24%3321st
Liz JONESBower ParkUK40:2652.47%7251st
Louise GARDHAMSewerbyUK33:1154.55%2931st
Lucy RIDERPontefractUK34:0647.02%433–
Manesha CHAUHANGreendale Farm ShopUK34:1847.23%2571st
Naomi ADKINSBeverley WestwoodUK25:4258.37%2461st
Nicola HAROLDConyngham HallUK40:2039.75%218PB
Rebecca GOODYMuncaster CastleUK49:4032.28%1611st
Rebecca GRAYOakwell HallUK31:3647.47%466–
Robyn JOHNSONRothay ParkUK31:5447.96%403–
Sarah JEWERSEdinburghUK28:5251.27%183–
Sarah ROBERTSEndcliffeUK25:5956.96%282–
Sarah UNDERWOODBeverley WestwoodUK24:1962.23%2921st
Sylvia MCLELLANArmleyUK32:0150.60%1021st
Tami BONDSunnyvale Bay TrailUS31:1463.02%1241st
Vicky HOUGHTONKingsway ParkUK25:0662.68%5781st

Men

parkrunnerparkrunCountryTimeAgeGrade%parkrunsPB/1st
Adam LOMASBramhallUK17:5274.25%40PB
Adam SUMNALLWanstead FlatsUK23:2355.81%1851st
Alan BESWICKPotternewtonUK27:2760.53%196–
Alex FELLSArmleyUK25:4950.81%132–
Alex TURNBULLHarrogateUK25:5657.33%85–
Alexander PERKINRoundhayUK27:2247.26%164–
Andrew BLACKArmleyUK19:1471.49%170–
Andrew CARRIERArmleyUK22:2258.12%172–
Andrew P NICHOLLSEast BrightonUK28:5659.62%597–
Andy BESTCrosbyUK31:4750.45%4011st
Ben HARTLEYPotternewtonUK31:2746.16%443–
Chris HARRISYork Community WoodlandUK26:2650.88%1791st
Chris JONESBower ParkUK25:3968.75%8191st
Chris WORFOLKIsabel TrailUK26:3351.04%4591st
Craig MORLANDShrewsburyUK26:0950.41%231st
Curtis BROADHEADRoundhayUK21:4659.42%238–
Dan STEVENSONOxfordUK17:4177.19%1291st
Daniel ALLISONRoundhayUK24:1053.52%118PB
Daniel WAASYarborough Leisure CentreUK28:2749.44%589–
David GREALYUniversity of GalwayIE23:1658.24%257–
Douglas BLACKWOODYorkUK21:3859.63%46–
Edward HALEHorton ParkUK20:4262.64%162PB
Frazer CARRLetchworthUK22:2158.17%2221st
George ANDERSONRoundhayUK21:1063.07%79–
George FIDCZUKPeelUK21:5958.76%71st
George SULLIVANFountains AbbeyUK22:2457.59%263–
Gordon CRAWFORDArmleyUK22:5581.31%286PB
Harry WEBSTERChevin ForestUK21:5859.03%58PB
Jack HOLLANDArmleyUK19:1372.07%931st
Jack ROSEHeslingtonUK41:0932.04%286–
Jago WEBBPotternewtonUK22:3157.29%1441st
Jamie DOBSONDrumlanrig CastleUK27:5149.01%3831st
Jamie RYANRothwellUK24:2153.59%407–
Joe LAWLEYEdinburghUK23:3055.82%243–
John BLATHERWICKArmleyUK25:4852.13%474–
Jonathan BAXENDALEChevin ForestUK22:4057.35%97–
Jonathan COADEDewsburyUK31:2741.49%127–
Jonathan PRYORConyngham HallUK57:3023.22%266–
Joseph WILSONPotternewtonUK28:0846.09%193–
Kevin LONGMATEMiddleton WoodsUK22:3460.49%86–
Lee TAYLORPotternewtonUK26:4954.57%157–
Lucas JOHNSTONEDonauradwegAT20:5961.48%1641st
Mark HADDRILLCross FlattsUK34:0441.00%4521st
Matt BARTONArmleyUK23:3060.78%332–
Matthew BATTENArmleyUK21:1161.21%133PB
Matthew GRAYOakwell HallUK32:0341.65%2691st
Michael HOLLANDAshton CourtUK25:1252.05%331st
Mohammed MEGHRAOUACross FlattsUK29:0657.10%235–
Nick PAYNEEast Holmes FieldUK22:3261.98%1601st
Nick SHAKHLEVICHHeslingtonUK18:0275.14%155–
Nigel WALLISBishanSG20:1771.57%149PB
Oliver ISAACChevin ForestUK28:2546.69%901st
Pablo DE PABLO CARRIONDonauradwegAT25:1051.26%611st
Paul RAMSDENRutland WaterUK23:4462.64%3061st
Paul ROBINSONEndcliffeUK20:3569.39%2191st
Phil LINDSAYWetherbyUK45:3940.82%5631st
Ralph KIDNERArmleyUK25:0072.33%394–
Reuben KEATINGArmleyUK17:4473.12%211PB
Richard EDWARDSArmleyUK27:4553.15%431–
Richard KNIGHTONRothwellUK19:1267.27%113–
Robert BUTLERKingsway ParkUK27:0453.63%2371st
Russell WEBSTERCross FlattsUK28:4754.78%72–
Sam DOOLEYArmleyUK25:0766.16%470–
Simon ROGERSHeatonUK26:5861.06%381–
Stephen PRUSTLinwoodUK37:5944.98%2571st
Thomas MOULDINGEast Holmes FieldUK19:0468.18%2351st
Timothy LINLEYYorkUK20:1869.29%1601st
Tobias ADKINSArmleyUK18:3671.33%232PB
Tom THOMASArmleyUK18:2470.92%481st
William DOWChevin ForestUK25:4351.91%125PB
William WATKINSOakwell HallUK24:3352.82%661st