parkrunday 4th January 2025

There were 55 HPH women and 53 HPH men out parkrunning across 31 venues worldwide this week.

Seven Hyde Park Harriers travelled to try out a new course. Two of these courses were new to the HPH list. These were Crinan Canal in Scotland by Tami Bond and Brooklands by Lucy Rider.

The Crinan Canal parkrun course is an out and back route on the path alongside the canal, starting and finishing in the village of Crinan. The nine mile long canal opened in 1801 to provide a navigable route between the Inner Hebrides and the Firth of Clyde without the need for a long diversion around the Kintyre Peninsula. Queen Victoria travelled along the canal to Crinan during a holiday in the Scottish Highlands in 1847. Her journey made the canal a tourist attraction and gave the canal an added purpose. Passenger steamer companies operating out of Glasgow advertised the canal as the “Royal route” and by the late 1850s more than 40,000 passengers passed through Ardrishaig each year and were met by steamers to Oban at Crinan.

Brooklands parkrun course is in Brooklands Community Park. It is two laps on hard paths around the former runway and taxiway, a former go-kart track and through the woods. The start is at the 100m sprint track. The Community Park is situated within the historic Brooklands site, the birthplace of British motorsport and aviation. Brooklands was a 2.8 mile motor racing circuit and aerodrome. It opened in 1907 and was the world’s first purpose-built ‘banked’ motor racing circuit as well as one of Britain’s first airfields, which also became Britain’s largest aircraft manufacturing centre by 1918, producing military aircraft such as the Wellington and civil airliners like the Viscount and VC-10. The circuit hosted its last race in August 1939 and today part of it forms the Brooklands Museum, a major aviation and motoring museum, as well as a venue for vintage car, motorcycle and other transport-related events.

There was one first finishing Hyde Park Harrier. This was Coralie Bell in 20:12 at Woodhouse Moor. There were two PBs. These were by Euan Douglas with 19:39 at Woodhouse Moor and Jonah Kennedy with 24:02 at Potternewton.

Charlotte Victoria Eva joined the parkrun 50 club with her run at Worden.

Top female Age Grade% was 73.27% by Coralie Bell at Woodhouse Moor and top male Age Grade% was 74.19% by Chris Jones at Cross Flatts.

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

Women

parkrunnerparkrunCountryTimeAgeGrade%parkrunsPB/1st
Aisling DAVISWoodhouse MoorUK29:2950.20%55
Alice HOULDCROFTArmleyUK31:3946.76%73
Alison HARGREAVESWoodhouse MoorUK24:4063.31%202
Alys GRIFFITHSRoundhayUK29:1750.88%336
Amber EDWARDSWoodhouse MoorUK26:5755.04%242
Amy LATHAMHove PromenadeUK34:1943.22%9
Amy RAMSDEN-YOUNGWoodhouse MoorUK21:2869.88%284
Anna MOGERRothwellUK36:1043.92%347
Anna STOCKSWoodhouse MoorUK31:1247.49%412
Anne AKERSWoodhouse MoorUK36:4456.03%429
Bethany CHAMBERSBostonUK24:2460.66%160
Cara GATESWoodhouse MoorUK24:5860.28%267
Carol ROGERSHeatonUK26:5770.01%267
Caroline SANDERSWoodhouse MoorUK30:3254.26%356
Caroline YOUNGRoundhayUK28:0253.69%172
Catherine MCGUIREArmleyUK32:2047.01%201
Charlotte Victoria EVAWordenUK30:2449.78%501st
Claire BOOTHWoodhouse MoorUK29:2051.82%282
Claire HOUGHAMWoodhouse MoorUK40:0440.43%390
Claire LYONSWoodhouse MoorUK29:2753.42%237
Clare EVANSArmleyUK28:4251.92%349
Clare MAXWELLWoodhouse MoorUK35:5051.21%480
Claudia BAUERWoodhouse MoorUK35:1843.06%368
Coralie BELLWoodhouse MoorUK20:1273.27%38
Daisy WALESWoodhouse MoorUK29:2750.25%68
Eleanor WILLIAMSWoodhouse MoorUK29:2850.23%305
Ellie CROSSLEYArmleyUK30:5547.87%94
Emily MARTINSONPrestonUK25:0059.20%73
Gemma NEWMANWoodhouse MoorUK29:1750.65%93
Grace ROBERTSArmleyUK33:3944.18%151
Helen NOYESWoodhouse MoorUK28:0570.09%277
Jane PRUSTPotternewtonUK30:2167.82%195
Jaz BANGERHRoundhayUK40:0643.97%703
Jo RHODESWoodhouse MoorUK28:5351.76%274
Karly STRINGERWoodhouse MoorUK30:2849.89%228
Kate PANKHURSTArmleyUK32:2148.63%144
Lesley-Ann DONNELLWoodhouse MoorUK32:2046.55%269
Liz JONESCross FlattsUK39:3052.11%648
Lizzie COOMBESWoodhouse MoorUK41:4044.64%331
Lorraine BEAVISWoodhouse MoorUK38:3055.97%331
Louise GARDHAMWoodhouse MoorUK32:2054.54%227
Lucy RIDERBrooklandsUK28:5454.44%3661st
Maika OHNOMaborikaigan yuhodoJP28:0760.34%158
Monika PUGEVICIUTERaphaelUK27:1654.83%1111st
Nicki DERRICKRothwellUK27:4553.39%299
Rebecca GOODYWoodhouse MoorUK56:3627.80%84
Rebecca GRAYRoundhayUK28:0153.36%391
Robyn JOHNSONRothay ParkUK32:2046.80%321
Rosalie DANGWoodhouse MoorUK1:02:0523.84%131
Rosie LEWISGuernseyUK33:4343.90%23
Sarah JEWERSArmleyUK28:4351.54%125
Sarah UNDERWOODWoodhouse MoorUK41:4135.99%230
Tami BONDCrinan CanalUK29:3964.53%961st
Vicky HOUGHTONArmleyUK33:3946.41%499
Vikki HAWKINSFutakotamagawaJP53:2232.64%240

Men

parkrunnerparkrunCountryTimeAgeGrade%parkrunsPB/1st
Abdu AHMEDWoodhouse MoorUK24:4152.33%90
Alex FELLSArmleyUK26:2649.18%112
Alex GREENWOODRothay ParkUK21:2862.19%93
Andrew BLACKPotternewtonUK19:5968.31%103
Andrew P NICHOLLSForo ItalicoIT23:5670.75%523
Andrew SMALLWOODWoodhouse MoorUK33:0042.63%65
Bartosz LEWANDOWSKIThorp PerrowUK28:2249.59%2871st
Ben HARTLEYThorp PerrowUK22:4063.53%3661st
Ben MEPHAMBostonUK24:0053.75%165
Charlie JACKETTWoodhouse MoorUK23:1560.50%230
Chris CARRICKWoodhouse MoorUK26:3254.27%289
Chris JONESCross FlattsUK23:1574.19%735
Chris WORFOLKCabinteelyIE28:4746.73%387
Curtis BROADHEADWoodhouse MoorUK24:3152.62%180
Dan LEEWoodhouse MoorUK56:3524.68%42
Daniel CLAYTONSouthwarkUK21:1060.94%79
Daniel WAASThonock Lane FarmUK28:2949.03%505
David GREALYNorwichUK24:2155.24%183
Dominic O’KEYTown MoorUK20:0964.76%169
Euan DOUGLASWoodhouse MoorUK19:3965.65%75PB
George WEBSTERWoodhouse MoorUK33:3338.45%144
Ian MARTINSONThonock Lane FarmUK24:3167.17%821st
Jack ROSEFountains AbbeyUK27:2747.78%235
Jake HARRISWoodhouse MoorUK30:2742.86%36
James VICKERSBarnsleyUK29:5946.19%238
Jamie RYANRothwellUK27:4746.67%336
Joe BYRDWoodhouse MoorUK30:4343.46%76
Joe LAWLEYWoodhouse MoorUK24:5752.10%174
John BLATHERWICKRoundhayUK29:1845.56%400
Jonah KENNEDYPotternewtonUK24:0253.81%42PB
Jonathan COADEWoodhouse MoorUK24:4152.53%92
Jonathan PRYORWoodhouse MoorUK33:3439.28%187
Jonathan SPAINWoodhouse MoorUK24:3953.48%143
Mark HADDRILLWoodhouse MoorUK30:3545.29%375
Matt BARTONWoodhouse MoorUK29:1248.17%279
Mohammed ASLAMPotternewtonUK34:3645.57%257
Mohammed MEGHRAOUAWoodhouse MoorUK30:0054.39%204
Nathan JEFFSCross FlattsUK26:5547.93%31
Nigel WALLISWoodhouse MoorUK24:4258.30%98
Oliver PRYSEWalmer and Deal SeafrontUK25:3353.42%65
Paul RAMSDENWoodhouse MoorUK30:3447.87%253
Paul SAWYERWoodhouse MoorUK24:3455.97%267
Phil LINDSAYWoodhouse MoorUK45:3940.20%485
Richard CARTWRIGHTTemple NewsamUK24:5755.98%62
Richard EDWARDSRoundhayUK40:0636.20%371
Richard PULLANTemple NewsamUK30:5654.74%409
Rob RILEYCattonUK23:3854.72%226
Robert BUTLERYorkUK28:3549.97%164
Sam DOOLEYRothwellUK27:0360.87%391
Simon ROGERSHeatonUK26:0762.48%301
Stephen PRUSTPotternewtonUK38:2043.74%181
Thomas MOULDINGPrestonUK20:2263.67%165
Tom MCNEILLIEWoodhouse MoorUK22:4858.19%106