Liz Hulcup’s 100th parkrun - 17th August 2024
Bourton Roadrunners were out in force at parkrun this weekend, largely in celebration of Liz Hulcup achieving the "100 parkrun" milestone, while Arianna Downs was running her first.
At Stratford-upon-Avon, once the welcoming announcements had been concluded, including the presentation to Liz of her milestone T-shirt, the running commenced. As with most parkrun events, the atmosphere was buzzing with the full gambit of abilities.
Despite some of the faster runners appearing to have other urgent appointments to attend to, everyone appeared to have a great time, reflecting the aims and values of the organisation.
Along with the fun elements of the event, many club members achieved personal goals; shaving a bit off their time here and there. But worthy of note is that Liz not only achieved the 100-parkrun milestone, but on an age-related performance basis she was ranked in third position overall (86.94%), just behind fellow club member Margaret Hollamby (90.27%), both of whom gave stunning performances.
Parkrun events - 17th August 2024
Here are the Bourton Roadrunners' results from all of Saturday's parkrun events:
Bideford: Step Holton 23:44 - (VW60/1), Gary Holton 30:14 - (VM60/2).
Chipping Norton School: Edward Hare - 19:00 (JM11/1), Rebecca Townsend - 23:31 (SW20/1), Louise Townsend - 28:46 (VW50/2) Course PB.
Coldham Common: Helena Dobbs - 26:30.
Evesham: Steve Howell - 23:35 (VM60/3), Gilly Howell - 26:30 (VW60/1).
Fleetwood Promenade: Tim Hemming - 21:43 (VM55/3).
Hilly Fields: Eva Shoemark - 25:27 (SW20/1).
King George V Playing Field: Chris Dry - 26:52 (VM60/1 and course PB).
Oxford: Lee Hutton - 25:37.
Stratford-upon-Avon: Alex Pye - 18:25, George Swayne - 19:44, Dougal Hamilton-Smith - 19:49 (SM18/2), Derek Darby - 20:24 (VM50/2), Iain Cox - 22:01 VM60/2),
Claire L Cox - 22:14 (VW45/1), Ian Tolfts - 22:47, Lisa Braid 23:25 - (VW40/2), Andre Martins - 24:08, Barry O'Leary - 24:13, John Harding - 24:14 (VM65/2 and course PB),
Graham Lane - 24:37 (VM70/1), Margaret Hollamby - 24:40 (VW70/1 and course PB), Susan Hunt - 24:53 (VW55/3), Giles Canning - 25:25, Gill Carrick - 25:44 (VW65/1 and
course PB), Arianna Downs - 26:01, Liz Hulcup - 26:02 (VW70/2), Jaq Underwood - 26:02, Claire Louise Carroll - 27:06 (VW60/2 and course PB), Louise Hamilton-Smith -
27:11, John Gibson - 29:52 (VM70/2), Tom Knight - 29:54, Ally Quinn 29:58, Gillian James - 30:44, Sharon Rees - 32:23, Jenny Evanson - 33:29, Lynn Hudson - 36:20,
Jo Cooper - 36:20.
Highlights
Liz Hulcup achieved her 100th parkrun at Stratford-upon-Avon.
Bourton’s Jaq, Liz and Arianna at Stratford-upon-Avon parkrun; Liz’s 100th and Arianna’s 1st - 17th August 2024. Click on image for a larger version.
Part of the Bourton team at Stratford-upon-Avon - 17th August 2024. Click on image for a larger version.
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