On August 6, the weekly Gillooly’s Parkrun at Gillooly’s Farm had 673 runners from 23 various running clubs taking part.
From the total number of participants, 127 were first time runners and 167 of the runners recorded new personal best times.
The men’s placings for the parkrun were as follows:
- Andrew Leeburn was first over the line in 19:40.
- Vernon Le Roux from Born 2 Run Athletics Club, was second over the line in 20:30.
- Lewis van der Bank, who had previously finished first in a parkrun, was third over the line in 22:01.
The women’s placings for the parkrun were:
- Mariette Botha, who was 10th overall was the first women runner over the line in 22:47.
- Heidi Williams-Sutton, a member of the Greenstone Hill Running Club, was the second woman over the line in 24:37
- Luzzanne Grace, from the Greenstone Hill Running Club, was the third woman over the line in 24:42.
The following runners recorded the best age grade scores:
- Anthony Rausch, who finished in seventh place overall was graded 71.79 percent for the time 22:20.
- Vernon Le Roux who placed second was graded 70.24 percent for the time 20:30.
- Wayne Holmes who finished in 13th place overall was graded 67.73 percent for the time 22:53.
The current leader of the men’s annual points competition is Bradley OAkley-Brown with 1034 points, while the current woman with the highest points in the women’s annual points competition is Heidi Williams-Sutton with 1 568 points.
The Gillooly’s Parkrun takes place every Saturday at Gillooly’s Farm. It is a free event that allows participants to take part in a 5km run once they have registered for the parkrun.
This week there were 637 runners, of whom 127 were first timers and 167 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 23 different athletics clubs took part.
Gilloolys parkrun started on 23rd April 2016, and since then 3,581 different runners, including participants from 86 athletics clubs, have completed 10,399 runs covering a total distance of 51,995 km, and there have been 2,959 new Personal Bests.
