New year off to a flyer
At the Chard Flyer 10k held on New Year’s Day it was the perfect start to the year for Joel Seward who took first place in 37:07. The 10k, organised by Chard Road Runners, is all run on footpaths and is predominantly flat but with a wicked long hill at 4k.
Second AVR and sixth overall was Lee Moran in 39:46 who also scooped third M40. Eleanor Wood came in 30th and second F55 in 47:12.
Next AVRs were Cliff Marriott in 58:24 (87th), Vicki Wraight in 58:36 (89th), Katharine Moran in 1.00:23 (102nd), Viv Blumfield in 1:11.02 (120th) and Susan Wall in 1:11.46 (122nd). A total of 134 completed the race in the mild conditions for 1 January.
Bumper time for parkrun
With four parkrun events across the Christmas and New Year there were plenty of opportunities for milestones and PBs. In Seaton, parkrun was held on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve. New Year’s Day gave the Seaton team the opportunity for some parkrun toruism.
On Christmas Eve conditions were good and Richard Hardy was second finisher in 18:02 with third place going to Matt Hewer in 18:56. Kerry Board was second female in 21:57. Ron Seward topped the age-grade with 79% for his time of 22:56. There were also PBs for Darrell Farley in 22:50 and Sue Chambers in 29:26.
It was a much windier affair for the 275 who started Christmas Day with a parkrun where AVR chair, Haydn Boehm celebrated reaching his 100th milestone in his usual understated fashion.
This Saturday the conditions were wild, windy and wet but still 211 completed the 5k Esplanade run. Despite this, Steve MacLure nabbed a PB of 27:00. Janette Mack did her 100th parkrun, Chris Polley celebrated his 50th milestone and Louise Rawlins reached her 50 volunteering milestone. Congratulations to all.
With no NYD parkrun in Seaton, the core team, including many AVRs visited Cranbrook Country Park parkrun. Other AVR parkrun results can be found here
Bumper turnout for Bank Holiday 10k
There was a big turnout for the self-timed 10k on Tuesday with 32 completing the time trial and another four completing 5k. A special mention must go to Carly Lowe who ran her first ever 10k.
