AVR dominate Seaton parkrun

It was a quiet weekend on the racing front so Seaton parkrun ended up as a competitive affair with AVR taking the first three male and first two female spots as well as first and third on age grade.

Joel Seward was first finisher in 17:10 with Ritchie Durrant chasing hard finishing in 17:30 and Rich Hardy third in 17:51. Debbie Whiston was first female finisher in 20:21 with Emilie Brock just behind in 20:37.  Once again, Eleanor Wood was first on age grade in 88.5% for her 23:37 with Debbie Whiston third on age grade in 78.79%.

The conditions were good although breezy with Georgie Ryan scooping a PB of 30.06.

Out on the road, Simon Dimmock completed Portsmouth Lakeside parkrun in 20:47 while Bec Davey and Carolyn Nation added the I to their alphabet challenge at Itchen Valley Country Park parkrun.

Cardiff Christmas Classic

Following her brilliant cross-country gold medal winning performance in Brussels last weekend, Innes Fitzgerald ran in the Cardiff Met Christmas Classic Indoors 3000m yesterday.  Running in a senior race the 17-year old finished third behind none other than world indoor champion Laura Muir. Her PB of 9:06.26 places her third behind Zola Budd and Jess Judd in the all-time UK indoor U20 rankings.

At the same meeting, Jake Smith continues his return to form from illness and injury with fifth place in a stacked men’s 3000m in 8:15.09.