Round fifteen of the 2019 Grantham Running Club Grand Prix
Series took place at Rutland Water parkrun on Saturday 5th October.
By happy coincidence the free-to-enter timed 5k run was celebrating fifteen
years since the first Bushy Park Time Trial took place on Saturday 2nd
October 2004: a low-key enterprise that has grown to become parkrun - one of
the most popular sporting activities in the country and rapidly establishing a
foothold in countries all over the world.
The Grantham tourists were warmly welcomed by the organisers
of Rutland Water parkrun at the HQ by Normanton Church. Participants were blessed with still, cool
conditions on a flat out and back course that is regularly blighted by winds
blowing across the exposed man-made reservoir. The only hindrance was arguably
the abundance of sheep droppings on parts of the course which were a little
slippery if accidentally trodden in!
First of the thirty six GRC members to finish was Matthew
Kingston-Lee who, on his Rutland Water parkrun debut, finished first overall in
a GRC parkrun club record 16:22. Bettering his previous parkrun PB, set at
Ferry Meadows in 2015, by fourteen seconds, the time rewarded him an age grade
of 85.95% which closed the gap to under four points on current Men’s GP Series
leader Rob Howbrook. Rob himself scored an impressive 84.87% with his 19:04
clocking.
Aside from Rob, all the GRC runners who broke 20 minutes,
save for Jason Blair (19:56), set new parkrun personal bests. They were:
Joaquim Jeronimo (17:56); Peter Bonner (18:43); Andrew Pask (19:17) and Sam
Jepson-Rivers (19:34).
Penny Hodges was the first GRC woman to finish, coming home
in 22:01 at her first outing of 2019.
The run netted an age grade of 69.90%, slightly higher than Hannah San
Jose, who finished immediately behind Penny in a new parkrun PB 22:07. Michelle
Parczuk ran well to finish in 23:10 which earned her an age grade of 70.67%.
Naomi Jepson-Rivers was the other GRC woman to break 24 minutes, her 23:43
parkrun PB impressively exactly one minute quicker than her previous best set
at Rutland Water a week earlier! Sarah High, who was the next GRC woman to
finish in 25:04, claimed the highest age grade by a GRC female with 73.21%.
On a very successful day the other GRC runners to claim
parkrun personal bests were: Jack Dodwell (20:21); Sam Dodwell (20:51); Matt
Fryer (20:54); Craig Drury (21:32); Dale Towning (25:39); Vicki Hardy (25:53);
Vicki Ball (26:16); Tracy Webb (28:00); Angela Carr (28:19); Amanda
Hetherington (28:49); Yvette Taylor (29:37); and Clare Arthur (35:18).
Additionally, Paul Jepson (24:01) and Kate Marshall (28:28) set Rutland Water
parkrun Personal Bests.
A total of 391 runners took part in Rutland Water parkrun
#194.
GRC Times:
|
Name
|
Time
|
|
Matthew Kingston-Lee
|
16:22
|
|
Joaquim Jeronimo
|
17:56
|
|
Peter Bonner
|
18:43
|
|
Matthew Williamson
|
19:01
|
|
Robert Howbrook
|
19:04
|
|
Andrew Pask
|
19:17
|
|
Samuel Jepson-Rivers
|
19:34
|
|
Jason Blair
|
19:56
|
|
Jack Dodwell
|
20:21
|
|
Sam Dodwell
|
20:51
|
|
Matt Fryer
|
20:54
|
|
Craig Drury
|
21:32
|
|
Penny Hodges
|
22:01
|
|
Hannah San Jose
|
22:07
|
|
Michelle Parczuk
|
23:10
|
|
Stuart Baty
|
23:38
|
|
Naomi Jepson-Rivers
|
23:43
|
|
Paul Jepson
|
24:01
|
|
Sarah High
|
25:04
|
|
Wayne Baxter
|
25:15
|
|
Dale Towning
|
25:39
|
|
Vicki Hardy
|
25:53
|
|
Vicki Ball
|
26:16
|
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Tracy Webb
|
28:00
|
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Angela Carr
|
28:19
|
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Sue Swann
|
28:33
|
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Kate Marshall
|
28:43
|
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Amanda Hetherington
|
28:49
|
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Suzanne Hardy
|
29:31
|
|
Yvette Taylor
|
29:37
|
|
Simon Hartley
|
31:09
|
|
Edina Burns
|
31:11
|
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Melissa Hetherington
|
31:34
|
|
Robyn Wilding
|
32:11
|
|
Samantha French
|
34:04
|
|
Clare Arthur
|
35:18
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