Pakenham parkrun Event Number 129 - 4th March 2017
Another great week at Pakenham parkrun! We had 115 turn up this week, with a visitor from Albert Melbourne parkrun and a couple of first timers! Welcome! Of those 115, 15 runners got personal best times – congratulations.
Prior to this however, we had the privilege of presenting Club awards to the following worthy candidates -
Harry Phillips joined the Junior 10 Club! Well done!
Richard Bishop joined the 50 Club – great job!
Kate Kay also joined the 50 Club, walking her 50th parkrun today. Congratulations Kate and we are glad to see you made your 50 before bubs arrived!!.
And Mark Caldecourt joined the 100 Club! What an amazing achievement!
As it was the first run of the month, we were able to announce the parkrunner of the month along with the volunteer of the month – both for the month of February.
Matt Robinson was our parkrunner of the month – thanks for your enthusiasm and support!
And congratulations to Rachel Tamanui for being our volunteer of the month! Unfortunately we couldn’t present her award to her at the briefing as she was volunteering! We arranged cheering by the runners and a special delivery from Michelle. Thanks again Rachel – your enthusiasm and positive attitude is infectious!
And thanks to our wonderful volunteers – without your support this event would not be possible. We ask that everyone try to volunteer 3 times a year to ensure that this event can run smoothly.
In order for parkrun to run every week we need volunteers. If you would like to assist, you can email us at pakenhamhelpers@parkrun.com, fill in the roster at the shelter or talk to your Run Director at the event. Please check the future roster at:
www.parkrun.com.au/pakenham/futureroster
Due to insurance purposes, we require all our volunteers to also be registered with parkrun, so please ensure that you are registered so we can add you to the roster!
We would like to thank the Cardinia Shire Council and the Pakenham Racing Club for their support in getting us up and running.
PLEASE NOTE: All our photos of the event are uploaded to our facebook page - Pakenham parkrun.
- ANTHONY
Now to the statistics:
Male placings:
Graham BERGROTH (SM30-34) of Pakenham Road Runners, was first over the line in 17:11 - 32nd time in 36 appearances.
Andrew MOTT (VM35-39) (Unattached) was second over the line in 19:17 - has been first to finish on 8 previous occasions.
Stephen GILBERT (VM40-44) (Unattached) was third over the line in 19:36.
Female placings:
Emilie BARKLEY (SW25-29) of TXR Runners, was first (8th overall) over the line in 20:54 - 40th time in 57 appearances.
Emma WILKINSON (VW45-49) of Pakenham Road Runners, was second (18th overall) over the line in 23:02 - has been first to finish on 2 previous occasions.
Charlotte HILL (JW15-17) (Unattached) was third (19th overall) over the line in 23:33.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Anne KIDMAN (VW60-64) was graded 81.45% for the time 24:10 (24th overall).
Graham BERGROTH (SM30-34) was graded 75.27% for the time 17:11 (first overall).
Stephen GILBERT (VM40-44) was graded 71.77% for the time 19:36 (third overall).
This week there were 115 runners, of whom 10 were first timers and 15 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 6 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 1,475 different runners, including participants from 77 athletics clubs, have completed 10,468 runs covering a total distance of 52,340 km, and there have been 1,932 new Personal Bests.
The female record is held by Jaimee-Lee CODE who ran in a time of 00:18:54 on 1st January 2017 (event number 120).
The male record is held by Klarie MCINTYRE who ran in a time of 00:15:40 on 20th February 2016 (event number 74).
The Age Grade course record is held by Bronwen G CARDY who recorded a 95.63% run (20:35) on 15th November 2014 (event number 9).
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Pakenham parkrun Results Page.