Pakenham parkrun Event Number 51 - 12th September 2015
What a glorious morning we had on Saturday! Definitely a great sign that winter was ending and spring is just around the corner. Lucky the magpie left you all alone to complete your run in peace. Here's hoping the same will happen again this week 
As you know, we have our 1st Birthday this weekend. Our costumes are all sorted and we hope to see a variety of "P" themed costumes from you as well. We are not expecting many PB's as the day is more about having fun and celebrating the great event that we have all grown together. We will be providing cake and pancakes as well as drinks provided by Tilly's Cup. We would be grateful if you could bring a small plate to share for after the run. Please arrive by 7:30am as we will be starting our presentations at 7:40am to ensure we have enough time before the event.
Thank you to our amazing volunteers! So that everyone can have an opportunity to run, we ask that runners volunteer around 3 times a year. Volunteering provides enjoyment, satisfaction and allows people to give back to their community, and without volunteers, parkrun would not be possible. 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!
For the next 3 weeks, the roster is looking very bare. All positions are available, so if you can assist, please send us an email and/or message via Facebook.
We would like to thank the Cardinia Shire Council and the Pakenham Racing Club for their support in getting us up and running.
Don't forget the lovely offer from Cardinia Life for all our members with a barcode (to be shown at reception) to obtain free access to their swimming pool and showers until 11am every Saturday indefinitely!! Please note: You just have to arrive by 11am, but can stay ALL DAY
- MICHELLE
Now to the all important statistics:
Male placings:
Andrew HARRIS (SM30-34) of Pakenham Road Runners, was first over the line in 19:00 - 8th time in 21 appearances.
Dan ROBERTSON (VM35-39) (Unattached) was second over the line in 19:36.
Tristan PERRY (SM25-29) (Unattached) was third over the line in 20:37.
Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Steve HUGHES (Unattached) 4077 pts.
Brian MARSHALL (Pakenham Road Runners) 3813 pts.
Geoff HILDER (Pakenham Road Runners) 3485 pts.
Female placings:
Sophie COUGHLIN (JW11-14) (Unattached) was first (6th overall) over the line in 21:41 - 8th time in 22 appearances.
Megan HUMPHRYS (VW40-44) of Pakenham Road Runners, was second (14th overall) over the line in 24:30.
Belinda ORFORD (VW40-44) of Pakenham Road Runners, was third (19th overall) over the line in 25:13 - was first to finish once before.
Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Tammy BRACE (Pakenham Road Runners) 3280 pts.
Jodie CALDWELL (Pakenham Road Runners) 3049 pts.
Megan HUMPHRYS (Pakenham Road Runners) 2783 pts.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Sophie COUGHLIN (JW11-14) was graded 73.64% for the time 21:41 (6th overall).
Koby GRASS (JM11-14) was graded 72.11% for the time 21:13 (5th overall).
Ashleigh PERKINS (JW10) was graded 70.95% for the time 26:27 (25th overall).
This week there were 85 runners, of whom 9 were first timers and 14 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 5 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 613 different runners, including participants from 33 athletics clubs, have completed 2,999 runs covering a total distance of 14,995 km, and there have been 753 new Personal Bests.
The female record is held by Sam PRIME who ran in a time of 00:19:26 on 2014-09-27 (event number 2).
The male record is held by Ryan MARTIN who ran in a time of 00:16:59 on 2015-01-24 (event number 19).
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.