Pakenham parkrun Event Number 74 - 20th February 2016
Another 106 participants joined us for the best start of their weekends. Welcome to the 16 first timers which included a tourist from Warragul parkrun and Sale parkrun. It is always good to visit another parkrun and experience the parkrun love!
Our previous course record, which had been held for quite some time, got beaten today by first timer, Klarie McIntyre.He was so fast that we had only just finished taking our "volunteer photo" when he came racing around the last bend. Well done Klarie!
We had 2 of our regular parkrun kids join the Junior 10 Club - Congratulations Rachel and Kaylee Mann and we look forward to seeing you in your 10 t-shirt soon!
Seeing as our regular volunteer roster is now full, we will be having pacers this coming week. Thank you to the Pakenham Road Runners for taking on this task every few months to help others reach and achieve their goals. We love and appreciate your support.
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!
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 
PLEASE NOTE: All our photos of the event are uploaded to our facebook page - Pakenham parkrun
- MICHELLE
Now to the all important statistics:
Male placings:
Klarie MCINTYRE (SM20-24) (Unattached) was first over the line in 15:40 - first appearance.
Graham BERGROTH (SM25-29) of Knox AC, was second over the line in 17:16 - has been first to finish on 3 previous occasions.
Stephen GILBERT (VM40-44) (Unattached) was third over the line in 19:04.
Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Andrew HARRIS (Pakenham Road Runners) 2059 pts.
Brian MARSHALL (Pakenham Road Runners) 1807 pts.
Adrian HINES (Pakenham Road Runners) 1735 pts.
Female placings:
Emilie BARKLEY (SW25-29) of TXR Runners, was first (8th overall) over the line in 20:52 - 9th time in 11 appearances.
Sophie COUGHLIN (JW11-14) of Little Athletics, was second (13th overall) over the line in 21:57 - has been first to finish on 11 previous occasions.
Teneille PALMER (SW30-34) (Unattached) was third (23rd overall) over the line in 24:22.
Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Mary-Jo DOBELL (Pakenham Road Runners) 1901 pts.
Tammy BRACE (Pakenham Road Runners) 1590 pts.
Fiona SUTTON (Pakenham Road Runners) 1577 pts.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Klarie MCINTYRE (SM20-24) was graded 82.34% for the time 15:40 (first overall).
Graham BERGROTH (SM25-29) was graded 74.81% for the time 17:16 (second overall).
Stephen GILBERT (VM40-44) was graded 73.25% for the time 19:04 (third overall).
This week there were 106 runners, of whom 16 were first timers and 26 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 8 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 874 different runners, including participants from 41 athletics clubs, have completed 4,937 runs covering a total distance of 24,685 km, and there have been 1,119 new Personal Bests.
The female record is held by Jaimee-Lee CODE who ran in a time of 00:18:55 on 2015-10-17 (event number 56).
The male record is held by Klarie MCINTYRE who ran in a time of 00:15:40 on 2016-02-20 (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.