Pakenham parkrun Event number 76 - 5th March 2016
An interesting day was presented to us on Saturday morning. There was a bit of drizzle around and a lot of our members were either at Relay for Life in Berwick supporting The Physicals or saving themselves for the Cardinia Fun Run/Walk on Sunday. However, 64 parkrunners was pretty good, along with 9 first timers!! These included parkrun tourists from Berwick Springs, Lillydale Lake and Balyang Sanctuary.
Many of you may already know, but Pakenham parkrun had a group of 111 people in the Cardinia Fun Run/Walk and just in case you missed our awesome photo, here it is:
Thanks to RD Anthony for his fantastic organisational skills in co-ordinating us all. He did a brilliant job!!
Gotta love the enthusiasm of our parkrunners whenever they spot a camera!!
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:
Graham BERGROTH (SM25-29) of Knox AC, was first over the line in 17:37 - 4th time in 6 appearances.
Tegyn ANGEL (SM30-34) of Surf Coast Trail Runners, was second over the line in 19:17.
Andrew HARRIS (SM30-34) of Pakenham Road Runners, was third over the line in 20:24 - has been first to finish on 12 previous occasions.
Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Andrew HARRIS (Pakenham Road Runners) 2256 pts.
Brian MARSHALL (Pakenham Road Runners) 1972 pts.
Matthew ROBINSON (Unattached) 1842 pts.
Female placings:
Emilie BARKLEY (SW25-29) of TXR Runners, was first (4th overall) over the line in 20:49 - 10th time in 12 appearances.
Anne KIDMAN (VW60-64) of TXR Runners, was second (16th overall) over the line in 24:23 - has been first to finish on 2 previous occasions.
Charis WALL (VW35-39) (Unattached) was third (21st overall) over the line in 25:15.
Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Mary-Jo DOBELL (Pakenham Road Runners) 2093 pts.
Tammy BRACE (Pakenham Road Runners) 1689 pts.
Fiona SUTTON (Pakenham Road Runners) 1670 pts.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Anne KIDMAN (VW60-64) was graded 79.56% for the time 24:23 (16th overall).
Graham BERGROTH (SM25-29) was graded 73.32% for the time 17:37 (first overall).
Emilie BARKLEY (SW25-29) was graded 71.10% for the time 20:49 (4th overall).
This week there were 64 runners, of whom 9 were first timers and 8 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 7 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 904 different runners, including participants from 43 athletics clubs, have completed 5,122 runs covering a total distance of 25,610 km, and there have been 1,163 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.