Pakenham parkrun Event Number 77 - 12th March 2016
We were greeted with another warm, gorgeous morning to start off our weekend.
We had 10 First timers this week, which included some parkrun tourists from Warragul parkrun, Berwick Springs parkrun and Albert parkrun Melbourne. Thanks to all who came and we hope to see you back again soon!
We announced our parkrunner of the Month and Volunteer of the Month for February.
Our parkrunner of the Month was Nicole Mann. Nicole had run 4 times, achieved a PB, volunteered and improved her best time by 36sec. Well deserved and congratulations!
Our Volunteer of the Month was Tracie O'Brien who, upon a little research, we noticed had volunteered at least once every month for the past 6 months. We are very lucky an appreciative of her support. Thanks and well done!
We do also like to celebrate our parkrunners achievements, so it was great to be able to acknowledge another participant who reached 25 volunteers - Tammy Brace! We appreciate all your efforts and support and look forward to seeing you in the awesome purple t-shirt one day soon.
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 17:19 - 5th time in 7 appearances.
Shane WHEELER (SM30-34) of TXR Runners, was second over the line in 18:29 - has been first to finish on 9 previous occasions.
James BRADSHAW (SM30-34) (Unattached) was third over the line in 19:13.
Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Andrew HARRIS (Pakenham Road Runners) 2352 pts.
Brian MARSHALL (Pakenham Road Runners) 2072 pts.
Adrian HINES (Pakenham Road Runners) 1913 pts.
Female placings:
Emilie BARKLEY (SW25-29) of TXR Runners, was first (7th overall) over the line in 21:32 - 11th time in 13 appearances.
Bri SHERRY (JW11-14) of Pakenham Road Runners, was second (14th overall) over the line in 22:59 - has been first to finish on 3 previous occasions.
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) of Pakenham Road Runners, was third (15th overall) over the line in 23:04 - has been first to finish on 21 previous occasions.
Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Mary-Jo DOBELL (Pakenham Road Runners) 2182 pts.
Tammy BRACE (Pakenham Road Runners) 1787 pts.
Fiona SUTTON (Pakenham Road Runners) 1763 pts.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Graham BERGROTH (SM25-29) was graded 74.59% for the time 17:19 (first overall).
Annette LADLOW (VW50-54) was graded 72.71% for the time 23:38 (18th overall).
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) was graded 70.23% for the time 23:04 (15th overall).
This week there were 115 runners, of whom 10 were first timers and 23 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 7 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 914 different runners, including participants from 43 athletics clubs, have completed 5,237 runs covering a total distance of 26,185 km, and there have been 1,186 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.