Pakenham parkrun Event Number 93 - 2nd July 2016
We were greeted with a lovely morning for a run or walk on Saturday, however, some of our volunteers got a bit worried when they turned up to report for duty and I was not there yet! I wasn't far away, but good to keep everyone on their toes.....what would we do without our Saturday morning parkrun?!
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Our first female passed the flags was a parkrun tourist from Perth. Thank you for visiting and hope the wedding went well. We look forward to you visiting again in the future.
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As mentioned in the Run Briefing, due to assistance of our turnaround marshal, Jack, the Council had agreed to put in a gravel pathway leading from the carpark to the concrete path. They advised that it should be completed this week, so it's great to see that things are already happening!
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We do have quite a few items in our lost property (as we showed this week). If you have lost anything within the last 4 weeks, please let us know as we cannot hold onto them forever and would really prefer to return them to their rightful owners!!
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
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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 HAVE OUR KIDS EVENT THIS COMING WEEKEND - JULY 9. THIS IS WHERE OUR PARKUN KIDS TAKE ON ALL THE VOLUNTEER ROLES AND SHOW US ALL HOW IT'S DONE
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
- MICHELLE
Now to the all important statistics:
Male placings:
Graham BERGROTH (SM30-34) of Knox AC, was first over the line in 17:10 - 18th time in 21 appearances.
Andrew MOTT (VM35-39) (Unattached) was second over the line in 18:59 - has been first to finish on 6 previous occasions.
Nigel FOX (VM40-44) of Lysterfield Trail Runners, was third over the line in 19:25.
Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Andrew HARRIS (Pakenham Road Runners) 3778 pts.
Brian MARSHALL (Pakenham Road Runners) 3103 pts.
Matthew ROBINSON (Pakenham Road Runners) 3049 pts.
Female placings:
Clare Natalie WARDLE (VW40-44) of RunningWorks, was first (4th overall) over the line in 19:42 - first appearance.
Jo PRATT (SW25-29) of Casey Cardinia Athletics, was second (9th overall) over the line in 20:35 - has been first to finish on 4 previous occasions.
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) of Pakenham Road Runners, was third (16th overall) over the line in 22:14 - has been first to finish on 22 previous occasions.
Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Mary-Jo DOBELL (Pakenham Road Runners) 3315 pts.
Tammy BRACE (Pakenham Road Runners) 3063 pts.
Melissa PETERS (Pakenham Road Runners) 2870 pts.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Clare Natalie WARDLE (VW40-44) was graded 78.09% for the time 19:42 (4th overall).
Graham BERGROTH (SM30-34) was graded 75.34% for the time 17:10 (first overall).
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) was graded 72.86% for the time 22:14 (16th overall).
This week there were 67 runners, of whom 5 were first timers and 5 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 8 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 1,050 different runners, including participants from 50 athletics clubs, have completed 6,726 runs covering a total distance of 33,630 km, and there have been 1,457 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.