Pakenham parkrun Event Number 121 - 7th January 2017
Officially our second parkrun of the year and wasn't it a warm one?!
We were lucky to see 117 parkrunners enjoy the morning run/walk and end it off with a welcomed zooper dooper.
We had 14 first timers and some tourists from Inverloch and Berwick Springs. Thanks for visiting and we hope to see you back again!
We witnessed some great milestones:
Rob Centonza, Hayley Judd and Rob Trotter have all completed 50 parkruns - well done!!
Jodie Soutter has completed 25 volunteers and wasn't she lucky to get a kiss from the Run Director (lucky they are married, so please do not expect to see this as a weekly occurrence!!)
We are so lucky to have such a great group at Pakenham as our volunteer roster is completely full until February 11 - that is amazing!! Thanks so much for your support, and if you are yet to volunteer, please have a look at our roster as we cannot run this awesome event without you!
Remember, that we have our "Kids Event" on January 28 where our parkrun kids show us how things are done. Please come down and support them the way they support you.
A few of you tried some 'jump shots' at the underpass. Well done and here are a few captured shots below:
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. 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.
PLEASE NOTE: All our photos of the event are uploaded to our facebook page - Pakenham parkrun
- MICHAEL
Now to the all important statistics:
Male placings:
Nigel FOX (VM40-44) of Lysterfield Trail Runners, was first over the line in 20:07 - first time in 20 appearances.
Darren FITZPATRICK (VM40-44) of Pakenham Road Runners, was second over the line in 20:47 - has been first to finish on 2 previous occasions.
Ross HARDING (VM40-44) (Unattached) was third over the line in 21:20 - was first to finish once before.
Female placings:
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) of Pakenham Road Runners, was first (10th overall) over the line in 23:37 - 29th time in 78 appearances.
Emma WILKINSON (VW45-49) of Pakenham Road Runners, was second (16th overall) over the line in 23:56 - was first to finish once before.
Kelly UTTING (VW35-39) of Pakenham Road Runners, was third (23rd overall) over the line in 25:11.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Frank BAILEY (VM55-59) was graded 70.69% for the time 22:07 (6th overall).
Tammy BRACE (VW45-49) was graded 69.30% for the time 23:37 (10th overall).
Nigel FOX (VM40-44) was graded 68.85% for the time 20:07 (first overall).
This week there were 117 runners, of whom 14 were first timers and 4 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 9 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 1,374 different runners, including participants from 73 athletics clubs, have completed 9,392 runs covering a total distance of 46,960 km, and there have been 1,769 new Personal Bests.
The female record is held by Jaimee-Lee CODE who ran in a time of 00:18:54 on 1st January 2017 (event number 120).
The male record is held by Klarie MCINTYRE who ran in a time of 00:15:40 on 20th February 2016 (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.