Pakenham parkrun Event Number 127 - 18th February 2017
Perfect conditions for parkrun this week. No tourists, but we welcomed a few first timers who will no doubt be hooked on this crazy activity we all do every Saturday morning.
Congratulations to Darren Fitzpatrick who has completed his 50 parkruns is style. Darren started parkrun back in September 2015 with a time of 23:34. Darren has since dropped his PB to 18:58. He has participated in 26 Pakenham pakruns and been a regular visitor at Berwick with cameos at Maribrynong, Phillip Island, Jells, Wilson Botanic and Frog Hollow.
Lots of new PBs were broken today. A total of 25 with great teamwork and support from friends a key ingredient.
We all ran a total of 590 km, this is an important statistic as next week is Run Down Under Day at parkrun and we will be gearing up for a group photo in our RDU tops at 7:45 so make sure if you have a top, wear it next week.
As always our volunteers all had a ball. We worked well as a team while enjoying a laugh and chat while we waited for the action to really kick in.
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
If you started your parkrun journey at another parkrun and have made Pakenham your home – please make sure you update your profile to reflect Pakenham as your home parkrun. Should this not be done, any clubs you might join (Junior 10, 50 Club, 100 Club, 25 Volunteer, etc) won’t be picked up by the system to be presented by our team.
- MICHAEL
Now to the statistics:
Male placings:
Dean JACKSON (SM20-24) (Unattached) was first over the line in 17:48 - 8th time in 17 appearances.
Leigh BUWALDA (SM25-29) (Unattached) was second over the line in 18:13.
Jerome ROWCROFT (SM30-34) (Unattached) was third over the line in 18:30.
Female placings:
Emma WILKINSON (VW45-49) of Pakenham Road Runners, was first (19th overall) over the line in 23:36 - second time in 25 appearances.
Charis WALL (VW35-39) of Pakenham Road Runners, was second (20th overall) over the line in 23:42.
Marjorie KOZIOL (SW25-29) (Unattached) was third (27th overall) over the line in 25:25.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Dean JACKSON (SM20-24) was graded 72.75% for the time 17:48 (first overall).
Stephen GILBERT (VM40-44) was graded 71.16% for the time 19:46 (4th overall).
Leigh BUWALDA (SM25-29) was graded 70.81% for the time 18:13 (second overall).
This week there were 118 runners, of whom 13 were first timers and 25 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 7 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 1,454 different runners, including participants from 78 athletics clubs, have completed 10,213 runs covering a total distance of 51,065 km, and there have been 1,889 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.