Pakenham parkrun Event Number 128 - 25th February 2017
A cooler morning for our parkrun this week, but that made for comfortable conditions for our 140 participants – a great turnout so well done everyone. Thanks also to our first timers and tourists, hope to see you all at Pakenham in the future.
We acknowledged our Volunteer of the Month for January 2017 – Hayley Judd. Thank you for your support and contributions to parkrun Hayley – Well Done!
We also congratulated Jasmine Phillips on completing 10 parkruns - Welcome to the Junior Club 10 Jasmine.
Some great photos of some of our Run Down Under members were also captured.
There was plenty of speed with many PB’s and great times, hi fives, support for each other and lots of fun!
And a big THANKYOU to our great 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.
PLEASE NOTE: All our photos of the event are uploaded to our facebook page - Pakenham parkrun.
- BRIAN
Now to the statistics:
Male placings:
Graham BERGROTH (SM30-34) of Pakenham Road Runners, was first over the line in 17:17 - 31st time in 35 appearances.
Dean JACKSON (SM20-24) (Unattached) was second over the line in 17:37 - has been first to finish on 8 previous occasions.
Jerome ROWCROFT (SM30-34) (Unattached) was third over the line in 18:21.
Female placings:
Jo PRATT (SW25-29) of Casey Cardinia Athletics, was first (5th overall) over the line in 20:09 - 5th time in 7 appearances.
Katherine STEWART (SW25-29) (Unattached) was second (18th overall) over the line in 23:42.
Anne KIDMAN (VW60-64) of TXR Runners, was third (19th overall) over the line in 23:54 - has been first to finish on 2 previous occasions.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Anne KIDMAN (VW60-64) was graded 82.36% for the time 23:54 (19th overall).
Graham BERGROTH (SM30-34) was graded 74.83% for the time 17:17 (first overall).
Dean JACKSON (SM20-24) was graded 73.51% for the time 17:37 (second overall).
This week there were 140 runners, of whom 11 were first timers and 28 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 7 different athletics clubs took part.
Pakenham parkrun started on 20th September 2014, and since then 1,465 different runners, including participants from 77 athletics clubs, have completed 10,353 runs covering a total distance of 51,765 km, and there have been 1,917 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.