It was a day for big numbers at parkrun on Saturday – well over 110 participants running, walking or strolling the course, two significant personal milestones, twenty First Timers and
over twenty Personal Bests.
David Heath was the third runner across the line, but what an effort in his first ever parkrun, completing the three laps of the gardens in 20:24! Members hope to see much more of David in
future. First across was Adronis Ndihokubwayo and he was followed by Beau Cook at 18:30 and 20:23 respectively.
This was mirrored among the female runners too with Kyla Byrne being the first of the female runners in her first ever parkrun on 24:35, with Janelle Hurley and Kate Freston following close behind. The three of them were only separated by six seconds.
The volunteer contingent was, as usual, first on the scene on what was only the second parkrun this autumn and that initial chill in the air gave way to a perfect morning for a run.
Headed up by Run Director Colin Moore, they had Claire Brien, Kerry Calcraft, Bessie Faircloth, Geoff Faircloth, Jane Hamilton, looking after members, with Lisa Minchin as nominated Tail Walker. As usual, Jane Harding was ‘volunteer wrangler’ doing her good work behind the scenes.
At Castlemaine Parkrun they are careful to observe ‘Milestones’, those personal achievements that often mean a great deal to the individual participant and on Saturday they had two. Sam Gearing and Luke Kneebone notched up their tenth and 100th events respectively and were treated to Parkrun’s very own ‘Tunnel of Love’ to celebrate. Another notable Castlemaine parkrun tradition, and ‘Well Done’ to both milestone runners.
While there too many PBs, and First Timers to list individually, all the results are available on the Castlemaine Parkrun website so jump over and have a look. The ‘actual’ first timers though, like David and Kyla are worth a mention and Arjun Singh, Belle Ganglmair and Baxter Kelly joined them on their initial parkrun adventures. Castlemaine Parkrun would love to see much more of all of them in future too of course.
If you’d like to join David, Kyla and company, all you need to do is register online, it’s free, and then turn up for the morning briefing a bit before 8am. It’s as simple as that!