With the weather finally turning for the better a couple of peelers turned out for the Birmingham half and 10k races on Sunday. Emma Petricca took part in the 10k race, running for the Birmingham City Foundation, and ran a new PB of 01.01.29. New member Mike Ball took part in the half marathon, the first time he’s ever run this distance, and completed it in a time of 02.52.37.
With the good weather continuing into the Bank Holiday Monday Peel Road Runners were represented at the Milton Keynes full and half marathon. Helen Dempsey ran the half marathon in 03.04.34 and Neal Dempsey ran the full marathon in 04.49.58. Steph Attenborough and Joanne Sharman also took part in the marathon with both finishing in 05.40.59. This was Steph’s 114th marathon and Jo’s 58th.
On Tuesday the C25K group successfully completed the course and in celebration four of the group took part in their first parkrun at Tamworth Castle Grounds on Saturday. All four ran the parkrun really well with good consistent pacing and all finishing in under 40mins. They all really enjoyed their running journey over the past 10 weeks and we look forward to welcoming them all back for the Bridge to 10k course.
With the good weather and the lure of the food festival, Tamworth Castle Grounds drew a large group of peelers. First back for the group in third place overall was Jamie Abbiss in an impressive 19.08. Next back for the club was Natalie Walker in 24.25, followed by Roger Lloyd 24.33, Tim Mudd 27.39, Jackie Tierney 27.42, Joanne Harvey 28.58, Helen Chyla 29.02, Emma Whorwood 30.34, Dave Fern 39.28 and Chris Bennett 39.28.
Kingsbury Water park in the sun also attracted a large number of Peel Road Runners. First back for the club was Allen King in 21.28, followed by Phil Neale 23.49, Ben Dorkins 24.19, Mike Shelton 24.31, Stella Taylor 29.58, Darren O’Leary 32.51, Chris Taylor 33.28, Roger Eastaff 34.12, Claire Guffick 35.31, Ann Hill 36.48, Lee Guffick 40.06, Sarah French 56.48, Nicola Bannister 56.48, Christine Norris 01.06.44, Alison Dolphin 01.07.02 and Wendy Bowyer 01.07.03. Parkrun tourists included, Garth Cox at Beacon parkrun 23.23, Shane Lewis at St Mary’s parkrun, Dorset 21.08, Step Attenborough 36.15 and Jo Sharman 36.16 at Graves, Emma Pick 21.21 at Rosliston, Ian Orton 24.48 and Mike Hughes 37.43 at Worcester.
