Parkrun Report – 02-03-2019

Overview

This week, 44 BMHH ran at 10 different Parkruns. There was 1 all time Personal Best (PB), 3 course Personal Bests (PBs), 7 Season Bests (SBs) (in 2019) and 10 course Season Bests (SBs).

This year to date, BMHH have completed 421 Parkruns taking a total time of 7 days, 13 hours, 10 minutes and 54 seconds and covering 1308 miles (2105km). The average time is 25:49. 8 people have set all time PB’s this year, whilst there have been 28 course PB’s.

Milestones

There were no milestones this week but keep a look out for the following who are due to hit milestones within the next couple of weeks – it would be great to give them our support.

Pick of the Week – Michael Scott

Michael, who set an all time PB of 18:28, was the first finisher at Sedgefield Parkrun for the 2nd time this year. You will always find Michael lined up, front and centre, ready to go. His usual style is to give it all from the off and hang on! As of late, this has paid dividends where he has achieved 3 sub 19 minute PB’s in the last 5 weeks.

Michael has been running alongside (or should I say ahead of ?) his dad, Mark, for just under two years. The chart below shows all of his Parkrun times over this period with his PB’s highlighted. Two things are evident:

1. There is no easy week at Parkrun for Michael – the majority of his runs are within 1 minute of his current PB.
2. The fantastic progress that Michael has made – although he’s not taking the same chunks off his PB’s as he was in his first year, he is still improving at a great rate. Bring on sub 18 minutes!

It’s worth noting that Michael has only taken part at Sedgefield Parkrun. It’ll be great to see what times he can post at some of the faster courses that he may visit as part of the clubs annual Parkrun competition organised by Gary Dack.

Finally, Michael competed in the NYSD Cross Country League this year as a U20, who run alongside the senior men’s. This was Michael’s first season competing in cross country and he has had a brilliant outing bringing home the honours of 1st male U20. He will be presented with his award at the final event of the season, the road relays at Darlington South Park.

Full Results

The full Parkrun results can be found below. If your name is missing then please check that your Parkrun account has the club set to Billingham Marsh House Harriers & AC. Conversely, if you spot someone in the list that ought not to be there then let me know and I can make sure that their results are filtered out in the future.

PB = All time PB, CPB = Course PB, SB = Best time of 2019, CSB = Best course time of 2019