by Sandbach Striders
on Monday 22nd February 2016
Sandbach Striders embraced the parkrun tourism mantle this weekend, participating in no less than six different parkrun events around the country.
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| Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun |
Eleven Striders ran the Congleton parkrun and Catherine Winders completed her first ever parkrun around Astbury Mere.
The full results were:
19:58 Martin Coleman20:50 Rick Kelso-Davies23:41 James Boon27:13 Denis Culloty27:48 Lynsey Astles28:03 Denise Dowling30:54 Tracey Hale30:59 Catherine Winders33:53 Barbara Evans36:31 Nathan Lee36:39 Steve Treweeks
Grant Stanning travelled to Lyme Park to run the hilly one lap course around the beautiful National Trust property. Grant finished in 34:42.
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| Grant Stanning at Lyme Park parkrun |
Michael Escolme ran the Peter Pan parkrun in in Hull, which consisted of three laps around Peter Pan park west of the City. Michael finished in a time of 24:29.
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| Michael Escolme at Peter Pan parkrun |
Also running on National Trust property was Tony Taylor who was in Bangor North Wales to run the Penrhyn Park parkrun, finishing the wet and windy course in 20:06.
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| Tony Taylor at the Penrhyn Park parkrun |
Duncan Robertson along with daughter Milly travelled to Wimslow to run the eponymous parkrun at The Carrs park close to Wilmslow town centre. Duncan finished in a time of 36:23.
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| Duncan Robertson at Wilmslow parkrun |
Chris Holden on his way up north stopped off at Haigh Woodland parkrun near Wigan, to run the off-road parkrun route in a time of 39:43.
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| Chris Holden at the Haigh Woodland parkrun |
Chris was back in action the following day at the Great North-West Half-marathon in Blackpool. A strong headwind put paid to any fast times on this notoriously windy promenade route. Chris finished in 1:59:51.
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| Chris Holden at Blackpool Half-marathon |
Eight Striders were in the North Wales seaside town of Rhyl to run the Rhyl 10 mile race.
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| Sandbach Striders at Rhyl 10m |
The full results were:
1:11:03 Heather Carter1:14:34 Craig Edwards1:14:49 Steve Fallows1:25:52 Matt Wood1:36:11 Lou Hayward1:40:15 Moe Dutton1:40:16 Paul Nicholls1:41:21 Elaine Wood
