205 Parkruns for me to date, but there is so much more to this great event than running 5 kilometres at 9 o’clock on a Saturday morning.
Last Saturday I volunteered as Run Director for Clair Parkrun, in my hometown of Haywards Heath. It was the ninth anniversary of the very first Clair Parkrun and a special photo was taken:
One of the duties of the Run Director is to post a report, so here is mine:
Clair Parkrun #404 23.7.22
A sultry summer morning, although well short of the 38 degrees experienced earlier in the week, welcomed 131 intrepid runners to our undulating course, including 24 first timers. First man home was William Grey with a time of 18.05, and first lady was Anna Ford in a time of 21.00, one of 11 PB’s.
It was a pleasure to welcome so many visitors from far and wide to our ninth anniversary run, including runners from Holland, Cape Town, Huddersfield, Bushy Park, Isle of Wight, Buckingham and Suffolk.
Thanks to our 15 volunteers and especially those who planned and took part in the first Clair Parkrun in July 2013, including Neil, Marion, Nick and Ric who were with us today. There was cake at the finish to celebrate today’s anniversary, and to replenish the calories used up in the run!
Look forward to seeing you all again soon.
Stuart Ferguson
Run Director