St Albans parkrun 680: Results from Verulamium Park

Weekly - The parkrun takes place in Verulamium Park <i>(Image: Google Maps)</i>
Weekly - The parkrun takes place in Verulamium Park (Image: Google Maps)
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St Albans parkrun welcomed 374 participants for its 680th event, held at Verulamium Park on Saturday.

Runners and walkers gathered to take on the course, with a strong turnout from the community.

At the front of the field, Charlie Hodge was the fastest finisher, crossing the line first with a time of 17.31.

He was followed by Tom Lyons in second place on 18.54, while Duncan Merelie completed the top three with a time of 19.07.

Emily Hickey-Baird led the way as the fastest female, finishing with a time of 21.15.

Isabel Shaw was the second female finisher in 22.33, with Sinead Pomery close behind in third place on 23.04.

A total of 36 personal bests were recorded during the event.

The event was made possible thanks to the volunteers who gave up their time: Ann Rabinowitz, Ruth Shaw, Marga Frances-Perez, Peter Blackaller, Martin Coward, Sam Gnanaraj, Mike Truter, Peter Goodchild, Kate Schlesinger, Joe Ganley, Gino Golluccio, Jennie Holmes, Sam Austin, Nicolas Long, Martin Cook, Julianna Halbeck, Tom Knust, Bohdan Tymashov, Sophia Christie, Freddie Davies, Alex Johnstone, Drew Reed, Aidan Snell, Alan Smith, Adam Calcroft, Sarah Conduit, Michael Engelhardt, James Grills, Philip Leach, James Nicolson, Jethro Offemaria, Ken Osborne, Dara Owladi, Harry Smith, Geoff Watts, Wilfred Yu, Rachael Blok, Jason Rabinowitz, Helen Bolam, Linda Green, Kate Webb, Peter W. Jones, and Phyllida Jones.

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