St Albans parkrun 687: Results from Verulamium Park

Weekly - The parkrun takes place at Verulamium Park <i>(Image: Google Maps)</i>
Weekly - The parkrun takes place at Verulamium Park (Image: Google Maps)
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St Albans parkrun welcomed 361 participants for its 687th 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, Ian Kimpton was the fastest finisher, crossing the line first with a time of 16.05.

He was followed by Matthew Nicholls in second place on 18.23, while John Collingham completed the top three with a time of 18.57.

Sinead Pomery led the way as the fastest female, finishing with a time of 21.42.

Rose Abbott was the second female finisher in 22.01, with Miranda Clappison in third place on 23.33.

A total of 29 personal bests were recorded during the event.

The event was made possible thanks to the volunteers who gave up their time: Ruth Shaw, Emily Tanner, Keith Clilverd, Sam Gnanaraj, Catherine Leahy, Mike Trotman, Linda Powell, Gemma Richards, Helen Bolam, Gino Golluccio, Jennie Holmes, Edwin Ten Dam, Kavish Desireddy, Tony Barr, Martin Cook, Tom Knust, Max Walker, Geoff Watts, John Collingham, Salvatore Grime, Kara Molloy, Aidan Snell, Sarah Welch, Olivia Markwell, Hemi Trenholm, John Bennett, David Thomas Byers, Romaine Sheila Byers, Martin Coward, Michael Engelhardt, Joe Ganley, Roger Goodhead, Ben Grills, Loraine Ladlow, Debs Powell, Bohdan Tymashov, Harry Wong, Wilfred Yu, Sarah Conduit, Linda Green, Kate Webb, and Peter W. Jones.

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