Levengrove parkrun #214
What a glorious autumn morning it was in Levengrove Park —perfect conditions for a Saturday 5k!
We welcomed 148 parkrunners to the course, including 19 first timers. Among them were visitors from Hamilton, Exeter, Cirencester, Sussex, and even Victoria, Australia.
Milestones
• 10 parkruns: Luis Z Canosa
• 25 parkruns: Ibrahim Arshad-Bismillah
• 100 parkruns: Susan D Miller
Huge congratulations to all three—fantastic achievements!
First finishers
• Douglas Laird stormed home first in 19:47 (VM40-44, 69.00%)
• Lisa Mason led the way for the women in 21:55 (SW30-34, 67.68%)
Highest age grades went to Ian Brown (78.94%) and Anna McDonald (68.03%)—superb efforts.
Personal Bests
A big cheer for the 21 runners who bagged a PB today, including John Ritchie, Georgia Callander, Thomas Sturdy, and many more. Nothing beats that buzz of crossing the line quicker than before!
Special shout-out to our Couch to 5k participants, who hit a huge milestone today by running 20 minutes continuously as part of their programme. What an inspiring step on the journey to becoming regular parkrunners—you did brilliantly!
Volunteers
No event is possible without our amazing hi-vis heroes. Thank you to everyone who gave up their time this morning—you are the heartbeat of Levengrove parkrun.
Since starting in December 2019, 5,563 participants have completed 25,234 parkruns at Levengrove, covering a whopping 126,170km. That’s over three times around the world!
Thanks to everyone who joined us today. Whether you were chasing a PB, walking with friends, visiting from afar, or celebrating a Couch to 5k milestone, we hope you loved your morning as much as we did.
See you next Saturday at the usual time—first timers’ briefing at 9:20, run starts 9:30.
Comments were good:
Lisa Mason said: “First time at Levengrove today. Thank you to all the amazing volunteers! And what a beautiful park.”