Run Sandymoor Weekly Report
Week Commencing 28/04/2025
Events this Week:
⭐️ Wednesday: Wirral Seaside 5K
⭐️ Friday: Marathon April 2025 Celebrations at the Red Lion
⭐️ Saturday: parkruns
⭐️ Saturday: Halewood 5K
⭐️ Sunday: RunThrough Heaton Park Half Marathon
⭐️ Sunday: Belfast Marathon (Leg 4)
Runna parkrun Championships partnership:
⭐️ A massive thank you to Daniel Shannon for successfully gaining Runna as our parkrun Championship partner for this year!
⭐️ The male and female parkrun Championship winners will win a six month free subcription to the Runna app, which has proven to improve those that have already used it. It has already recieved some postitive feedback.
⭐️ Club members may access the Runna app for a two week free trial. However, I shall not publish the access code here within a public space. Please see the Run Sandymoor post for the code or message Daniel Shannon or myself whom will be pleased to share it with you.
Bank Holiday Club Runs:
⭐️ Our Bank Holiday Club Runs will all be at 9:00am.
⭐️ Combined groups 1 & 2 will meet at the Costa Coffee car park in Runcorn at 9:00am.
⭐️ Combined groups 3 & 4 will meet at Picow Farm Road near to Runcorn Railway Station at 9:00am.
⭐️ Group 5 will meet as usual at Sandymoor School at 9:00am.
Naked 5K Event (no watches or phones etc.):
⭐️ On Tuesday evening at Victoria Park in Widnes at 18:30, we will be hosting our next pop-up, which will be the naked 5K event. This means that you will run without any technology, so that you do not know your time or your pace. In advance, you will predict the time that you think you'll finish the 5K distance and the person who gets closest to their predicted time will be announced as the winner! It's that simple! And anyone can win it!
Please select the link below and then select "Going" along with a comment that indicates your predicted finishing time:
https://facebook.com/events/s/naked-5k/650481001220372/
Roll of Honour:
🏃🏻♂️Mark Austin: Ran 34.8 miles this week
🏃🏽♀️Katie Hankey: Ran 25.6 miles this week
⛰️ Carl Pratt: King of the Hills with 1,824 feet
⛰️ Katie Davidson: Queen of the Hills with 1,585 feet
🏃🏻♂️Steve Hughes: Ran the longest distance run of 20.0 miles
🏃🏽♀️Sarah Ryder: Ran the longest distance run of 15.3 miles
Matthew McDermott: Widnes parkrun (18:37 Best ever PB -7s) 
(18:37 Course PB -7s) Julie Edge: Halewood 5K (26:21 Best ever PB -41s) Carl Pratt: Elesmere Port parkrun (20:31 Course PB -3:32) John Houghton: Limepark Playing Fields parkrun (31:54 Course PB -3:06) Paul Quigley: Nova Prestatyn parkrun (28:14 Course PB -2:31) Mike Sherwin: Stretford parkrun (19:10 Course PB -22s) Harrison Wilde: Widnes parkrun (25:38 Course PB -28s)
Sue May Liow: South Bank parkrun (150th parkrun)
⭐️Daniel Shannon: for successfully gaining the Runna parkrun Championships partner
⭐️Karen Bannon: for organising the Marathon Celebrations evening at the Red Lion
Steve Thompson: Wirral Seaside 5K (1st M40 out of 68) with 17:00 Steve Thompson: Widnes parkrun (1st out of 509 and 1st male out of 251) with 16:44 Katie Davidson: Phoenix parkrun (1st female out of 49) with 22:53
Julie Edge: Halewood 5K (2nd F50) with 26:21 Carl Pratt: RunThrough Heaton Park Half Marathon (2nd M40 out of 13) with 01:33:48
Men's Distance:
🥇 34.8m Mark Austin
🥈 33.7m Carl Pratt
🥉 32.7m John Houghton
Women's Distance:
🥇25.6m Katie Hankey
🥈24.1m Katie Davidson
🥉 23.8m Teleri Jones
23.3m Nicola Ormsby
King of the Hills:
🥇 1,824ft Carl Pratt
🥈 1,460ft Mark Austin
🥉 1,302ft Simon Waterhouse 1,276ft Steve Hughes
Queen of the Hills:
🥇 1,585ft Katie Davidson
🥈 1,525ft Arianwen AP-Carreg
🥉 1,388ft Olive Hall
Distance Runs (15m+):
⭐️ 20.0m Steve Hughes
⭐️ 18.0m John Houghton
⭐️ 15.3m Sarah Ryder
⭐️ 15.3m Simon Waterhouse
⭐️ 15.0m Roy Hankey
Wirral Seaside 5K:
= Best ever PB
17:00 Steve Thompson (1st M40 out of 68) 19:26 Michael Scowcroft 19:35 Mike Sherwin 21:06 Katie Davidson 21:27 Daniel Shannon 22:13 Clive Conway 25:10 Harrison Wilde 25:56 Tels Anwen 26:11 Paul Quigley 27:56 Kate Joynson 32:18 Joe Wilde
April 2025 Marathon Celebrations at the Red Lion
⭐️ Thank you Karen Bannon for organising the Marathon Celebration evening at the Red Lion and well done to all of the marathoners that took part in a marathon on Sunday 27th April.
parkruns:
Key: = Best ever parkrun, = Course PB, 
= Course 1st, = milestone 
= Gender top three places
Elesmere Port parkrun: 20:31 Carl Pratt (Course PB -3:32) 26:38 Matthew Haslam
Limepark Playing Fields parkrun: 31:54 John Houghton (Course PB -3:06)
Nova Prestatyn parkrun: 28:14 Paul Quigley (Course PB -2:31)
Old Railway Trail, Llangollen parkrun: 30:03 Clive Conway
Phoenix parkrun: 22:53 Katie Davidson (1st female out of 49) 26:19 Robert Taylor 29:05 Louisa Mogg 32:16 Olive Hall 36:14 Helen Dunbebin
South Bank parkrun: 27:17 Sue May Liow (150th parkrun)
Stretford parkrun: 19:10 Mike Sherwin (Course PB -22s) 21:34 Daniel Shannon
Warrington parkrun: 38:30 Andrea Kelly
Widnes parkrun: 16:44 Steve Thompson (1st out of 509 and 1st male out of 251) 18:37 Matthew McDermott (Course PB -7s) (Best ever PB -7s) 20:23 Peter Marsland 25:38 Harrison Wilde (Course PB -28s) 26:54 Carl Stewart 27:30 Christine Loynes 29:38 Louise Norcross 29:38 Faye Bannon 30:24 Kate Joynson 31:46 Martin Hughes 32:05 Melvin Dua 32:05 Joe Wilde 32:07 Tom Hampton
Wilmslow parkrun: 29:10 Roy Hankey 30:16 Katie Hankey
Worden parkrun: 21:13 Michael Scowcroft
Updated 5K Club Record:
⭐️ Considering that Steve Thompson ran yet another sub-17 time, here is the updated 5K club record lists:
Men's sub-17 times:
16:39 Steve Thompson
16:42 Steve Thompson
16:44 Steve Thompson
16:44 Steve Thompson ⭐️ NEW ENTRY⭐️
16:45 Steve Thompson
16:48 Steve Thompson
16:48 Steve Thompson
16:51 Steve Thompson
16:52 John Myers
16:54 Aaron Spenceley
16:55 Steve Thompson
16:55 John Myers
16:56 John Myers
16:57 Aaron Spenceley
Women's sub-21 times:
20:22 Katie Davidson
20:36 Chloe Holman
20:39 Chloe Holman
20:42 Katie Davidson
20:43 Chloe Holman
20:53 Katie Davidson
20:55 Katie Davidson
20:57 Hayley Metcalfe
20:58 Emma Fraser
20:58 Louise Norcross
20:59 Chloe Holman
20:59 Emma Fraser
Halewood 5K:
= Best ever PB 26:21 Julie Edge (Best ever PB -41s) (2nd F50)
RunThrough Heaton Park Half Marathon:
= Best ever PB 01:33:48 Carl Pratt (2nd M40 out of 13)
Belfast Marathon (Leg 4):
⭐️ John Houghton
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Well done to everyone that ran with and/or for the club this week.