With the country basking in a bank holiday heatwave, there were few races in the calendar over the weekend for the Peel Road Runners, however second claim member Mark Harriot took on the spectacular Cape Town Marathon in South Africa, producing an excellent performance to complete the challenging course in 3 hours 51 minutes and 09 seconds. Running against the stunning backdrop of Table Mountain and the Cape Town coastline, Mark showed great determination and endurance in one of Africa’s most iconic marathon events.
The club were represented across a wide range of parkrun events this weekend, with Emma Pick leading the way once again by finishing as first female at Conkers parkrun in an impressive time of 20:41. Another notable milestone came at Kingsbury Water parkrun, where Mike Shelton celebrated his 350th parkrun, completing the course in a strong 20:58.
At Tamworth Castle Grounds parkrun, Wayne Richardson was the quickest Peel Road Runner home with 22:02, followed by Iain Downie in 23:26. Cheryl Flint recorded 27:23, and Graham Lane finished in 27:44. Tony Bryan and Richard Satchwell both clocked 28:49, while Jo Insley completed the course in 33:47, Dan Bird in 40:23 and Jo Bovington rounded things off with 47:43.
Kingsbury Water parkrun saw a good turnout from the club. Alongside Mike Shelton’s milestone run, Anne Whitby-Smith finished in 25:02, Simon Gordon in 27:05 and Claire Guffick in 29:16. Amy Davis completed the course in 31:19, Ann Hill ran 35:21, and Lee Guffick followed closely in 35:35. Nicola Bannister completed the event in 52:03.
Elsewhere, Allen King and Chris Bennett ran at Isabel Trail parkrun, recording times of 25:48 and 25:54, respectively. Ben Dorkins took on Queen Elizabeth parkrun and finished in 25:28, while Roger Lloyd posted 24:19 at Millfield parkrun. Sophie Galloway continued her good form with 24:27 at Whiteley parkrun, and Shane Lewis completed St Mary’s parkrun in 26:14.
Mark Boffey ran 25:33 at Fletcher Moss parkrun, with Sarah Boffey finishing in 41:22. At Worcester parkrun, Wendy Bowyer crossed the line in 37:27.
Further afield, Jonathan Allen completed Lousberg parkrun in 32:03, while Michael Hughes finished Frank’s Farm parkrun in 52:47. Joanne Sharman and Stephanie Attenborough ran together once again at Nobles parkrun, finishing in 52:12 and 52:13 respectively.
Ian Orton and Jacqueline Tierney represented the club at Sutton Park parkrun, recording times of 53:13 and 58:53. Michael Stevenson completed Warwick Racecourse parkrun in 43:08.
The Peelers meet every Tuesday evening at the skate park car park at 6.45 pm for a 7 pm start with a choice of different-paced running groups and a walking group.