Firs lady was Sophie Harris at Northampton parkrun. The Herne Hill Harrier ran 16:45, which is a parkrun PB, but still about 20 seconds slower than the 5000m and 5k PBs with the 16:23 5k best being run this year at Bedford Autodrome.

We appreciate Andrew Heyes choosing a different parkrun this week and adjusting his time by 2 seconds to 14:47. Otherwise it might just have been a little confusing for everyone reading when the speedster turned up on the top of the rankings for a consecutive week.

David Barratt, our second quickest male with 15:04 at Oldham parkrun is used to being first across finish line in 2021. Barratt looked to have a great weekend at the Tour of Tameside, with wins over 10k, 7 miles and half marathon.

Two more female ran under 17 minutes this week with Metro Aberdeen’s Virginie Barrand and Cambridge Harrier’s Holly Dixon running 16:50 and 16:59 respectively.

Barrand set a new 10k PB this year at the Back to Basics 10k in Forres, with 35:29, after an excellent 50k debut in May at the UltraX Scotland.

Dixon, who has PB’d from 800m up to 10k, and every distance in between, in 2021, added a new parkrun PB to the list that includes a Kent County Championship over 1500m and South of England over 5000m.

Is that a man and his dog, or just a man?

In seventh spot we have youth international Duncan Robinson, who’s club is listed as Cani-Sports Fife. There is the possibly that Duncan isn’t getting a dog assisted performance though, as the U20 has run the 3000m in8:26.33 at the European U20 Champs this summer  and has a PB of 8:15.90 so the time is well within his capabilities.

The fastest events this week, courtesy of both having a pair in the top 10 rankings, were Woodhouse Moor and Northampton parkruns.

Men’s top 10

1) parkrun: Eastville
Andrew Heyes, 14:47, Hallamshire Harriers Sheffield AC
2) parkrun: Oldham
David Barratt, 15:04, Salford
5) parkrun: Bushy
Jake Shelley, 15:13, Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers
4) parkrun: Chelmsford Central
Stephen Strange, 15:14, Tonbridge AC
5) parkrun: Lincoln
William Strangeway, 15:24, Lincoln Wellington AC
6) parkrun: Worthing 
Andrew McCaskill, 15:29
7) parkrun: Pollok
Duncan Robinson, 15:29, Cani-Sports Fife.
8) parkrun: Linwood
Jack Heathwood, 15:32, Bellahouston Harriers
9) parkrun: Woodhouse Moor
Cameron Reilly, 15:37, Ilkley Harriers AC
10=) parkrun: Wolverhampton 
Jamie Lambie, 15:38, Shrewsbury AC
10=) parkrun: Aylesbury
Kieran Lindars, 15:38, Vale of Aylesbury AC

Women’s top 10

1) parkrun:  Northampton 
Sophie Harris, 16:45, Herne Hill Harriers
2) parkrun: Aberdeen
Virginie Barrand, 16:50, Metro Aberdeen RRC
3) parkrun: Littlehampton Prom
Holly Dixon, 16:59, Cambridge Harriers
4) parkrun: Folkestone
Chloe Tighe, 17:06
5) parkrun: Strathclyde 
Jenny Bannerman, 17:13, Inverness Harriers AAC
6) parkrun: Doddington Hall
Sophie Wallis, 17:21
7) parkrun: Woodhouse Moor
Katy Wood, 17:23, York Acorn RC
8) parkrun: Northampton
Lauren Hall, 17:24, Aldershot, Farnham & District AC
9=) parkrun: Tamar Lakes
Sophie Wood, 17:36, Sale Harriers Manchester
9=) parkrun: Penrose
Issy Waugh, 17:36, Sheffield Tri

If you would like to run faster at parkrun, top tips to help runners of all abilities can be found here.

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Ireland is not short of top masters athletes and it was another, Barbara Cleary, who was the fastest female at parkrun in Ireland this weekend. Cleary’s time of 17:58 saw her achieve an aged graded score of 89.97% and was enough to see her first back overall at Lees Road breaking the course record in the process. Cleary has a 10km PB of 34:07 from 2014 but most recently ran an impressive 27:34 at the 2020 Raheny 5.

Eskander Osman is a man to watch in 2020. The Annadale Strider ran 15:40 to top the mens times this weekend. Osman finished third at the Northern Ireland and Ulster Intermediate Cross-Country Championships at the end of January and was just outside his parkrun best of 15:36.

Under 17 Emmy Thornton is one of a number of talented young Willowfield athletes who regularly appear in the parkrun top 10 and her time of 19:03 at Belfast Victoria was enough to set herself a new parkrun PB. Thorton was a silver medallist in the 1500m at the Ulster Schools’ Championships in 2019.

Bury AC’s Byron Edwards has had a busy start to 2020 notching up parkruns most weekends in addition to running 74:47 at the Four Villages Half Marathon at the end of January. 16:19 at Belfast Victoria was a few seconds outside his parkrun PB but a strong performance for the prolific racer who set a PB of 2:40:18 at Tokyo Marathon last year.

Sarah Baryga ran 19:22 at Poolbeg to finish as the third fastest woman this week and has clocked up over 150 parkruns with a best of 18:31. Baryga ran 62:37 to finish 5th at Trim 10 mile race last weekend and ran a marathon PB of 2:55:22 at Dublin in October.

Poolbeg also saw the third fastest male runner this week where James Bartram clocked 16:40. 2019 was a strong year for the Thames Hare & Hounds athlete with PBs including 32:53 at Self Transcendence 10K in November and 15:57 at Hercules Wimbledon 5000m in August.

Men’s top 10

1) parkrun: Belfast Victoria
Eskander Osman, 15:40, Annadale Striders
2) parkrun: Belfast Victoria
Byron Edwards, 16:19, Bury AC
3) parkrun: Poolbeg
James Bartram, 16:40, Thames Hare & Hounds
4) parkrun: Belfast Victoria
Jack Logan, 16:56
=5) parkrun: Westport
Ethan Lloyd, 17:04, Westport AC
=5) parkrun: Waterworks
Mark McAvoy, 17:04, North Belfast Harriers
7) parkrun: Antrim
James Connelly, 17:10, Garscube Harriers
8) parkrun: Antrim
Oliver Cook, 17:11, Pace Running Club
9) parkrun: Castletown
Edwin Koenck, 17:22, Le Cheile AC
10) parkrun: Mungret
Joe O’Briend, 17:40

Women’s top 10

1) parkrun: Lees Road
Barbara Cleary, 17:58
2) parkrun: Belfast Victoria
Emmy Thorton, 19:03, Willowfield Harriers
3) parkrun: Poolbeg
Sarah Baryga, 19:22
4) parkrun: Castlewellan
Anna Gardiner, 19:24, East Down AC
5) parkrun: Mullingar
Maud-Annie Foley, 19:30
6) parkrun: Ballincollig
Lily Edwards, 19:50
7) parkrun: Naas
Aine Lyng, 19:56
8) parkrun: Bushy, Dublin
Sarah Fitzpatrick, 19:56
9) parkrun: Belfast Victoria
Cliodhna Daly, 19:57, North East Runners
10) parkrun: Cootehill
Lisa Clerkin, 19:59

If you would like to run faster at parkrun, top tips to help runners of all abilities can be found here.

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