In our weekly look at the ever-popular parkruns across Suffolk and North-East Essex, we feature Saturday’s Harwich parkrun from Dovercourt Cliff Park
Sam Strike and Kiera-Jayne Atkinson were the first two home from a field of 98 at the 134th staging of the Harwich parkrun on Saturday, and it was a special day for junior Alexander McCreadie.
Strike covered the 5K distance, from Dovercourt Cliff Park, in 20mins 16secs, which was a little off his personal best of 19:43 for the promnade-based course.
Second home was junior athlete Atkinson, a member of Colchester & Tendring AC who is in the 11-14 year-old age group. She registered 20:33, though she has a PB of 19:07.
Meanwhile, McCreadie, another 11-14 year-old age-group member, chalked up his 100th parkrun on Saturday, a fine achievement. A total of 72 have been at Harwich, with 20 at Colchester Castle Park.
By contrast, the Tilley family – Harry, Richard, Poppy and Jayne – all completed their first-ever parkruns at Harwich, as did Jen Chenery.
Third home on Saturday was Cameron Mitchell (20:49), while Great Bentley RC’s Antoinette Wilson was second lady (24:42).
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