This week we have not just one, but two event reports to share with you.
We'll start with Russell, Australian parkrun adventurer who was touristing with us for the second time. It was great to have you back Rusty!
Here is what Russell had to say:
East Coast Parkrun - # 337
Todays event No.337 was another Prime Number to acquire , for those many of us acquiring gains in Challenges on the purple 5K parkrunner results App.
Wonderfully the substantial overnight rain didn’t affect this beautiful and very flat parkrun course with any pathway puddles.
Large groups of parkrunners from England, South Africa and myself from Australia were fortunate to experience perfect overcast running conditions with a nice very slight coastal cross breeze to lessen the normal high Singapore humidity.
1st finisher was of the 129 participants, was very speedy Darren Southcott in 16:05 just 13 seconds away from his PB .
2nd position was Singapore Shuffler Noboru Matsumoto in 17:44.
3rd finisher was Mr Consistency, Kei Suzuki with 18:08 , a PB by 4 secs.
Lei’s 5 parkrun times have been 18:12, 18:17,18:08, 18:07 and 18:02 over at West Coast.
Power on Kei , a sub 18:00 time is within reach.
1st lady was Isabell Rudd Rossler in a quick 19:38 just 12 seconds away from her PB.
Another speedy Singapore Shuffler member was a new friend I met on my previous tourist visit to East Coast park , exactly 6 months ago to the day, in Gil Madrid with a fine time of 20:04 for the M55 age category runner and just 36 seconds slower than Gil’s PB from 6 years ago !
A extraordinary high number of 46 people experienced East Coast Parkrun for the first time and a good number of 18 PB’s were recorded by regular or returning participants.
Personally after 13 consecutive weeks of tiring international travel, I had a fine run of 23:48 just 35 seconds away from my M70 age group time of 23:13.
Thanks to all 14 enthusiastic volunteers that made another successful parkrun happen at this fabulous Singapore location.
Next parkrun for me is Copenhagen, Denmark next Saturday. Farewell for now.
Russell Johnson,
Australian Parkrun Adventurer
Safe travels Russell and we look forward to you visiting us again soon.
We'll share our second event report with you a little later in the week so we can enjoy reminiscing about last weekend while looking forward to our next parkrun day!