Congratulations to Sarah Benton on running her 50th parkrun at Victoria park on Saturday and finishing first lady for good measure. After a burst of pre-Christmas parkrun activity nailed the 50th on the final Saturday of the year. In rather blustery conditions, Sarah ran 22:07 min with fellow North Down girls Marie Devine did 23:43 and Jill Aicken 24:15. Of Sarah’s 50 parkruns, 30 have been at Victoria Park, 18 at Waterworks Park and 1 each at Queens and Finsbury Park.
At the Christmas Day parkrun at Belfast Waterworks, an excellent 160 runners turned up. Steve Wise, himself a 41 parkrun veteran, ran a Waterworks best of 19:57 min, Andrew Muir ran 20:45 and Simon Cummings 24:02. In a change of plan, there will be a parkrun at the Waterworks on New Years Day, starting at 10.00 am.