Jake Wightman and Philippa Williams are your quickest parkrunners this weekend (May 25).

Olympian Jake Wightman was the stand out performer at parkrun this weekend, running a new course record of 14:43 at the quick Worthing event. A great example of all the levels of parkrun participants with a middle distance star like the Edinburgh AC man rocking up for a Saturday morning session.

Philippa Williams was the quickest female with a 17:24 at Sheffield Hallam parkrun. The Elswick Harrier ran a parkrun best at her seventh parkrun of 2019, but has already shone over the half marathon distance this year. Not happy with a 77:25 for first place at the Sheffield Half Marathon (which, having visited the city, might not be a flat course), Williams ran an excellent 76:40 to win the Sunderland City Half Marathon.

Tim Norton, the only runner to list his eating habits in his club name, led home four runners in the top ten at Bushy Park. The Vegan Runners Australia athlete ran 15:12 ahead of Andrius Jaksevicius (15:16), Alex Milne (15:28) and Elliot Dorey (15:38). We bet that was a quick first kilometre with a good pack racing at the home of parkrun.

Coventry Godiva’s Mohamed Daud Mohamed comes out of a strong cross country season and has already ran a 8:48.43 3000m this May. The Somalian who ran in the 5000m at the Rio Olympics has a PB of 14:34 for the 5000m, which he ran at the 2017 World Championships in London.

Charnwood AC’s Hannah Doran was the second fastest female runner with a 17:25 at Leicester Victoria parkrun. The V35 former GB Cross Country runner ran her first marathon this year after a 74:55 half marathon PB at Reading Half. With a 2:42:38 debut at the Virgin London Marathon the future over the longer distance looks good.

The fastest parkrun this week was Bushy park, due to the four lads racing it out at the front and all making the top ten. It’s the first time we’ve seen Scunthorpe in these rankings so hats off for Scunny for featuring twice.

Of note is Nick Earl’s 14:56 at Parkville parkrun in Australia. The City of Norwich speedster must have been celebrating his recent England selection to run the Toronto Marathon.

Men’s top 10

1) parkrun: Worthing

Jake Wightman, 14:43, Edinburgh AC

2=) parkrun: Bushy

Tim Norton, 15:12, Vegan Runners Australia

2=) parkrun: Coventry

Mohamed Daud Mohamed, 15:12, Coventry Godiva Harriers

4) parkrun: Rother Valley

Jonathan Tobin, 15:13, Swansea Harriers AC

5) parkrun: Scunthorpe

Kris Lecher, 15:16, City of Hull AC

6) parkrun: Bushy

Andrius Jaksevicius, 15:16, Belgrave Harriers

7) parkrun: Bushy

Alex Milne, 15:28, Enfield & Haringey AC

8) parkrun: Stevenage

Ian Kimpton, 15:37, Team Kimpton

9) parkrun: Bushy

Elliot Dorey, 15:38

10=) parkrun: Kingsway, Gloucester

Lee Stopford, 15:42, Stroud & District AC

10=) parkrun: Hackney Marshes

Paul Martelletti, 15:42, Victoria Park Harriers & Tower Hamlets AC

Women’s top 10

1) parkrun: Sheffield Hallam

Philippa Williams, 17:24, Elswick Harriers

2) parkrun: Leicester Victoria

Hannah Doran, 17:25, Charnwood AC

3) parkrun: Bath Skyline

Jessica Gibbon, 17:31, Reading AC

4) parkrun: Rother Valley

Emily Simpson, 17:35, City of Sheffield and Dearne AC

5) parkrun: Albert Park, Middlesborough

Philippa Stone, 17:37, Middlesborough AC

6) parkrun: Cannon Hill, Birmingham

Bryony Haines, 17:40, Birchfield Harriers

7) parkrun: Harlow

Annabel Gummow, 17:52, Winchester and District AC

8) parkrun: Kingsbury Water

Hannah Brooks, 17:55, Crawley AC

9) parkrun: Sloughbottom

Joanna Andrews, 17:58, Bungay Black Dog RC

10) parkrun: Scunthorpe

Jenny Blizard, 17:59

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