John Beattie and Annabel Gummow are your quickest parkrunners this weekend (June 1).

Newham and Essex Beagle John Beattie ran 14:56 at Rother Valley parkrun this weekend to top the mens’ rankings. It was juts one second away from a parkrun best for the 13:42.03 5000m man who has already raced over 5k this year at the Armagh International (14:17) and Ipswich Twilight (14:02).

Annabel Gummow ran 17:20 at Castle Park parkrun to record the fastest female time for the first weekend of June. The Winchester & District AC runner also has a faster 5000m best with 15:53.27 and ran an excellent 34:33 at the Vitality London 10,000 on Monday last week (after parkrun on the Saturday).

Ever present (ish) Paul Martelletti was second fastest male with a 15:08 run at Mile End parkrun, although we couldn’t tell if it was part of a bigger session as there’s nothing on Strava this week. Paul, we hope your watch isn’t broken!

Steph McCall of South London Harriers ran 17:24 at the speedy Dulwich parkrun this weekend. With over 50 parkruns to her name, 17:08 remains the quickest for the 2:51 marathoner who PB’d at London this year… well it was McCall’s first marathon but that’s still a cracking PB.

Kris Lecher, Jonathan Tobin and Andrius Jaksevicius did their best to confuse everyone at Fast Running this weekend by featuring as fourth to sixth for the second week running. Kris jumped up three seconds to 15:13, to equal Jonathan, who also ran 15:13 for the second week in a row. We had to double check the results had been updated just to make sure we weren’t looking at last week’s times.

Then, just to add more confusion Andrius was sixth again. At least the Belgrave Harrier had the decency to run a more varied time with a 15:28, which was actually equal sixth with Welsh marathon star Dewi Griffiths. I needed a nap after doing the results this week and they’re probably all wrong.

It was actually similar for the ladies as Philippa Wiliiams and Annabel Gummow swapped from first to ninth and seventh to first. After beating everyone in the UK last weekend, Williams was second female finisher at Tooting Common with Lucie Custance coming in first in 17:48. The Clapham Chaser was just ten seconds ahead of the Elswick Harrier in 17:58.

JLRcng’s newest signing Aaron Scott was third fastest chap this week. We spoke to the man behind the team supporting top domestic talent a few week ago.

Just shows that it depends on the week you’re having, the training around Saturday and the event you’re running. It’s only parkrun and often the 5k time trial is just a tiny snapshot of a runner’s training for the week, even for the day if you’re Paul Martelletti.

Men’s top 10

1) parkrun: Rother Valley

John Beattie, 14:56, Newham and Essex Beagles AC

2) parkrun: Mile End

Paul Martelletti, 15:08, Victoria Park Harriers & Tower Hamlets AC

3) parkrun: Rutland Water

Aaron Scott, 15:10, Lincoln Wellington

4=) parkrun: Dalby Forest

Kris Lecher, 15:13, City of Hull AC

4=) parkrun: Rother Valley

Jonathan Tobin, 15:13, Swansea Harriers AC

6=) parkrun: Bushy

Andrius Jaksevicius, 15:28, Belgrave Harriers

6=) parkrun: Llyn Llech Owain

Dewi Griffiths, 15:28, Swansea Harriers AC

8) parkrun: Dishley, Loughborough

Joseph Newman-Billington, 15:34, City of Sheffield and Dearne AC

9) parkrun: Cannon Hill, Birmingham

Ed Banks, 15: 37, Birchfield Harriers

10) parkrun: Hastings

Marshall Smith, 15:39, Ashford AC

Women’s top 10

1) parkrun: Castle Park

Annabel Gummow, 17:20, Winchester and District AC

2) parkrun: Dulwich

Steph McCall, 17:24, South London Harriers

3) parkrun: Cannon Hill, Birmingham

Bryony Haines, 17:31, Birchfield Harriers

4) parkrun: Longrun Meadow

Hannah Taunton, 17:32, Taunton AC

5) parkrun: Belfast Victoria

Rachel Gibson, 17:41, North Down AC

6) parkrun: Exeter Riverside

Kate Drew, 17:47, Taunton AC

7) parkrun: Tooting Common

Lucie Custance, 17:48, Clapham Chasers

8) parkrun: Princes Park, Liverpool

Lorna Young, 17:54

9) parkrun: Tooting Common

Philippa Williams, 17:58, Elswick Harriers

10) parkrun: Burgess

Lucy Ashe, 18:06, Harrow AC

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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