Andrew Milligan and Nakita Burke ran the fastest parkrun times in Ireland this week

Andrew Milligan celebrated Christmas Day with 15:24 at Waterworks to finish with the fastest parkrun time in Ireland this week. The 8:53.73 3000m man was ran 14:52 at Belfast Victoria last week and was a winner of the Darlington Harriers Croft 5K in November.

Fresh off the back of a new 10km PB of 34:08 at Telford Nakita Burke was this week’s fastest woman breaking the course record at Letterkenny with 17:33. The Northern Irish International is a member of the Marathon Potential 2024 programme with NI Athletics.

Eskander Osman (Turki) ran a big parkrun PB clocking 15:36 to finish with this week’s second fastest parkrun time in Ireland. Thanks to expert input from Connor Curran we know Osman is a recent signing for Annadale Striders and was third at the Laganside 10km in September running 31:48.

Emma Davis was an 11th place finisher at the recent Florence Marathon in a time of 2:49:07 but faced disappointment with thousands of others after the course was deemed to be short for outside the top few finishers. Davis was a winner at the Surrey Half Marathon in a March running 80:09 and set a new 5km best of 17:01 at Battersea in August. Her tine of 17:52 at Belfast Victoria saw her finish as this week’s 2nd fastest woman.

Eoin Lennon of Carnethy Hill RC has had a busy period of competitive action with plenty of parkrun action mixed with cross country racing. So busy in fact that he appears twice in this week’s list after clocking 15:45 on Christmas Day at Waterworks, followed three days later with 16:12 at Ormeau.

Under 17 Celine Gavin also set a new parkrun PB on Christmas Day running 18:17 at Malahide which represents a big improvement over her recent times set mostly at Tolka Valley in South Dublin.

Men’s top 10

1) parkrun: Waterworks

Andrew Milligan, 15:24, North Belfast Harriers **25/12**

2) parkrun: Belfast Victoria

Eskander Osman, 15:36, Annadale Striders

3) parkrun: Waterworks

Eoin Lennon, 15:45, Carnethy Hill RC **25/12**

4) parkrun: Belfast Victoria

Jamie Knapp, 15:47, Southampton AC

5) parkrun: Ormeau

Eoin Lennon, 16:12, Carnethy Hill RC

6) parkrun: Marlay

Colm Turner, 16:14, Limerick A.C.

7) parkrun: Waterworks

Fionntan Campbell, 16:15, St Malachys AC **25/12**

8) parkrun: Malahide

Daire Bermingham, 16:21, Raheny Shamrock AC

9) parkrun: Castletown

Lee Van Haeften, 16:24

10) parkrun: Derry City

Eoin Hughes, 16:29, Letterkenny AC

Women’s top 10

1) parkrun: Letterkenny

Nakita Burke, 17:33

2) parkrun: Belfast Victoria

Emma Davis, 17:52, Ward Park Runners

3) parkrun: Malahide

Celine Gavin, 18:17 **25/12**

4) parkrun: Wallace

Kirsti Foster, 18:22, Willowfield Harriers

5) parkrun: Dungloe

Helen McCready, 18:58

=6) parkrun: Shanganagh

Sarah Baryga, 19:04

=6) parkrun: Belfast Victoria

Leann Gibson, 19:04, Victoria Park and Connswater AC

=6) parkrun: Wallace

Amy Bulman, 19:04, Willowfield Harriers

9) parkrun: Marlay

Hilkka Kontro, 19:07

10) parkrun: Armagh

Dearbhla Sheridan, 19:18, Belfast Running Club

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