Jess Piasecki takes the women’s honours in the UK as Callan Moody tops this week’s men’s parkrun rankings.

Both Jess Piasecki and Charlotte Arter broke 16 minutes for parkrun this weekend, with the Stockport Harrier just one second off Arter’s 15:50 parkrun record with 15:51. Callan Moody topped the men’s rankings with an excellent 14:33 at Dulwich parkrun.

Such was the speed of the top two women the Fast Running team felt it deserved an early article as both are running well ahead of the trial for the Aarhus World XC Championships, which will be held as part of the Inter-Counties cross country champs next weekend in Loughborough.

Stockport Harrier Piasecki, a 15:29 5000m and 32:41 10000m runner, ran the super quick time at the Long Eaton parkrun near Nottingham, which has seen many quick times in the past. The Robert Hawkins coached athlete finished 2018 with a 10th position at the European cross country championships in Tilburg, Holland and is seemingly flying into spring 2019.

Welsh runner Charlotte Arter also broke 16 minutes at Cardiff parkrun for the second time this year and has had some stellar performances including a Welsh record over half marathon. The Cardiff AC star ran 69:40 at the Barcelona half marathon on the 10th February.

Running at Dulwich parkrun in south-east London was New Zealand distance runner Callan Moody. The Kiwi posted 14:33, which is not far from his 14:21.49 best for 5000m, but also on the back of an excellent 29:31 at Telford 10k in December last year. It seems that form has been carried into 2019 and it will be interesting to see what the year has in store for Moody.

Newham & Essex Beagle John Beattie was the second fastest of the weekend with a 15:02 at Rother Valley parkrun. Beattie recent ran 14:17 for 5k at the Armagh International road races, but that was only good enough for 23rd on the day, such was the quality of the field in Northern Ireland.

Jake Shelley, anti-doping PhD student at Kingston university, was at Springburn parkrun in Glasgow and may well have taken a break from the Indoor Champs to run parkrun. Fortunately Jakob Ingebritsen didn’t add a 5k into his weekend activities, although he is doing every other race it seems, and Shelley’s 15:04 was a comfortable first finisher in Scotland.

Hayley Carruthers, so used to topping these rankings, had to settle for third place with a solid 16:20 at Walsall Arboretum due to the international standard of results this weekend. Fourth place was another Welsh international with Clara Evans posting 16:30 behind Arter at Cardiff parkrun.

With Becky Briggs (16:36) at Hull and Tamara Beach (16:48) also at Cardiff parkrun bringing it to six ladies under 17 minutes this weekend it was a fast top ten for the 5k time trials. 17:20 for 10th place might be our highest standard yet, but expect that to be different next weekend with Inter-Counties cross country champs in Loughborough.

Both Dulwich and Cardiff parkrun featured four times in the rankings this week, with good racing at both.

Men’s top 10

1) parkrun: Dulwich

Callan Moody, 14:33, Serpentine RC

2) parkrun: Rother Valley

John Beattie, 15:02, Newham & Essex Beagles AC

3) parkrun: Springburn, Glasgow

Jake Shelley, 15:04, Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers

4) parkrun: Dulwich

Simon Goldsworthy, 15:10, Guildford & Godalming AC

5) parkrun: Long Eaton

Freddie Carcas, 15:15, Edinburgh AC

6) parkrun: Dulwich

Owen Hind, 15:24, Kent AC

7) parkrun: Dulwich

Edward Chuck, 15:25, Dulwich Runners AC

8) parkrun: Bushy

Luke Conway, 15:27, Newham & Essex Beagles AC

9) parkrun: Cardiff

Kurt Taylor, 15:28, Bristol and West AC

10=) parkrun: York

Joe Rainsford, 15:29, Heanor RC

10=) parkrun: Dulwich

Jonathan Tipper, 15:29, Kent AC

Women’s top 10

1) parkrun: Long Eaton

Jessica Piasecki, 15:51, Stockport Harriers & AC

2) parkrun: Cardiff

Charlotte Arter, 15:56, University of Wales Institute

3) parkrun: Walsall Arboretum

Hayley Carruthers, 16:20, Birchfield Harriers

4) parkrun: Cardiff

Clara Evans, 16:30, Pontypridd Roadents AC

5) parkrun: Hull

Becky Briggs, 16:36, City of Hull AC

6) parkrun: Cardiff

Tamara Beach, 16:48, Les Croupiers RC

7) parkrun: Bushy

Sarah Astin, 17:01, City of Norwich AC

8) parkrun: Chelmsford Central

Elizabeth Davies, 17:09, Springfield Striders RC

9) parkrun: Cannon Hill, Birmingham

Chloe Richardson, 17:16, Birchfield Harriers

10=) parkrun: Belfast Victoria

Rachel Gibson, 17:20, North Down AC

10=) parkrun: Southampton

Louise Damen, 17:20, Winchester and District AC

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