Jonothan Kay and Nicole Taylor ran the fastest parkrun times in the UK this week (15th February).

Tonbridge AC star Nicole Taylor was the fastest female at parkrun this weekend with a 17:17 at Malling parkrun. Taylor has already won the Sussex county XC champs and a wonderful second at the southern champs at Parliament Hill, so 2020 is flying.

Jonothan Kay, who’s full name on the parkrun website is “Jonothan Kay Six times a week”, was the fastest male with a 14:58 at Stretford parkrun. We’re not sure if this is simply how many times a week Jonothan is running or it covers another aspect of his life, but whatever it is, it’s working. The 3:48 1500m has kicked off his middle distance track season this year with a 3:51 win at the Northern indoor 1500m champs.

Kiera Brady-Jones of Wirral AC was the second quickest female with a 17:24 at Birkenhead parkrun in Merseyside. The U17 youngster started the year with a win at the indoor 800m Northern championships in 2:12.29, a win at the Merseyside XC Champs and a sixth at the northern champs.

parkrun regular Seyfu Jamaal is no stranger to the top ten and ran 15:18 at Finsbury Park this Saturday morning to put the London Heathside athlete in second place. At Linwood parkrun Guy Evans-Haggerty was 11 seconds behind with a 15:29 for the triathlete.

Reading AC’s Jessica Gibbon was the third fastest lady, who ran 17:29 at Maidenhead parkrun. Much like the rest of the top ranked athletes Gibbon has been busy on the cross country and a win at the Southern XC Champs at Parliament Hill is something an athlete will remember for the rest of their lives.

With a huge amount of endurance athletes at Armagh international 3k and 5k races this week we expected a few athletes to run a bit slower this weekend, but such is the strength in depth in British endurance running we still have a huge bunch of string runners hitting parkrun on Saturday morning too.

Men’s top 10

1) parkrun: Stretford

Jonothan Kay, 14:58, Bolton United Harriers & AC

2) parkrun: Finsbury

Seyfu Jamaal, 15:18, London Heathside

3) parkrun: Linwood

Guy Evans-Haggerty, 15:29, Fusion Triathlon Club

4) parkrun: Telford

Patrick Townsend, 15:35

5) parkrun: Edinburgh

Peter Avent, 15:42, Shettleston Harriers

6) parkrun: Newcastle

James Scott-Farrington, 15:44, Horwich RMI Harriers

7) parkrun: Burnham and Highbridge

Kurtis Gibson, 15:48

8) parkrun: Hull

Mike Tanner, 15:48, Rochdale Harriers & AC

9) parkrun: Belfast Victoria

James Cameron Hancock, 15:49, Sutton & District AC

10) parkrun: St Andrews

Harvey Rankin, 15:54, TeamElite

Women’s top 10

1) parkrun: Malling

Nicole Taylor, 17:17, Tonbridge AC

2) parkrun: Birkenhead

Kiera Brady-Jones, 17:24, Wirral AC

3) parkrun: Maidenhead

Jessica Gibbon, 17:29, Reading AC

4) parkrun: Bushy

Muriel Coneo, 17:31

5) parkrun: Newcastle

Phillipa Williams, 17:35, Sheffield Running Club

6) parkrun: East Park

Amelia Samuels, 17:37, Wolverhampton & Bilston AC

7) parkrun: Stretford

Laura Lombard, 17:41, Bolton United Harriers & AC

8) parkrun: Wollaton Hall

Lauren McNeil, 17:48, Buxton AC

=9) parkrun: Belfast Victoria

Georgia Malir, 17:52, Ilkley Harriers

=9) parkrun: Burnham and Highbridge

Hannah Taunton, 17:52, Taunton AC

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