parkrun – 10/10/2026

16 October 2026 - By Steven Alder

Witham RC members visited Walton Promenade, Roding Valley, Henlow Bridge Lakes, Colchester Castle, Chelmsford Central, Hadleigh, Thetford, Maldon Prom, Newborough Forest (Wales), Bug Hunter Waters, Great Notley, Burnham-on-Crouch, Sheringham, Billericay and Stanborough parkruns.

Over at Walton Promenade we had Leo Cole (21:16) and Michael Poulter (33:17). Elsewhere in Essex was Adam Hocken (26:11) at Colchester Castle, Simon Handley (19:11) and Samuel Hajder (19:12) at Chelmsford Central and Vicki Riley (28:29) and Nicola Digby (36:32) at Hadleigh. Much further away was Steven Alder (33:33) in Wales, completing Newborough Forest.

Regular location Maldon Prom saw Jamie Marlow (19:43), Dean Whittaker (23:20), Nadia McLeod (24:01), Simon Parsons (24:10), Geoffrey Reddin (24:31), Glen Waller (24:35 course PB), Steve Hookings (24:48), Annalise Etherington (26:33), Beth Pullen (27:17 course PB), Louise Darcy (28:34), Christine Wager (30:07), Christine Israel (30:13), Ian Cuthbert (30:13) and Ross Silverton (31:38). Patrick Hinchliffe was doing the Finish Tokens, hilst Dean Whittaker was Barcode Scanner after he completed his run. Well done to Glen on reaching his 25th milestone!

Another popular location this week saw Daniel Griffiths (22:00), Angela Read (32:06), Andrew Read (32:08), Lysia Jiggins (35:40) and Bethany Shippey (43:16) all completing Great Notley.

A few tourists on their own went to various locations: Roding Valley had Andrew White (28:50), James Blackshaw (22:08) at Thetford, Fiona Collins (26:39) at Burnham-on-Crouch, Mike Struthers (34:05) in Sheringham, Andrew Smith (23:18) at Billericay (along with Dame Kelly Holmes) and Gus Maby (21:36) in Stanborough.

Finally, we also saw Henlow Bridge Lakes with Chris Beazeley (26:19) and Nichola Beazeley (28:16) and Bug Hunter Waters with Giles Sowerby (19:25) and Karen Pickering (20:47).

The full set of results can be found here. Don’t forget to add Witham RC to your parkrun profile to be included!

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The p-index and L-index

The p-index is a fun challenge for those with several local parkruns to choose from. It is the highest number (x) for which you have completed at least x different parkruns at least x times each. For example, if you have completed Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon and Writtle at least four times each, your p-index is 4. To increase it to 5, you would need to complete each of those four events to at least 5 and attend a fifth parkrun five times in total.

The L-index is a similar challenge for parkrun tourists, offering an alternative to the Alphabet Challenge. It is the highest number (y) for which you have completed at least y different parkruns, each beginning with a different letter, at least y times each. For example, to achieve an L-index of 3, you would need to have completed three different parkruns beginning with three different letters at least three times each. To increase it to 4, you would need four qualifying events, each starting with a different letter, completed at least four times each. Each parkrun venue can only count once, regardless of how many times you have run there.