parkrun – 07/11/2026

13 November 2026 - By Steven Alder

Witham RC members visited Chelmsford Central, Keswick, Conyngham Hall, Walton Promenade, Great Notley, Chesterford Research Park, Roundhay, South Woodham Ferrers, Old Deer Park, Pymmes, Roding Valley, Basildon, Thurrock, Kesgrave, Colchester Castle, Sunshine Beach (Japan!) and Rendlesham Forest parkruns. Maldon Prom was off this week, so there was a bit of extra tourism going on.

Starting off with our international parkrunner for this week…. well done to Louise Darcy (27:55) for completing Sunshine Beach in Japan. Hope you enjoyed it!

Simon Gill (23:17) and Ian Lucas (27:32) were visiting the new location of Essex, Chesterford Research Park. Remaining local in Chelmsford Central was Dean Whittaker (24:29), Chris Beazeley (24:42), Ian Cuthbert (25:27), Glen Waller (26:33) and Nichola Beazeley (27:25).

Some of our ‘single’ visitors this week included Adam Hocken (24:20) at Keswick, Michael Poulter (31:55) at Walton Promenade, Joe McEwan (35:07) at Roundhay, Steven Alder (32:23) at Old Deer Park and Giles Sowerby (19:40) at Pymmes.

Following on from them was Karen Pickering (22:09) at Roding Valley, Ross Silverton (31:04) in Basildon, Lee Tooey (23:21) at Thurrock and then Monty went looking for UFOs at Rendlesham Forest.

The Wallens were busy at Conyngham Hall up in Yorkshire – well done Tony Wallen (23:27) and Brigid Wallen (27:25).

Great Notley was our popular choice this week with Nadia McLeod (24:36), Alan Cutler (25:09), Jon Shippey (29:03), Anita Grainger (30:17), Mike Struthers (32:09), Christine Israel (32:32), Lysia Jiggins (35:09), Bethany Shippey (37:43) and Simon Parsons (46:33).

In Suffolk was Fiona Collins (24:16) and Clive Smith (25:43) in Kesgrave. Finally in Essex was Christine Wager (33:02) in South Woodham Ferrers and Daniel Griffiths (23:14), John Sutcliffe (28:47) and Patrick Hinchliffe (38:27) at Colchester Castle.

The full set of results can be found here. Don’t forget to add Witham RC to your parkrun profile, and also feel free to join the new Witham RC parkrun WhatsApp group!

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Thanksgiving parkrun – an Extra Event!

Over in the USA, it’s possible to do an extra parkrun, as they host their special day on Thanksgiving (a bit like how we have it on Christmas Day here). So if you happen to be in the US on the 26th of November, why not squeeze in an extra parkrun – make sure you let us know! The list of events going ahead can be found here, although I have created a map too, as it’s easier to see locations!