parkrun – 24/10/2026

30 October 2026 - By Steven Alder

This week, Witham RC members visited Chelmsford Central, Harwich, Colchester Castle, Walton Promenade, Maldon Prom, Catford, Nidda (Germany), Westmill, Great Notley, Billericay, Dereham, Moors Valley and Gdańsk (Poland) parkruns.

Two overseas locations this time, Nidda in Germany and Gdańsk in Poland. Well done to our international runners. Giles Sowerby (23:50) was at Nidda, with Gdańsk being graced with Louise Darcy (27:58) and John Sutcliffe (28:01).

Locally, at Chelmsford Central was Chris Beazeley (25:40), Nichola Beazeley (27:39) and Ross Silverton (31:18). Maldon Prom welcomed Sally Hoyle (21:24 and course PB), Ian Cuthbert (23:15), Dean Whittaker (23:16), Nadia McLeod (23:52), Geoffrey Reddin (24:08), Steve Hookings (24:15), Alan Cutler (24:36 & a parkrun PB), Claire Lucas (24:40 & parkrun PB), James Attenborough (26:19), Christine Wager (28:39), Jon Shippey (29:54), Sue Shippey (30:23), Bethany Shippey (31:52), Joe McEwan (32:47) and Daniel Griffiths (34:16). Also, a thank you to Dean Whittaker for giving the First Timers Welcome and to Nicola Digby for being the Timekeeper!

Up in Norfolk, the Flowers were blooming, with Karen (29:42) and John (33:10) both attending. London had Steven Alder (29:20) in Catford and Hertfordshire saw Karen Pickering (22:23) picking out Westmill. Louis Kitchener (20:06) did an impressive time down in Dorset at Moors Valley for his fastest ever parkrun. Well done, Louis.

Then heading back into Essex… Harwich saw Adam Hocken (24:31) whilst Michael Poulter (34:22) attended his regular choice of Walton Promenade. Colchester Castle had Ian Lucas (29:13) and Dawn Shilling (38:14).

Over in Great Notley was Mike Struthers (32:47), Angela Read (36:56) and Lysia Jiggins (36:57), supported by Andrew Read as a Marshal. Finally, Billericay was attended by Clive Smith (25:18) and Fiona Collins (25:18).

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

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Hallowe’en parkrun on 31st October & Photo sharing on WhatsApp

Looking forward to seeing if anyone dresses up for parkrun next time! We will also be creating a new WhatsApp group, WRC @ parkrun, everyone in the club is free to join the group to share photos and maybe even share plans! Details to follow when it is set up.