For those that don't know Julie Beveridge ran her 100th parkrun at Strathclyde park today. This was also Julies's 50th at Strathclyde park. Julie is also the record holder for the most wins now 20. As well as being the 1st lady today Julie was also 4th overall and to coin a phrase she chicked most of the men today. Julie first ran this event on 31st July 2010 running a time of 21.55 which she was soon to surpass on 21st August 2010 with 21.35. This was to be a continueing trend and running her present pb on 19th August 2017 with 19.28. This was not to be beaten today as it was run on the alternate course which is always a bit longer and a bit icy. The course today was a series of up and downs. Basically up for a half kilometre and back then up for 1k and back twice. This gave us a chance on many occasions to see runners heading the other way and to see how Julie runs. I have to say a good upright stance and very little excess movement of the arms etc thus using all the energy in the legs. A fine example of how to run. Julie today ran 20.29 but as I said before the conditions weren't great and the course was long so still a great time. Supporting Julie today was Marion O'Connor 23.17. Gordon McInally 24.56 and Russell Couper 27.29. I should point out Marion was 2nd Lady today.
3 comments:
Thanks for a great report Russell. Also many thanks to Russell, Gordon and Marion for their support this morning when conditions were not at their best. I now join Russell and John McBride in the 100 club!
Julie
Enjoyed being there even though I was nearly sick at the end. For info, I’m the one in the Harriers vest, slightly squint hat, non matching blue socks and slightly less bright yellow shoes than Julie. It’s a myth that the Harriers women are better than the men 😄.
Gordon
congratulations Julie. You don't look 100
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