George dashes to Denby win

Bank holiday Monday saw the eighth running of the Denby Dash trail race.  The five and a half mile route starts and finishes at The George pub in Upper Denby and quite aptly George Parr of Penistone Footpath Runners took first place despite having a sprint finish with former Penistone runner and winner Chris Law.  There were age category wins for Lois Lopez (first over50 lady), Barbara Haigh (first over70 lady) and Olivia Clough (first under23 lady).

The previous Monday saw the penultimate running of the Trunce race down at Oxspring.  George Parr is having a consistent series and managed second place in a time of 26-49.  Team mate Damian Kilpin was next in in 12th place in a time of 31-13.  First lady back for Penistone was Sarah Walch in a time of 38-26.  There were podium age group placings for Alan Knox (first over70 man), Lois Lopez (first over50 lady), Barbara Haigh (first over70 lady) and Sarah Walch (second over40 lady).  Overall series winners for the Trunce will be presented after the ninth and final race on 9th September which is also the fancy dress race.

Peter Beever made the trip to Staffordshire to compete in a new 10 mile race, the Denstone 10.  He finished in 27th place in a time of 1-22-38.  John Broom's continued improvement in form was demonstrated by a 19-45 at the Podium Home Nations 5k in Cardiff.  This was John's fastest time as the distances since 2019.

On the parkrun scene Dawn Broom was first lady at the Barry parkrun breaking the ladies over60 course record by 80 seconds and Lois Lopez was third lady at the Penistone parkrun in a new personal best time of 23-03.  There were parkrun milestones for Ray Brown (250), James Fryers (300) and Keith Gordon (400). Age graded performances of the week were Dawn Broom (86.19%), Bernice Nixon (76.75%), Keith Gordon (76.07%), Sue Hall (74.60%) and Tom Fryers (74.14%).