From Parkrun Milestones to Malcolm cup

The normal weekend routine usually starts with Saturday Parkrun and this week is no exception but we had some big official and unofficial parkrun milestones. First up was club vice captain Nicola Forsythe and her 200th parkrun which she completed at paisley park parkrun with a load of her club mates. Closer to home at comber parkrun Kathleen Henderson celebrated her 100th parkrun and again a lot of her club mates were in attendance so absolutely amazing effort ladies on great achievements.  The club also took on a club parkrun takeover at Orangefield parkrun were the majority of the regular volunteers get a day and our club take over the volunteer roles and it was a great opportunity to highlight our club and support local running .

Next up was the Malcolm Cup Cross Country running event at  Ormeau Park and hosted by Annadale Striders.  In the under 13s boys we had Olly Simpson and Elijah Ferguson finishing in a time of 8 minutes 55 seconds.  Next up in the under 15s girls race was Keara Simpson completing in a time of 17 minutes  49 seconds. In the ladies race we had 6 lady athletes and first  home was Karen Collins  next in close together was Alyson Graham and Sonya Summersgill with Faye Alexander next in with Rachel Boyle and Karen Wilson rounding off the ladies race. In the final race of the day was the Malcolm Cup Male race in which we had 6 adult males. First in was club captain Matt Bell and closely followed by Gary Lyttle next in was the pairing of Norman Mawhinney and Max Burton with Craig Simpson and Simon Ferguson closing out our male adult race. Fantastic running by all representing our club.

Club training resumes Monday and Wednesday for club session at 7.15 mainly at Londonderry Park and our injury progression sessions on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7.15. Non coach led social run are Friday evening 6.30 and Sunday Morning Social Run 9am both at Conway Square so including lunch participation at parkrun there is something to do every day.