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💙❤️ Here's our weekly round up of what our members have been doing 😃 💙❤️ A bit quieter on the racing scene this week but there were plenty of fireworks at Parkrun 🎇 💙❤️ There's been lots of treats and not too many tricks this week 🎃..... 💙❤️ What another fantastic weekend of racing 😀 This week's report had too many characters for a normal post so here's a screenshot and a few photos 😀 Well done everyone #barnsleyac #running 💙❤️ Marathon season has well and truly kicked off now although there are still lots of shorter races for those less inclined to the 26.2-mile distance 😅
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Barnsley Athletic Club

Barnsley Athletic Club

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Barnsley Athletic Club

6 days ago

Barnsley Athletic Club
💙❤️ Here's our weekly round up of what our members have been doing 😃Naomi Drakeford set a new PB 💥 and the Barnsley AC 5k Female Club Record 🏆 at November's York 5k. She finished 2nd 🥈 Female and her time of 16:57 was exactly a minute faster than she had run the same race in November 2023. Amazing running, well done 👏Podium 5k celebrated its 10th Birthday at Barrowford in Lancashire with 75 runners finishing under 15 minutes. In the stacked field was Josh Bird who finished just outside his 5k PB with a time of 15:29 💪In Spain, Gail Colville finished 2nd 🥈 Female at the Carreras Populares Gador race which had another challenging hill in it. Her time for the 8.89km race was 39:19 👏At Pontefract Parkrun, Alan Nutton improved his PB 💥 by 2 seconds from last week to 18:10 while Naomi Drakeford was first 🥇 Female finisher in 19:38. Lennon Hughes was first finisher at Barnsley Parkrun for the 3rd week in a row, his time was 17:54.Kerry Storrar finished first V50 Female at Hyrox Manchester which involves running 1km then doing a different functional workout station 8 times. Her time was 1:17:51. ... See MoreSee Less

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Barnsley Athletic Club

2 weeks ago

Barnsley Athletic Club
💙❤️ A bit quieter on the racing scene this week but there were plenty of fireworks at Parkrun 🎇Keith Littlewood continued his great form with a return to Chesterfield's Queens Park for the No Walk in the Park 5k race. He finished 10th and first 🥇 V55 Male in a course PB 💥 of 18:45, which is 27 seconds quicker than his time in October. Well done CBK 👏Kimberworth Striders held the next race in the ever popular KMR Series. The Canal Race on its 24th running now starts at Blackburn Meadows Nature Reserve and runs out and back along the Sheffield to Keadby Canal towards Meadowhall. Chris McNicholas was the first of our runners back in a time of 34:50. Faye Lund (43:38), Laura Mills (50:13) and Caron Holburt (55:28) completed the quartet 👏At Barnsley Parkrun, Lennon Hughes was first finisher in a new course PB of 17:36. Jack Bellamy improved his time from last week to 18:10. Great running guys 💪Chris Gillott was first finisher at Hillsborough Parkrun by 1 second running a new overall Parkrun PB of 16:45 💥At Baysgarth Parkrun, Naomi Drakeford (and Piper) set a new Female Course Record 🏆 knocking 24 seconds off with a time of 19:17. She also finished 2nd overall behind Gareth Cooke who claimed first position in 19:05 💪Alan Nutton ran an overall Parkrun PB and finished 2nd at Pontefract Parkrun with a time of 18:12 👏📷 Helen Royles-Jones, Blaise Glennon, Carol Wolstenholme ... See MoreSee Less

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Barnsley Athletic Club

3 weeks ago

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💙❤️ There's been lots of treats and not too many tricks this week 🎃.....Keith Littlewood set Season's Best times in both 5k and 10k distances this week. He ran 18:43 at Leeds 5k held at the Brownlee cycle track. His 38:36 time at the Brigg Poppy 10k saw him finish 2nd 🥈 V55 Male 💪At Worksop Halloween Half Marathon, an undulating course that takes in the scenery of Clumber Park, there was a trio of new PBs 💥 First home was Scott Atkinson in 1:22:06, Tommy Fidler was close behind in 1:23:00 while Vicky Shaw improved by over 2 minutes to finish in 1:31:14 and was 5th Female. Reece Hollingworth followed up his PB at Manchester with a strong performance finishing in 1:25:56 👏Gail Colville ran the 16th race in the Circuito de Carreras Populates Diputación de Almeria in Pulpí. The 7km course included a very steep climb up to the Castillo. She finished 2nd 🥈 Female just 2 seconds behind first in a time of 29:57 💪Lennon Hughes was first finisher at Barnsley Parkrun in 18:02, just behind him was Jack Bellamy who set a new course PB of 18:15 💥We also had 11 members at 2nd fixture of the SYCCL at Longley Park. Well done everyone 👏RESULTS:South Yorkshire Cross Country League Fixture 2 (Longley Park):Under11 Girls (1400m): 4, Erin Collins, 6:28; 7, Anastasia Lister, 6:36; 15, Tillie May Ryder, 8:54; 16, Ellie-May Ryder, 9:49; 17, Casey-May Ryder, 10:50Under13 Girls (2800): 6, Sophia Clegg, 14:38; 7, Beau Beecroft, 15:01Ladies (6200m): 66, Faye Lund, 37:35Men (10,000m): 114, David Findlay. 55:04; 127, Raymond Archer, 71:00Men over65+ (6200m): 12, Rod Scholes, 45:13📷 Chris Cull (Barnsley Parkrun) ... See MoreSee Less

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