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Posted: **Wed Jul 28, 2021 2:51 pm**

Reckon we need a countdowners group on Strava to assist with keeping tabs on people

https://www.strava.com/clubs/c4cparkrunners

Sign up!

Posted: **Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:24 pm**

Joined.

Posted: **Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:45 pm**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:24 pmJoined.

Have promoted you to admin

Posted: **Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:47 pm**

I am somewhat distressed by the suggestion that I should "Share Countdowner Parkrunners's Runs!" though!

Posted: **Thu Jul 29, 2021 9:42 pm**

Fiona T wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:45 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:24 pmJoined.
Have promoted you to admin

Excellent, thanks.

Fiona T wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:47 pm I am somewhat distressed by the suggestion that I should "Share Countdowner Parkrunners's Runs!" though!

Yeah, I'm not sure what that does.

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2021 12:52 pm**

According to Callum's post an amazing nine CO-eventers turned out for the Blackpool parkrun on Saturday. There were 311 runners in total and the results are available here. And here's how the Countdowners did:

40. Callum Todd - 22:26 (57.50%) (900 points)
80. Bradley Horrocks - 25:06 (51.39%) (800)
149. Stephen Read - 28:01 (47.06%) (700)
178. Adam Latchford - 29:43 (43.41%) (600)
190. Phil Hannan - 30:26 (44.52%) (500)
200. Fiona Thorne - 31:16 (54.96%) (400)
248. Fiona Titcombe - 35:37 (48.90%) (300)
257. Tasneem Rana - 36:39 (46.29%) (200)
262. Chris Marshall - 37:35 (36.05%) (100)

I've put the age-graded percentages there as well, which gives some indication of how well people have done for their age and sex, although a certain amount of salt has to be taken with them. I don't think it's worth doing a points thing for this year. I think maybe we could just start a new championship in the new year. (Edit - Or if FOCAL are including this event for next year's points and maybe last year's COLIN, we could do something similar. So I'll put in what the points for this event would be in brackets.)

Also, I'll update the PB list shortly. New PBs and, perhaps more importantly, new people!

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2021 1:25 pm**

FOCAL are treating 2020-2022 as one season. Obviously you can do what you like with your parkrun leaderboard but that's what's happening with the FOCAL leaderboard.

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:09 pm**

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Sun Aug 15, 2021 1:25 pm FOCAL are treating 2020-2022 as one season. Obviously you can do what you like with your parkrun leaderboard but that's what's happening with the FOCAL leaderboard.

It might make sense to keep them on the same timetable anyway. By the way, what are the rules about the number of events that count towards your total? It is always a set number (e.g. 8) or some proportion of the total (e.g. 2/3 rounded up/down)? I'm not sure it's worth the complication with parkruns anyway though.

Edit - I see it says 8 on the website.

Focal Points range between 0 and 1000 for each event, based on finishing position and however many people take part. It’s not unusual for individuals to attend nine or ten events over the course of a normal year, but only the best eight appearances will count towards an overall score.

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2021 4:33 pm**

I believe it was initially agreed to be 2/3 rounded up, and this always happened to be 8 apart from 2019 when it was 9. I've not changed that bit of the website yet as depending on how full a calendar we end up with for 2021 it might need changing.

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2021 5:17 pm**

OK, so I will add the results of Blackpool to the ongoing 2020 to 2022 championship.

1. Callum Todd - 1355
2. Bradley Horrocks - 1164
3. Fiona Titcombe - 982
4. Gevin Chapwell - 909
5. Tim Down - 818
6. Mike Springett - 727
7. Stephen Read - 700
8. Dave Ryan - 636
9. Adam Latchford - 600
10. Zubair Patel - 545
11. Phil Hannan - 500
12. Fiona Thorne - 400
13. Suzy Turner - 273
14. Tasneem Rana - 200
15. Chris Marshall - 191

This should be right as the points add up to exactly 10,000 and there have been 20 points scorings - 10 at COLIN, 1 at Manchester an 9 at Blackpool. This gives an average of 500, which is what it should be.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Feb 22, 2020 1:52 pm Just Fiona T (of the CO-eventers) took part in the Heaton parkrun on 15th February before the Manchester tournament. The results out of a whopping 801 runners:

689. Fiona T - 36:12 (500 points)

And the points table:

1. Gevin Chapwell - 909
2. Tim Down - 818
3. Mike Springett - 727
4. Fiona T - 682
5. Dave Ryan - 636
6. Zubair Patel - 545
7. Callum Todd - 455
8. Bradley Horrocks - 364
9. Suzy Turner - 273
10. Chris Marshall - 91

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2021 5:41 pm**

Here is the updated PB list. As well as improvements from Callum Todd, Matthew Tassier and Bradley Horrocks, we have new entries from Adam Latchford, Phil Hannan, Fiona Thorne and Tasneem Rana! 52 on the list now!

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2015 8:39 pm Right, I'm going to put up a ranking list of Countdown/Apterous parkrunners. I'll check it every so often to see if anyone's beaten their PB, and if anyone is really insistent that they don't want to be on the list, then I can remove their name. And if I've forgotten anyone, let me know and I can add them. This list is unlikely to be anywhere near exhaustive.

1. John Ashcroft - 15:15
2. Oliver Garner - 15:54
3. Jonathan Rawlinson - 17:24
4. Tim Down - 17:45
5. Matt Bayfield - 17:56
6. Gevin Chapwell - 18:09
7. Paul Nixon 18:10
8. Tim Springett - 18:32
9. James Bradley - 19:04
10. James Laverty - 19:21
11. Giles Hutchings - 19:48
12. Andy Noden - 20:06
13. Conrad Teixeira - 20:07
14. Adam Gillard - 20:18
15. Tom Hargreaves - 20:20
16. Dave Nicholson - 20:27
17. Michael Springett - 20:36
18. Ryan Taylor - 20:39
19. Adam Curran - 21:14
20. Phil Hannan - 21:27
21. Jon Elmer - 21:30
22. Kirk Bevins - 21:58
=. Jon Corby - 21:58
24. Ian Volante - 22:01
25. Callum Todd - 22:26
26. Matthew Tassier - 22:32
27. David Williams - 22:38
28. Richard Brittain - 22:55
29. David Hilton - 23:07
30. James Wilson - 23:38
31. Jon O'Neill - 24:10
32. Bradley Horrocks - 24:35
33. Jonathan Wynn - 24:39
34. Stephen Read - 24:43
35. Dave Ryan - 24:48
36. Zubair Patel - 24:56
37. Rose Boyle - 25:33
38. Tom Feilding - 26:16
39. Lauren Hamer - 26:30
40. Fiona Thorne - 27:52
41. Tom Chafer-Cook - 28:11
42. Gerry Tynan - 28:43
43. Fiona T - 28:47
44. Suzy Turner - 28:51
45. Adam Latchford 29:43
46. Paul Talmey - 30:22
47. Eddy Byrne - 31:04
48. Chris Marshall - 34:46
49. Tasneem Rana - 36:39
50. Rachel Perkins - 36:40
51. Jack Worsley - 36:53
52. Noel Pereira - 44:14

Posted: **Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:08 pm**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Aug 15, 2021 12:52 pm According to Callum's post an amazing nine CO-eventers turned out for the Blackpool parkrun on Saturday. There were 311 runners in total and the results are available here. And here's how the Countdowners did:

40. Callum Todd - 22:26 (57.50%) (900 points)
80. Bradley Horrocks - 25:06 (51.39%) (800)
149. Stephen Read - 28:01 (47.06%) (700)
178. Adam Latchford - 29:43 (43.41%) (600)
190. Phil Hannan - 30:26 (44.52%) (500)
200. Fiona Thorne - 31:16 (54.96%) (400)
248. Fiona Titcombe - 35:37 (48.90%) (300)
257. Tasneem Rana - 36:39 (46.29%) (200)
262. Chris Marshall - 37:35 (36.05%) (100)

I've put the age-graded percentages there as well, which gives some indication of how well people have done for their age and sex, although a certain amount of salt has to be taken with them. I don't think it's worth doing a points thing for this year. I think maybe we could just start a new championship in the new year. (Edit - Or if FOCAL are including this event for next year's points and maybe last year's COLIN, we could do something similar. So I'll put in what the points for this event would be in brackets.)

Also, I'll update the PB list shortly. New PBs and, perhaps more importantly, new people!

So turns out I ran it with a broken clavicle. Reckon I deserve an extra 500 hardcore points!

Posted: **Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:30 pm**

Not bad considering!

Posted: **Tue Aug 17, 2021 5:46 pm**

is there anything I'm not gonna be scored on in the countdown world

Posted: **Tue Aug 17, 2021 5:54 pm**

Adam Latchford wrote: ↑Tue Aug 17, 2021 5:46 pm is there anything I'm not gonna be scored on in the countdown world

Good post, 8/10.

Posted: **Sat Aug 28, 2021 6:16 pm**

I decided to do a new update today even though it hasn't been that long since the last one (I wonder why...). Well done to Bradley Horrocks for taking over a minute off his PB to get down from 24:35 to 23:31 and climbing two places in the rankings. And after over two years of stagnation, I finally took my PB down from 18:09 to 17:59. There was a bit of an agonising wait for the results to come out for confirmation of the sub-18, but luckily I made it. It hasn't changed my position in the rankings, but Bayfield will be looking behind him now.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2015 8:39 pm Right, I'm going to put up a ranking list of Countdown/Apterous parkrunners. I'll check it every so often to see if anyone's beaten their PB, and if anyone is really insistent that they don't want to be on the list, then I can remove their name. And if I've forgotten anyone, let me know and I can add them. This list is unlikely to be anywhere near exhaustive.

1. John Ashcroft - 15:15
2. Oliver Garner - 15:54
3. Jonathan Rawlinson - 17:24
4. Tim Down - 17:45
5. Matt Bayfield - 17:56
6. Gevin Chapwell - 17:59
7. Paul Nixon 18:10
8. Tim Springett - 18:32
9. James Bradley - 19:04
10. James Laverty - 19:21
11. Giles Hutchings - 19:48
12. Andy Noden - 20:06
13. Conrad Teixeira - 20:07
14. Adam Gillard - 20:18
15. Tom Hargreaves - 20:20
16. Dave Nicholson - 20:27
17. Michael Springett - 20:36
18. Ryan Taylor - 20:39
19. Adam Curran - 21:14
20. Phil Hannan - 21:27
21. Jon Elmer - 21:30
22. Kirk Bevins - 21:58
=. Jon Corby - 21:58
24. Ian Volante - 22:01
25. Callum Todd - 22:26
26. Matthew Tassier - 22:32
27. David Williams - 22:38
28. Richard Brittain - 22:55
29. David Hilton - 23:07
30. Bradley Horrocks - 23:31
31. James Wilson - 23:38
32. Jon O'Neill - 24:10
33. Jonathan Wynn - 24:39
34. Stephen Read - 24:43
35. Dave Ryan - 24:48
36. Zubair Patel - 24:56
37. Rose Boyle - 25:33
38. Tom Feilding - 26:16
39. Lauren Hamer - 26:30
40. Fiona Thorne - 27:52
41. Tom Chafer-Cook - 28:11
42. Gerry Tynan - 28:43
43. Fiona T - 28:47
44. Suzy Turner - 28:51
45. Adam Latchford 29:43
46. Paul Talmey - 30:22
47. Eddy Byrne - 31:04
48. Chris Marshall - 34:46
49. Tasneem Rana - 36:39
50. Rachel Perkins - 36:40
51. Jack Worsley - 36:53
52. Noel Pereira - 44:14

Posted: **Sun Aug 29, 2021 7:58 am**

Congrats Gev and Bra!

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2021 10:46 pm**

We had six Countdowners at the Great Notley parkrun before Countdown in Braintree (COBRA). There were 198 runners in total, and here are the results:

8. Gevin Chapwell - 19:56 (70.07%) (857 points)
20. Thomas Carey - 22:37 (57.04%) (714 points)
30. David Hilton - 24:29 (53.85%) (571 points)
31. Callum Todd - 24:42 (52.23%) (429 points)
90. Fiona Titcombe - 29:07 (59.82%) (286 points)
123. Fiona Thorne - 31:46 (54.09%) (143 points)

This was also Thomas Carey's first ever parkrun and he went the wrong way costing a bit of time, so maybe we have found our next Olympic-level talent. Let's see what this does to the points table:

1. Callum Todd - 1784
2. Gevin Chapwell - 1766
3. Fiona Titcombe - 1268
4. Bradley Horrocks - 1164
5. Tim Down - 818
6. Mike Springett - 727
7. Thomas Carey - 714
8. Stephen Read - 700
9. Dave Ryan - 636
10. Adam Latchford - 600
11. David Hilton - 571
12. Zubair Patel - 545
13. Fiona Thorne - 543
14. Phil Hannan - 500
15. Suzy Turner - 273
16. Tasneem Rana - 200
17. Chris Marshall - 191

These points add up to a nice round 13,000 from the 26 scorings, averaging 500, so that's my check done.

I'll also update the PB list shortly and it will be good to see Thomas Carey appear on there! What position will he be?

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Aug 15, 2021 5:17 pm OK, so I will add the results of Blackpool to the ongoing 2020 to 2022 championship.

1. Callum Todd - 1355
2. Bradley Horrocks - 1164
3. Fiona Titcombe - 982
4. Gevin Chapwell - 909
5. Tim Down - 818
6. Mike Springett - 727
7. Stephen Read - 700
8. Dave Ryan - 636
9. Adam Latchford - 600
10. Zubair Patel - 545
11. Phil Hannan - 500
12. Fiona Thorne - 400
13. Suzy Turner - 273
14. Tasneem Rana - 200
15. Chris Marshall - 191

This should be right as the points add up to exactly 10,000 and there have been 20 points scorings - 10 at COLIN, 1 at Manchester an 9 at Blackpool. This gives an average of 500, which is what it should be.

Posted: **Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:45 pm**

Here is the updated list. Thomas Carey is a new entry at number 27 out of 53, so bang in the middle. Matthew Tassier's improvement brings a three-way tie for 22nd. Tom Chafer-Cook has improved by nearly 2.5 minutes but only gains two places in the rankings. There are also improvements from Callum Todd, Bradley Horrocks, Chris Marshall and Tasneem Rana. So a decent haul since the last edit. By the way, I don't know if this has been mentioned, but while John Ashcroft's parkrun PB is a mere 15:15, his 5000m track PB is over a minute faster at 14:13.40.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2015 8:39 pm Right, I'm going to put up a ranking list of Countdown/Apterous parkrunners. I'll check it every so often to see if anyone's beaten their PB, and if anyone is really insistent that they don't want to be on the list, then I can remove their name. And if I've forgotten anyone, let me know and I can add them. This list is unlikely to be anywhere near exhaustive.

1. John Ashcroft - 15:15
2. Oliver Garner - 15:54
3. Jonathan Rawlinson - 17:24
4. Tim Down - 17:45
5. Matt Bayfield - 17:56
6. Gevin Chapwell - 17:59
7. Paul Nixon 18:10
8. Tim Springett - 18:32
9. James Bradley - 19:04
10. James Laverty - 19:21
11. Giles Hutchings - 19:48
12. Andy Noden - 20:06
13. Conrad Teixeira - 20:07
14. Adam Gillard - 20:18
15. Tom Hargreaves - 20:20
16. Dave Nicholson - 20:27
17. Michael Springett - 20:36
18. Ryan Taylor - 20:39
19. Adam Curran - 21:14
20. Phil Hannan - 21:27
21. Jon Elmer - 21:30
22. Kirk Bevins - 21:58
=. Jon Corby - 21:58
=. Matthew Tassier - 21:58
25. Ian Volante - 22:01
26. Callum Todd - 22:18
27. Thomas Carey - 22:37
28. David Williams - 22:38
29. Bradley Horrocks - 22:51
30. Richard Brittain - 22:55
31. David Hilton - 23:07
32. James Wilson - 23:38
33. Jon O'Neill - 24:10
34. Jonathan Wynn - 24:39
35. Stephen Read - 24:43
36. Dave Ryan - 24:48
37. Zubair Patel - 24:56
38. Rose Boyle - 25:33
39. Tom Chafer-Cook - 25:46
40. Tom Feilding - 26:16
41. Lauren Hamer - 26:30
42. Fiona Thorne - 27:52
43. Gerry Tynan - 28:43
44. Fiona T - 28:47
45. Suzy Turner - 28:51
46. Adam Latchford 29:43
47. Paul Talmey - 30:22
48. Eddy Byrne - 31:04
49. Chris Marshall - 33:31
50. Tasneem Rana - 34:53
51. Rachel Perkins - 36:40
52. Jack Worsley - 36:53
53. Noel Pereira - 44:14

Posted: **Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:08 pm**

I was told that 8 people did the Doddington Hall parkrun from COLIN. Looking at the results, I think we have Oliver Garner, Thomas Carey, Bradley Horrocks, David Hilton, Mike Springett, Dinos Sfyris, Fiona Titcombe, Chris Marshall and Callum Todd. That makes 9 actually. Is that everyone though? If so, I'll do the points thing at some point. Shame I couldn't be there.

Posted: **Sun Jan 30, 2022 5:38 pm**

Think that was everyone Gav, yeah. Adam Dexter was there too but didn't take part in the course itself. He said parkrun looked good so he might do next time though! You were missed

Posted: **Sun Jan 30, 2022 10:35 pm**

It's good to hear I was missed. Hopefully it won't happen again! Anyway then, we had nine runners at the Doddington Hall parkrun before COLIN out of a total field of 211 with the results as follows:

2. Oliver Garner - 17:42 (72.88%) (900 points)
30. Thomas Carey - 23:24 (55.13%) (800 points)
31. Bradley Horrocks - 23:30 (54.89%) (700 points)
33. David Hilton - 23:42 (55.63%) (600 points)
40. Mike Springett - 24:16 (53.16%) (500 points)
72. Dinos Sfyris - 26:12 (49.81%) (400 points)
101. Fiona Titcombe - 28:52 (60.33%) (300 points)
178. Chris Marshall - 36:19 (37.31%) (200 points)
179. Callum Todd - 36:20 (35.50%) (100 points)

This was Dinos's first ever parkrun, so shortly I'll need to update the PB table, where we can also see who else has improved their time. Onto the championship table:

1. Callum Todd - 1884
2. Bradley Horrocks - 1864
3. Gevin Chapwell - 1766
4. Fiona Titcombe - 1568
5. Thomas Carey - 1514
6. Mike Springett - 1227
7. David Hilton - 1171
8. Oliver Garner - 900
9. Tim Down - 818
10. Stephen Read - 700
11. Dave Ryan - 636
12. Adam Latchford - 600
13. Zubair Patel - 545
14. Fiona Thorne - 543
15. Phil Hannan - 500
16. Dinos Sfyris - 400
17. Chris Marshall - 391
18. Suzy Turner - 273
19. Tasneem Rana - 200

This gives a total score of 17,500 from 35 scorings giving an average of 500, so all seems to be in order.

Posted: **Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:03 pm**

This is shaping up to be an exciting CO:parkrun championship season!

Onto the next one: Manchester. What's the plan? Which parkrun? And is there anyone who is staying at a hotel in Manchester for the event who would be willing to please let me use their hotel room shower after the parkrun so I don't have to turn up to the event still all sweaty?

Posted: **Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:42 pm**

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:03 pm This is shaping up to be an exciting CO:parkrun championship season!

Onto the next one: Manchester. What's the plan? Which parkrun? And is there anyone who is staying at a hotel in Manchester for the event who would be willing to please let me use their hotel room shower after the parkrun so I don't have to turn up to the event still all sweaty?

Me, the Fionas and Tasneem are doing Alexandra which is about 2 miles out from the city centre. Probably the best bet for a group run!

Posted: **Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:33 pm**

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:03 pm This is shaping up to be an exciting CO:parkrun championship season!

Onto the next one: Manchester. What's the plan? Which parkrun? And is there anyone who is staying at a hotel in Manchester for the event who would be willing to please let me use their hotel room shower after the parkrun so I don't have to turn up to the event still all sweaty?

Yes - I've booked the hotel at the event, so you're welcome to use my shower after me!

Posted: **Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:51 pm**

Manchester looks like quite a good place for parkruns. According to this updated list of quickest parkruns, Stretford is ranked 16, Alexandra is ranked 21, Peel is ranked 35 and South Manchester is ranked 38. That's out of 706 on the list.

Posted: **Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:17 pm**

We have a new updated list of PBs! First of all, we have a new entry with Dinos going straight into the top 40 at - number 40! Thomas Carey has improved to 22:09 and finds himself in a very competitive area with Ian Volante just ahead on 22:01 and three people all tied on 21:58! But just behind Thomas, we also have Bradley Horrocks who has improved his time to 22:10, and he'll also be looking at breaking through that 21:58 barrier. Tom Chafer-Cook has also improved to 23:49, and Fiona T has beaten the other Fiona T by one second with her new PB of 27:51!

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2015 8:39 pm Right, I'm going to put up a ranking list of Countdown/Apterous parkrunners. I'll check it every so often to see if anyone's beaten their PB, and if anyone is really insistent that they don't want to be on the list, then I can remove their name. And if I've forgotten anyone, let me know and I can add them. This list is unlikely to be anywhere near exhaustive.

1. John Ashcroft - 15:15
2. Oliver Garner - 15:54
3. Jonathan Rawlinson - 17:24
4. Tim Down - 17:45
5. Matt Bayfield - 17:56
6. Gevin Chapwell - 17:59
7. Paul Nixon 18:10
8. Tim Springett - 18:32
9. James Bradley - 19:04
10. James Laverty - 19:21
11. Giles Hutchings - 19:48
12. Andy Noden - 20:06
13. Conrad Teixeira - 20:07
14. Adam Gillard - 20:18
15. Tom Hargreaves - 20:20
16. Dave Nicholson - 20:27
17. Michael Springett - 20:36
18. Ryan Taylor - 20:39
19. Adam Curran - 21:14
20. Phil Hannan - 21:27
21. Jon Elmer - 21:30
22. Kirk Bevins - 21:58
=. Jon Corby - 21:58
=. Matthew Tassier - 21:58
25. Ian Volante - 22:01
26. Thomas Carey - 22:09
27. Bradley Horrocks - 22:10
28. Callum Todd - 22:18
29. David Williams - 22:38
30. Richard Brittain - 22:55
31. David Hilton - 23:07
32. James Wilson - 23:38
33. Tom Chafer-Cook - 23:49
34. Jon O'Neill - 24:10
35. Jonathan Wynn - 24:39
36. Stephen Read - 24:43
37. Dave Ryan - 24:48
38. Zubair Patel - 24:56
39. Rose Boyle - 25:33
40. Dinos Sfyris - 26:12
41. Tom Feilding - 26:16
42. Lauren Hamer - 26:30
43. Fiona T - 27:51
44. Fiona Thorne - 27:52
45. Gerry Tynan - 28:43
46. Suzy Turner - 28:51
47. Adam Latchford 29:43
48. Paul Talmey - 30:22
49. Eddy Byrne - 31:04
50. Chris Marshall - 33:31
51. Tasneem Rana - 34:53
52. Rachel Perkins - 36:40
53. Jack Worsley - 36:53
54. Noel Pereira - 44:14

Posted: **Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:04 am**

Four exclamation marks in a Gevin post. You're so close to breaking out into full-blown Robbo emojis.

Posted: **Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:36 am**

Hey, I deserved my exclamation mark! Don't knock it!

Posted: **Sun Feb 27, 2022 9:41 am**

Co:Man parkrun:

Bradley Horrocks
Callum Todd
Fiona Titcombe
Fiona Thorne
Tasneem Rana

Posted: **Mon Feb 28, 2022 3:46 pm**

Just about beat Todd.

Posted: **Mon Feb 28, 2022 4:01 pm**

PBs for Bradley and Tasneem - 40% of the Countdown field!

Posted: **Mon Feb 28, 2022 4:13 pm**

Bradley Horrocks wrote: ↑Mon Feb 28, 2022 3:46 pm Just about beat Todd.

I noticed that

Posted: **Mon Feb 28, 2022 5:12 pm**

This all looks very exciting. I'll update the standings at some point soon.

Posted: **Sat Mar 05, 2022 7:35 pm**

Manchester then. We had five runners taking part at Alexandra parkrun, Moss Side out of a total field of 362. And the results were:

69. Bradley Horrocks - 21:56 (58.81%) (833 points)
114. Callum Todd - 24:18 (53.09%) (667 points)
231. Fiona Titcombe - 28:44 (61.37%) (500 points)
260. Fiona Thorne - 29:52 (57.53%) (333 points)
293. Tasneem Rana - 32:06 (52.86%) (167 points)

And the championship table:

1. Bradley Horrocks - 2697
2. Callum Todd - 2551
3. Fiona Titcombe - 2068
4. Gevin Chapwell - 1766
5. Thomas Carey - 1514
6. Mike Springett - 1227
7. David Hilton - 1171
8. Oliver Garner - 900
9. Fiona Thorne - 876
10. Tim Down - 818
11. Stephen Read - 700
12. Dave Ryan - 636
13. Adam Latchford - 600
14. Zubair Patel - 545
15. Phil Hannan - 500
16. Dinos Sfyris - 400
17. Chris Marshall - 391
18. Tasneem Rana - 367
19. Suzy Turner - 273

This gives a total of 20,000 points from 40 scorings, averaging the 500 that it's supposed to.

Posted: **Sun Apr 10, 2022 6:29 pm**

Before CO:LON, it was just me and Callum Todd who took part in the Wormwood Scrubs parkrun. Out of just 58 finishers in total the results were:

2. Gevin Chapwell - 19:24 (72.51%) (667 points)
35. Callum Todd - 27:45 (46.49%) (333 points)

And the championship table:

1. Callum Todd - 2884
2. Bradley Horrocks - 2697
3. Gevin Chapwell - 2433
4. Fiona Titcombe - 2068
5. Thomas Carey - 1514
6. Mike Springett - 1227
7. David Hilton - 1171
8. Oliver Garner - 900
9. Fiona Thorne - 876
10. Tim Down - 818
11. Stephen Read - 700
12. Dave Ryan - 636
13. Adam Latchford - 600
14. Zubair Patel - 545
15. Phil Hannan - 500
16. Dinos Sfyris - 400
17. Chris Marshall - 391
18. Tasneem Rana - 367
19. Suzy Turner - 273

This gives a total of 21,000 points from 42 scorings, averaging the correct 500.

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 9:05 am**

Whitley Bay parkrun results for Co:NE. Countdowners taking part were:

Thomas Carey
Callum Todd
Stephen Read
Colin Peet
Adam Dexter

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 7:29 pm**

I might as well crack on with this now. 349 finishers at Whitley Bay with the following results:

65. Thomas Carey - 22:52 (56.41%) (833 points)
85. Callum Todd - 23:52 (54.05%) (667 points)
125. Stephen Read - 25:34 (51.56%) (500 points)
173. Colin Peet - 27:13 (59.95%) (333 points)
339. Adam Dexter - 41:15 (31.64%) (167 points)

Some guy called Sparrow finished first.

And the championship table:

1. Callum Todd - 3551
2. Bradley Horrocks - 2697
3. Gevin Chapwell - 2433
4. Thomas Carey - 2347
5. Fiona Titcombe - 2068
6. Mike Springett - 1227
7. Stephen Read - 1200
8. David Hilton - 1171
9. Oliver Garner - 900
10. Fiona Thorne - 876
11. Tim Down - 818
12. Dave Ryan - 636
13. Adam Latchford - 600
14. Zubair Patel - 545
15. Phil Hannan - 500
16. Dinos Sfyris - 400
17. Chris Marshall - 391
18. Tasneem Rana - 367
19. Colin Peet - 333
20. Suzy Turner - 273
21. Adam Dexter - 167

This gives a grand total of 23,500 from 47 scoring events giving the correct average of 500. I'll also need to do a new PB list soon to add Colin Peet and Adam Dexter!

Posted: **Mon Jun 13, 2022 9:52 am**

Knockacarra parkrun for Co:Galway. Countdowners taking part:

Bradley Horrocks
Callum Todd
Fiona Titcombe
Mike Springett
Thomas Carey

Was a proper photographer there with a long-lens camera, got some great photos.

Posted: **Sun Jun 19, 2022 7:25 pm**

Sadly no co:wat run cos c*vid

Posted: **Sun Jun 19, 2022 9:13 pm**

Fiona T wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 7:25 pm Sadly no co:wat run cos c*vid

Bummer.

I still need to update the standings and PB list from after the last one.

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:04 pm**

Right then - CO:Galway saw five present at the Knocknacarra parkrun. That's a good name for a parkrun! 63 people in total with the following results:

9. Callum Todd - 23:21 (55.25%) (833 points)
10. Thomas Carey - 23:30 (54.89%) (667 points)
15. Bradley Horrocks - 25:17 (51.02%) (500 points)
18. Mike Springett - 25:43 (50.23%) (333 points)
37. Fiona Titcombe - 28:36 (61.66%) (167 points)

Looks like it was a close battle for the "win" between Callum and Tom, with Callum just taking it and he extends his championship lead in the process.

And the championship table:

1. Callum Todd - 4384
2. Bradley Horrocks - 3197
3. Thomas Carey - 3014
4. Gevin Chapwell - 2433
5. Fiona Titcombe - 2235
6. Mike Springett - 1560
7. Stephen Read - 1200
8. David Hilton - 1171
9. Oliver Garner - 900
10. Fiona Thorne - 876
11. Tim Down - 818
12. Dave Ryan - 636
13. Adam Latchford - 600
14. Zubair Patel - 545
15. Phil Hannan - 500
16. Dinos Sfyris - 400
17. Chris Marshall - 391
18. Tasneem Rana - 367
19. Colin Peet - 333
20. Suzy Turner - 273
21. Adam Dexter - 167

That gives 26,000 from 52 scoring events, giving the correct average of 500.

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:41 pm**

New PB list then. Five new people have been added. We have Colin Peet and Adam Dexter who both made their parkrun debuts at the Newcastle event. We also have Dan Spinks who was at CO:LON and although he didn't take part in the parkrun there, he is a parkrunner and has a PB of 19:31! And finally, I also added Harry Whitehouse (who used to post here) and Kai Laddiman as it's been discovered that they have parkrun times to their names. And congratulations to the improvers: Matthew Tassier, Bradley Horrocks, Tom Chafer-Cook, Jonathan Wynn, Stephen Read, Chris Marshall, and Tasneem Rana. It's quite tight around the 22-minute mark, with quite a few recent improvers around there so things are quite dynamic. Basically going from Matthew Tassier in 23rd on 21:50 to Tom Chafer-Cook in 30th on 22:27.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2015 8:39 pm Right, I'm going to put up a ranking list of Countdown/Apterous parkrunners. I'll check it every so often to see if anyone's beaten their PB, and if anyone is really insistent that they don't want to be on the list, then I can remove their name. And if I've forgotten anyone, let me know and I can add them. This list is unlikely to be anywhere near exhaustive.

1. John Ashcroft - 15:15
2. Oliver Garner - 15:54
3. Jonathan Rawlinson - 17:24
4. Tim Down - 17:45
5. Matt Bayfield - 17:56
6. Gevin Chapwell - 17:59
7. Paul Nixon 18:10
8. Tim Springett - 18:32
9. James Bradley - 19:04
10. James Laverty - 19:21
11. Dan Spinks - 19:31
12. Giles Hutchings - 19:48
13. Andy Noden - 20:06
14. Conrad Teixeira - 20:07
15. Adam Gillard - 20:18
16. Tom Hargreaves - 20:20
17. Dave Nicholson - 20:27
18. Michael Springett - 20:36
19. Ryan Taylor - 20:39
20. Adam Curran - 21:14
21. Phil Hannan - 21:27
22. Jon Elmer - 21:30
23. Matthew Tassier - 21:50
24. Bradley Horrocks - 21:56
25. Kirk Bevins - 21:58
=. Jon Corby - 21:58
27. Ian Volante - 22:01
28. Thomas Carey - 22:09
29. Callum Todd - 22:18
30. Tom Chafer-Cook - 22:27
31. David Williams - 22:38
32. Richard Brittain - 22:55
33. David Hilton - 23:07
34. James Wilson - 23:38
=. Jonathan Wynn - 23:38
36. Jon O'Neill - 24:10
37. Stephen Read - 24:36
38. Dave Ryan - 24:48
39. Zubair Patel - 24:56
40. Kai Laddiman - 25:14
41. Rose Boyle - 25:33
42. Harry Whitehouse - 25:37
43. Dinos Sfyris - 26:12
44. Tom Feilding - 26:16
45. Lauren Hamer - 26:30
46. Colin Peet - 27:13
47. Fiona T - 27:51
48. Fiona Thorne - 27:52
49. Gerry Tynan - 28:43
50. Suzy Turner - 28:51
51. Adam Latchford 29:43
52. Paul Talmey - 30:22
53. Eddy Byrne - 31:04
54. Tasneem Rana - 32:06
55. Chris Marshall - 33:27
56. Rachel Perkins - 36:40
57. Jack Worsley - 36:53
58. Adam Dexter - 41:15
59. Noel Pereira - 44:14

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:42 pm**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 9:13 pm
Fiona T wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 7:25 pm Sadly no co:wat run cos c*vid
Bummer.

I still need to update the standings and PB list from after the last one.

What actually happened then? Was this one parkrun event just cancelled due to people on the core team having COVID or something?

Posted: **Sun Jul 17, 2022 4:31 pm**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:42 pm
What actually happened then? Was this one parkrun event just cancelled due to people on the core team having COVID or something?

Sorry - missed this - no, Maus and I the only likely parkrunners had covid!

Posted: **Sun Jul 17, 2022 4:37 pm**

Bevendean parkrun for Tass, me, Jonathan Wynn and David Hilton - hilly and very hot!

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/bevendeandown/results/265/

Photos at https://photos.app.goo.gl/5aK3dqNz54ztycL77

Maus stayed too long in his nest and missed his lift, so went to Hove Promenade

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/hovepromenade/results/283/

Posted: **Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:39 pm**

Right then. Bevendean Down parkrun saw just 29 runners, with the following results:

15. Matthew Tassier - 26:02 (56.21%) (800 points)
16. Jonathan Wynn - 26:22 (50.32%) (600 points)
17. David Hilton - 26:31 (50.03%) (400 points)
26. Fiona Titcombe - 34:28 (51.16%) (200 points)

Matthew, Jonathan and David all in consecutive positions. Spooky!

Hove Promenade saw a slightly larger field of 513 runners, with the followings results:

126. Thomas Carey - 22:42 (56.83%) (500 points)

You may remember it was decided a while ago (well, I decided and no-one complained) that if people do different parkruns, they're scored separately because some courses are quicker than others. So the table:

1. Callum Todd - 4384
2. Thomas Carey - 3514
3. Bradley Horrocks - 3197
4. Fiona Titcombe - 2435
5. Gevin Chapwell - 2433
6. David Hilton - 1571
7. Mike Springett - 1560
8. Stephen Read - 1200
9. Oliver Garner - 900
10. Fiona Thorne - 876
11. Tim Down - 818
12. Matthew Tassier - 800
13. Dave Ryan - 636
14. Adam Latchford - 600
=. Jonathan Wynn - 600
16. Zubair Patel - 545
17. Phil Hannan - 500
18. Dinos Sfyris - 400
19. Chris Marshall - 391
20. Tasneem Rana - 367
21. Colin Peet - 333
22. Suzy Turner - 273
23. Adam Dexter - 167

This gives 28,500 from 57 scoring events, giving the correct average of 500.

Interestingly, Fiona is now just 2 points ahead of me in 4th place! Matthew Tassier and Jonathan Wynn are also both new entries in the championship.

Posted: **Sat Aug 27, 2022 11:32 am**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:55 pm When is this guy going to make his debut?

Today, as it happens. But not a CO parkrun so it barely counts at all.

Posted: **Sat Aug 27, 2022 12:09 pm**

Nice one!

Posted: **Sat Aug 27, 2022 2:08 pm**

Posted: **Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:04 pm**

Blackpool parkrun 10/09/22

Tom Carey
Callum Todd
Bradley Horrocks
Colin Peet
Dave Ryan
Suzy Turner

Posted: **Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:06 pm**

We believe Maus is first to do the parkrun/co-event double (fastest countdowner at the parkrun on the morning of an event, then wins the event too). Bradley and I have been close before but no cigar. And I don't believe Ollie did a parkrun with other Countdowners before either of his London event wins?

Posted: **Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:25 pm**

Ollie Garner was second place overall and first Countdowner at Highbury Fields parkrun in 2017 and went on to win the CO:LON.

Edit - First Countdowner at Mile End and winner of CO:LON in 2018 as well. How much research did you do?!

Posted: **Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:29 pm**

Ah nice, so five years later Ollie has company in the parkrun/co-event double club.

Posted: **Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:30 pm**

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:29 pm Ah nice, so five years later Ollie has company in the parkrun/co-event double club.

See my edit too.

Posted: **Sun Sep 11, 2022 12:30 am**

My research consisted of trying and failing to remember if co:parkruns were a thing in 2017 and 18.

Posted: **Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:25 am**

This is a formal request for age grade rankings as well as times, speaking as a bloke rapidly getting enveloped by middle age and thirty years away from his 5k PB.

Posted: **Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:28 am**

Ian Volante wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:25 am This is a formal request for age grade rankings as well as times, speaking as a bloke rapidly getting enveloped by middle age and thirty years away from his 5k PB.

My current best is 61.50%. I'm hoping to reach 60% again at some point later this year.

Posted: **Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:53 am**

Seconded (76.22%). Though it's a completely different dataset. Your best time isn't necessarily your best age grade ranking.

Posted: **Mon Sep 12, 2022 10:23 am**

Thirded (62.54)

David Williams wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:53 am Seconded (76.22%). Though it's a completely different dataset. Your best time isn't necessarily your best age grade ranking.

At the moment mine is - PB late last year!

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