What a difference the weather makes! With floods and freezing conditions a-plenty across the UK there were over 100 cancellations. We still had awesome attendance and representation with 839 Vegan Runners attending 324 different parkrun events. 783 gained a finish token and we had over 56 wonderful volunteers.
Meetups were as abundant as the cancellations on this last parkrun of February with an incredible 34 VRs repping at Chipping Sodbury – an awesome turnout. Other meetups of note took place at:
19 Hull parkrun
18 Kesgrave parkrun
17 Andover parkrun
10 Whitekirk Hill parkrun
8 Colwick parkrun
8 Worcester parkrun
8 Preston Park parkrun, Brighton
8 University of Northampton parkrun
7 Eastbourne parkrun
7 Southampton parkrun
7 Southsea parkrun
7 Brighouse parkrun
7 Eastville parkrun
6 Heaton parkrun
6 Milton Keynes parkrun
6 Brierley Forest parkrun
6 Barnstaple parkrun
6 Southend parkrun
6 Forest Rec parkrun
6 Hillsborough parkrun
6 Margate parkrun
6 Folkestone parkrun
6 Hove Promenade parkrun
6 Portsmouth Lakeside parkrun
6 Alvaston parkrun
6 Mildenhall Hub parkrun
There were also twelve meetups of five VRs, eighteen meetups of four VRs, thirty-eight trios, sixty-five duos and one hundred and sixty-four solo reppers. We are a friendly bunch! Thank you to Lesley Connors for this week’s wonderful photo from Hull parkrun.
Not only were Vegan Runners promoting animal rights and awareness of veganism across the UK, we were also advocating avocados and plant-based diets across the world repping in:
3 Germany
3 Australia
2 Netherlands
2 Ireland
1 Sweden
1 Singapore
1 Poland
1 New Zealand
1 Japan
1 Italy
1 Denmark
Our top ten fastest men this week, with incredible times, were:
16:42 Philip Nind
16:53 Jake Stephens
16:54 Matt Edmonds
17:19 Michael Slack
17:52 Christopher Pearson
17:52 Scott Braunton
18:02 Harry Pannell
18:25 Joe Burn
18:31 Ben Wickham
18:39 Darren Francis
And top ten fastest ladies, proving plant power is all the fuel you need:
19:45 Lesley Connors
19:53 Clare Meraz
19:55 Hester Hill
19:58 Jo Fleming
20:18 Paula Blackledge
20:53 Jenny McNamara
21:11 Lin Lascelles
21:18 Fiona Newman
21:27 Elly Maggs
21:42 Helen Seymour
Congratulations!
Remarkable repping from these VRs who came first in their gender position at their parkrun:
16:54 Matt Edmonds
17:52 Scott Braunton
18:58 Dave Holmes
19:23 Nathann Thornton
19:42 Brad Scarborough
19:53 Clare Meraz
19:55 Hester Hill
19:58 Jo Fleming
20:18 Paula Blackledge
21:27 Elly Maggs
22:28 Lisa Kaye
23:14 Emily Axford
23:57 Zeina Clare
24:15 Emily Pereira
As you probably know, marvellous milestones are no longer easily available from parkrun data so this section relies on me finding out from other sources. This week I just know to congratulate:
Gary Jarvis on his 50th parkrun
Katie Pownall on her 50th parkrun
Luke Sayers on his 100th parkrun
Nigel Barnes on completing his 250th parkrun.
Wonderful achievements and repping for the animals 
The average time for all Vegan Runners to complete the course on this last event of February 2024 was 30:31 
Shoutouts to these Vegan Runners who finished their parkrun in a multiple of fifty position:
50 29:40 Laura Wright
50 26:55 Jasmine Green
50 35:18 James Henderson
50 29:38 Robert Franklin
50 25:31 Wojciech Walczuk
50 21:44 Nicholas Mytton
100 26:55 Karen Austin
100 30:05 Melanie Hayes
150 35:44 Gemma Clark
150 28:59 Doug Porter
200 31:19 Rachael Long
200 39:35 Sara Leudar
200 28:40 Ian Beasley
350 33:04 Hannah Rushton
500 35:35 Lizzy Sutton
Terrible behaviour from just twelve rambunctious VRs who landed on the noughty step this week, recriminations and time to think for:
Tom Carpendale
August Frew
Michael Woods
Katherine Alexander
Guy Rayment
Simon Scott
Jacquie Little
Jason Riley
Tanya Barnes
Tony Thyer
Viki Bell
Vicky Sullivan
Repping in style and collecting a repdigit finish token we have a resplendent punnet of thirty-four VRs. Avocados and animated applause for:
11 Adam Doctor
11 Darren Newman
11 Emily Pereira
11 Gary Godden
11 Mike Harper
11 Pete Colwell
22 Andrew Nortrop
22 Emma Collins
22 Mary P Scott
33 Jonny Hodgson
44 Buff Forbes Stone
44 Craig Wallace
44 Kathryn Smith
55 Harrison Tricker
55 Suzi Brent
66 Andrew Macbeth
66 Ashley Price-Sabate
66 Dan Russell
66 Emma Warren
66 Richard Catlin
77 Alan Burgess
77 David Chamberlain
77 Jasmine Rawlinson
77 Mete Guzelsoy
88 Mary Wilson
99 Kate Buttimer
111 Alison Currie
111 Janet Birchnall-Travers
111 Jemma Gibson
111 Simon Fuller
222 Heath Harvey-List
333 Adam Kirsh
555 Caroline Gabriel
Gosh and goodness, such fantastic achievements, well done one and all for getting out to parkruns and representing our wonderful club. Veganism continues to gain attention and traction, this week the “Moral Maze” on Radio 4 discussed the moral case for veganism. Despite the presenter’s bias, it’s interesting to notice how increasingly difficult it’s becoming for non-vegans to come up with any rational argument for continuing to eat meat and dairy. Even the farmer agrees that current consumption and production of animal products is unsustainable and harmful.
Have a wonderful week – keep running and repping for the animals.
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