Soggy and squelchy conditions underfoot on grassy terrains on this penultimate run of November, which was enjoyed and endured by 767 Vegan Runners at 361 different parkrun events. We had 704 finishers and over 63 wonderful volun-cheers. Not so many big meetups this week but plenty of smaller groups of VRs getting together. The most popular parkrun meetups this week were held at:
20 Southampton parkrun
16 Eastville parkrun
13 Beacon Hill Country Park parkrun
9 Eglinton parkrun
8 Worcester parkrun
8 Eden Project parkrun
7 Gloucester City parkrun
6 Exeter Riverside parkrun
6 Worthing parkrun
5 Bushy parkrun
5 Eastbourne parkrun
5 Colwick parkrun
5 Southsea parkrun
5 Huddersfield parkrun
5 Conkers parkrun
5 Graves parkrun
5 Brockenhurst parkrun
5 Margate parkrun
5 Folkestone parkrun
5 Seven Fields parkrun
Big thanks to Alice Baker for this week’s photo from Southampton celebrating Matt Salisbury’s 150th parkrun 
The average time for all Vegan Runners to complete their parkrun on the 18th November 2023 was 30:06 
An incredible seventeen VRs came first in their gender position at their parkruns this week! Congratulations to:
19:06 Daniel Borrett
26:09 Elaine Banks
21:14 Lesley Connors
23:29 Marti Spence
28:20 Rebecca Lait
20:18 Clare Meraz
24:59 Raegan Russell
18:44 Dan Stent
23:42 Greta Kegler
25:49 Claire Evans
17:46 Tom Carpenter
22:04 Rebel Gilbert
19:31 Khan Nothnagel
17:26 Philip Nind
21:11 Katie Bexley
20:40 Gary Farquharson
24:46 Rachel Burgess
Fantastic repping 
More incredible prowess from this week’s top age graded VRs at their events, plant power demonstrated admirably by:
Margaret Pritchard 80.61%
Lesley Connors 78.02%
Tom Carpenter 75.70%
Jeremy Broomfield 74.94%
On this week’s leaderboard for the fastest men we have:
17:10 Ciar Nixon
17:26 Philip Nind
17:42 Richard Foster
17:46 Tom Carpenter
18:17 James Taylor
And this week’s fastest ladies are:
20:18 Clare Meraz
21:11 Katie Bexley
21:14 Lesley Connors
21:20 Fiona Newman
21:44 Joanna Crossman
Excellent times, particularly considering the squelchy conditions in most parks this week 
Marvellous milestones this week were achieved by:
100 Gareth Davies
150 Matt Salisbury
350 Doug Porter
Congratulations, felicitations and commemorations on your involvement with two of the finest voluntary institutions in the land – parkrun and Vegan Runners!
These Vegan Runners collected a token number which had a multiple of fifty and as such warrant a shout out for their fabulous repping of the green and black:
50 Jim McAlwane
50 Darren Eveleigh
100 Jasmine Rawlinson
100 Gabriela Pasko
100 Elaine Murray
300 Sarah Horrigan-Fullard
300 Keshab Bhattarai
450 Dianne Simpson
500 Damian Luscombe
700 David Baker
Our resplendent repdigit reppers of course deserve large, huge and thunderous applause, let’s hear it for:
11 Callum Harling
11 Dan Coughlan
11 Keith Bremner
22 Andi Stacey
22 Caroline Lloyd
22 David Brown
22 Michael Inglis
22 Robin Jowitt
33 Carrie Leach
33 Chris Calvert
33 Craig Mcallister
33 Eleanor Smith
33 Richard Carman
44 James Lampert
44 Joshila Devile
44 Melanie Hayes
44 Ruth Morrello
44 Sarah Hull
44 Simon Hurford
55 Elena Roebuck
55 Thomas Boden
77 Fiona Bates
77 Gemma Clark
88 Kerry Barnett
88 Soleil Barrett
99 David Stephens-Mikesch
99 Guy Marlow
111 David Sharratt
111 Rebecca Hawes
222 Mark Gretton
Keep rocking your vegan socks 
On the noughty step this week there are lots of names I recognise from appearances in previous reports – these VRs better watch out and better not cry as it’s nearing that time of year…
19:00 Geoffrey Gregory
24:00 Gavin Hawkton
25:00 Paula Hirst
25:00 Adrian Pope
25:00 Louis Kowal
28:00 Kate Telford
33:00 Claire Barber
51:00 Sarah Horrigan-Fullard – double shoutout!
Well done everyone, sorry for any errors or omissions, you are all amazing.I’m still working on how to get our PBs into this report. Currently only Gary-the-Magician-Statistician can manage this amazing data-tastic miracle! But watch this space. I will not give up! And, like you, I won’t give up on promoting veganism and explaining why meat and dairy is so wrong. There is always a peaceful solution to any violent act and a viable alternative which benefits all in the long run. Enjoy your long runs this week, those who do! And those who don’t, see you at parkruns next week
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