Jo first female at parkrun in Hull
Lothian Running Club’s Jo Williams followed up last week’s success at the Livingston parkrun with another victory in Hull.
Her new course personal best time of 18.51 over the 5km course saw her finish sixth overall and first female, with Owen Williams taking 14th spot in the same race.
LRC’s Robbie Kennedy and Alan Knowles were respective second-place finishers at Edinburgh and Livingston with the club’s David Eades crossing the line in third place at Vogrie.
There were a string of impressive results in the Livingston parkrun for local runners with members of Lothian Running Club, Livingston AC and Linlithgow AAC all claiming berths in the top 15 overall.
Knowles’time of 18.58 saw him finish well behind winner Craig Pirie (18.16) but he was just five seconds and two places ahead of LRC team-mate William Moffat.
Al Aitken broke the 20-minute barrier in 19.57 and that saw him place sixth.
William Millar was the first Linlithgow AAC member to cross the finish line with his time of 20.22 seeing him grab eighth place.
A pair of Livingston AC members finished 11th and 15th overall with Daniel O’Connor narrowly missing out on a new personal best for the course with his time of 20.55.
Team-mate Finlay MacIver broke his course best on his 15th parkrun event with a time of 21.30.
Megan Wright of the Falkirk Victoria Harriers eased to the female category win in Livingston with a time of 19.01, being over three minutes faster than her nearest challenger.