Three Brooks parkrun inaugral run report

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Today I ticked off one of many, many parkrun challenges… to run a parkruns first event! I was torn with going as I am running a marathon relay tomorrow so needed to rest but I couldn’t pass up this opportunity.

So we got up early and headed off down to Three Brooks which is sort of North Bristol/South Gloucestershire at the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve, BS32 9BJ.

Three Brooks parkrun

Course description: The course is an anti clockwise out and back double loop, starting near the picnic tables in the Nature Reserve. The course is fairly flat and consists of natural compacted paths.

What3words location : location of the start ///twigs.mount.text and suggested parking ///venues.doors.heavy

First timers briefing

The first timers briefing was for everyone as this was the Three Brooks very very first event! There were a few milestones and first time parkrunners but also a plea to please stay away unti the autumn so the parkrun has time to settle in and not upset the locals as the prevoius one had.

Three Brooks parkrun route

The route was all on lightly gravelled trail paths which was nice underfoot but I guess there could potentially be puddles in areas if you get rain the night before. It is a nice enough course and probably good for a PB if you are a speedier runner.

From what I understand from other runners, there used to be an event nearby by locals got upset and eventually it was stopped. So this one has been a long time in the making to replace it – so well done to everyone that made it happen!

Parking and Facilities

Parking, toilets and lots of foodie places are available at the Willow Brook Centre.

Three Brooks parkrun Stats for event #1

Today 414 people took part including 27 juniors. 15 people took part for the first time. As it was a new course there were 414 people attending Three Brooks for the first time!

Congratulations to Callum Moore who was the first finisher with a time of 16:57 and an age grading of 76.50%.

Congratulations to Freya (JW15-17) with the highest age grading of the day with a massive 88.23% and Maciej being the highest graded male with 78.43%.

Three Brooks parkrun milestones

Well done to…

All the Juniors who completed todays 5km parkrun :
J10 – Eiza, Lilly, Seren, Jack, Alexander, Alex, Harry, Alfie, Harry, Oscar
J11-14 – Charlotte, Olivia, Hattie, Amelia, Siona, Isaac, Oliver, Ben, Joseph, Callum, Ryan, Callum
J15-15 – Freya, Jasmine, Sebastian, William, Ernest

Jonathan Lloyd-Jones who attended their 25th event
Max Andrews who attended their 50th event
Trevor Wilson who attended their 150th event
Alex Cooper who attended their 200th event

Thank you to this weeks volunteers

Thank you to all the volunteers who gave up their Saturday morning to make this run possible

Simon Allen, Adrian Bailey, Kate Ball, Caroline Buckeridge, Emma Butler, Samantha Carpenter, Bethan Colman, Derek Da Silva, Jane Davis, Paula Dixon, Sarah Drake, Louise Duggan, Vicky Ellis, Karen Gaman, Kevin Gaman, Jonathan Goodland, Heather Griffin, Mark Hayes, Greg Hayward, Phil Hayward, Sharon Hayward, Taryn Hobson, Angus Howie, Martin Iles, Tegan Ireland, Jon Jerrome, Robert Joslin, Jackie Law, Kim Leonard, Nicola Lewton, Ruth Lloyd, Sarah Lock, Mary Mainwaring, Dan Marchant, Claire Mitchell, Rosamund Mogg, Dave Needham, Amanda Nelson, Emily Nelson, James Nelson, Nick Nelson, Nicola Phillips, Hannah Plunkett-Cole, Zach Purver, Leslie Reed, Billie Rewiri-Lloyd, Jo Sanderson, Nadiia Skalianchuk, Grainne Stables, Pete Stables, Mark Stuart, Corinna Tannian, Angela Thorpe, Hugh Thorpe, Sheila Turner, Lee West, Alison Wright

ChrissyJ xx