Welsh Castles Special - Penny Lane Striders

THE STRIDING REPORT | Issue 98 20
Well we have had a prolific month with
wide range of races completed ranging
from 3km to 100 miles. With the addition
of parkruns I already have to add new
lines to my spreadsheet compared to last
year and we are only 4 months into the
season.
Stato’s report
by Andy Keeley
John Jensen pointed out that we tend to focus on the top end of the performance scale when looking at age
corrected times so this month I am going to look at the biggest improvements achieved at 5k and 10k over the
past year. I have compared the season’s best times for the current season (April 2012 onwards) with those for
last season (April 2011 – March 2012). At 5k we have 17 men and 6 women who have improved their 5k times
while at 10k 16 men and 10 women have posted improved times. I have not applied any age correction to
these improvements so for some the improvement in relative performance is even greater.
Men’s Improvers
5k Improvers
10k Improvers
Ranking Name 2012 2011 Improvement % Ranking Name 2012 2011 Improvement %
1 Joe McGlynn 0:21:39 0:22:55 0:01:16 5.5% 1 Andy Cantwell 0:48:47 0:54:22 0:05:35 10.3%
2 John Jensen 0:20:23 0:21:38 0:01:15 5.8% 2 Chris Whelton 0:47:32 0:50:20 0:02:48 5.6%
3 Colin Dobbs 0:19:32 0:20:28 0:00:56 4.6% 3 Graham Hussey 0:46:06 0:48:35 0:02:29 5.1%
4 Ste Maguire 0:19:04 0:19:59 0:00:55 4.6% 4 John Jensen 0:43:59 0:45:54 0:01:55 4.2%
5 Rob Collins 0:19:10 0:19:36 0:00:26 2.2% 5 James McNally 0:33:11 0:34:48 0:01:37 4.6%
6 Graham Hussey 0:21:47 0:22:12 0:00:25 1.9% 6 Paul Riley 0:36:58 0:38:16 0:01:18 3.4%
7 James McNally 0:15:59 0:16:22 0:00:23 2.3% 7
Graham
Beardsmore 0:41:40 0:42:48 0:01:08 2.6%
8 Nigel Grant 0:17:57 0:18:16 0:00:19 1.7% 8 Russell Burnham 0:46:06 0:46:56 0:00:50 1.8%
9 Dave Lovatt 0:18:50 0:19:08 0:00:18 1.6% 9 Ste McNicholas 0:40:01 0:40:50 0:00:49 2.0%
10 Ste McNicholas 0:18:53 0:19:07 0:00:14 1.2% 10 Graham Halsall 0:41:19 0:42:02 0:00:43 1.7%
11
Martin
Swensson 0:16:05 0:16:18 0:00:13 1.3% 11 Phil Murray 1:00:01 1:00:35 0:00:34 0.9%
12 Mike Roxburgh 0:22:01 0:22:13 0:00:12 0.9% 12
Martin
Swensson 0:33:36 0:34:05 0:00:29 1.4%
13 Tim Fletcher 0:17:52 0:18:02 0:00:10 0.9% 13 Paul Brady 0:41:42 0:42:03 0:00:21 0.8%
14 Paul Brady 0:20:21 0:20:30 0:00:09 0.7% 14 Ian Russell 0:40:00 0:40:18 0:00:18 0.7%
15 Marty Hirrell 0:19:14 0:19:23 0:00:09 0.8% 15 Tim Fletcher 0:38:15 0:38:30 0:00:15 0.6%
16 John Connolly 0:17:03 0:17:09 0:00:06 0.6% 16 John Bampton 0:43:26 0:43:38 0:00:12 0.5%
17 Derek Ashcroft 0:18:27 0:18:29 0:00:02 0.2%
The table shows Joe McGlynn as the biggest improver at 5k, on the back of regular attendance at the
parkruns, while Andy Cantwell has shown the biggest improver at 10k. John Jensen appears high up in both
tables as does Graham Hussey and James McNally. I wonder what the impact of the new training regime has
been on improving performances for both new and older members.