On Sunday, a handful of jaded Folkestone Running and Athletic Club members turned up to run the Kent Christmas Cracker 5 mile race around the fresh and windy Betteshanger Park cycling track. After celebrating the clubs achievements at the annual Club Christmas party and awards the night before, 12 hardy runners shook off their hangovers and ran the two and a half lap course. After starting towards the back of the pack, Ian Vousden worked his way through the field and was the first runner back for the club in a time of 37:57. Next back was Jennifer Quinn (41:27) followed by Linnaea Stockall (41:37), Phil Maul (42:06), Diane Parsons (42:25), Anthony Scott (42:45) and Philip Bridges (42:27) who all ran together, keeping each other going. Behind them were Rebekah Newton (47:25), Jason King (49:40), Rachel Smith (49:41) and, Lisa Smith (59:09) and Kate Lancefield (59:10) who successfully ran the whole course even with Kate recovering from a leg injury.
This weeks parkruns
Pegwell Bay
4 FRAC runners travelled to Pegwell Bay to run the parkrun, with Linnaea Stockall coming in as the first woman overall in a time of 21:06. She was followed by Dave Bowerman 21:41, Philip Maul 23:21 and Sylwia Tokarska 25:26.
South Woodham Ferrers parkrun
Club runner, Martin Salmon continued his parkrun tourism streak, completing the course in a time of 24:13.
Dover Waterfront parkrun
In Dover, FRAC runners David Tyler (16:15) and Joshua Pine (17:41) were the second and third runners back overall, with Deborah Jeffery (20:45) finishing as the second woman. Also running were Jamie Fox (24:51) Amy Owen (27:53), Daniel Voller (29:03), Rebekah Newton (30:08) and Henry Axon (34:31).
Folkestone parkrun
At home, in the Folkestone parkrun, Prakash Gurang was first back overall in a time of 17:05, with Nikki Goodwin coming in as the third woman in a time of 20:31. Also running were, Simon Ramsay 18:18, Phil Hoyland 19:30, Elliot Chapman-Jones 19:49, Nicholas Bryant 20:58, James Springett 21:11, Anthony Leyton-Thomas 21:15, Vicky Scott 21:19, Thomas Aspinall 21:58, Simon Coffey 22:17, Darren Philip 22:50, Paul Bartlett 23:20, Ian Vousden 23:52, Philip Bridges 24:00, Anthony Scott 24:18, Andrew Hadlow 24:33, Ron Bell 25:00, Kirsty Wilson 25:05, Alan Randall 25:25, Jane Wren 26:21, Kevin Whitby 26:24, Trevor Devooght 26:27, Ben Hancox 26:28, Diane Parsons 27:04, Neil Adams 27:06, Joe Finnigan 27:40, Deirdre Coombs 29:19, Malcolm Gibbs 30:02, Simon Burvill 30:03, Julie Gibbs 30:43, Anh-Van Whitby 31:09, Collette Windsor 31:22, Jason Crockford 32:57, Roy Atkins 33:00, Kate Lancefield 53:17.