Can you think of a better way to spend your 50th birthday than running around a wet and windy Bedewell Park with your friends and colleagues from Claremont Road Runners? …

It’s been confirmed! Joyce now has the marathon world record for both ages 78 and 79. See the full list here.

Newcastle parkrun: 19:13   Jeremy Smith 21:06   Paul Hughes 21:28   Mungai Wairia 23:53   Heidi Swaffield 25:13   Rose Hawkswood 25:38   John Grimshaw Eglinton parkrun: 23:14   David Devennie Gateshead parkrun: 19:21   Sumanth Nayak …

Report by Matthew Kingston: I don’t especially like 5k races. They are too much pain and suffering in a relatively shortish time. Being a glutton for punishment though I entered …