IT’S a special day when a runner gets a personal best.

So every Bolton parkrun day must feel special to Jake Partington.

The 11-14 age group runner has done four runs at Leverhulme Park and his last three have all seen him run faster than he has ever done before.

He is a relative newcomer to the local free, timed and marshalled event which he first took part in on Christmas Eve when he clocked 33mins 38secs.

He slashed a massive 3:02 off his time the following week and bettered it by eight seconds on his next run 10 days ago.

Then on Saturday he went under the 30-minute mark for the first time when he crossed the line in 28:58 to finish 106th out of 239 who completed the run.

Abigail King is getting close to breaking that 30-minute barrier.

She clocked 30:09 on Saturday to set a new personal best on her 43rd run at Bolton.

Her last PB came eight runs ago which, in turn, was her first for 30 runs.

And the fact she wiped a huge 1:38 off her PB on Saturday on a wet and muddy course not entirely conducive to running fast times suggests she might have the momentum to take her into 20-minutes for the first time.

Chris Holt could have thoughts of breaking the 25-minute barrier after his second PB in two weeks.

Seven days after going under 26 minutes for the first time with 25:56 he completed Saturday’s run in 25:18 to finish 49th. Five of his 10 runs have been PBs.

Russell Fox kept up his record of setting PBs in all his runs when he finished fifth in 19:30.

Saturday's results

1 Tommy Harrison BUH SM30-34 17:38 75

2 Dominic Gavin BUH SM30-34 19:02 29

3 Paul Freary VM45-49 19:18 105

4 Lewis Aldred BUH JM15-17 19:25 6

5 Russell Fox BUH VM35-39 19:30 PB 6

6 Robert Short BUH SM20-24 19:41 226

7 Andy Smith VM45-49 20:10 53

8 Andrew Crickmore BUH SM20-24 20:21 23

9 Tim Knowles VM50-54 20:24 125

10 Dave McGrath RAD VM35-39 20:26 15

11 Matthew Smith HRMIH JM15-17 20:27 58

12 Richard Marlton HRMIH VM50-54 20:29 47

13 Michael Kenyon VM55-59 20:30 36

14 Lindsey Brindle HRMIH VW35-39 20:32 FT 1

15 Liz Proctor BUH VW40-44 20:33 10

16 Gary Furness SM25-29 21:03 162

17 Brendan Connaughton VM40-44 21:19 140

18 Ian Riggs VM40-44 22 251

19 Nigel Smith VM50-54 22:13 56

20 Lewis Hodgson JM15-17 22:20 90

21 Debbie Proctor VW45-49 22:49 12

22 James Thomas SM25-29 22:51 46

23 Harry Aldred JM10 22:51 10

24 Lesley Fisher BUH VW55-59 22:53 38

25 Rob Lister RAD VM50-54 22:55 125

26 Matthew Pemrick BUH VM45-49 23:01 48

27 Robert Mwelwa VM40-44 23:04 99

28 Ian Taylor VM50-54 23:05 149

29 Stewart Brierley BUH VM35-39 23:08 26

30 Kristian James Henry VM35-39 23:17 FT 70

31 Sarah Louise Watton BUH SW25-29 23:23 45

32 Neil McRobert SM30-34 23:33 FT 1

33 Ellis Hawthornthwaite SM20-24 23:40 6

34 Darren Parr VM40-44 23:43 10

35 Steve McVey VM55-59 23:48 160

36 Vicki Hamer BUH SW30-34 23:52 57

37 Michael Caine BUH VM45-49 23:58 24

38 Lee Entwistle VM40-44 24:04 61

39 Simon Grimshaw VM45-49 24:12 9

40 Richard Blake BUH VM45-49 24:21 8

41 Ethan Wallace JM11-14 24:35 49

42 Unknown

43 Unknown

44 Helen Bury SW30-34 24:48 117

45 Don Nichol BUH VM60-64 24:55 52

46 David Allen VM65-69 24:59 99

47 Tom Gleaves SM20-24 25:08 127

48 Adam Traynor VM40-44 25:14 184

49 Chris Holt SM20-24 25:18 PB 14

50 Chris Worthington BUH VM40-44 25:20 117

51 Carl Aldred VM45-49 25:23 14

52 Lorraine Halwood BUH VW40-44 25:25 91

53 Sean Partington VM50-54 25:27 28

54 Timothy Green SM25-29 25:40 154

55 Chris Mann SM25-29 25:43 144

56 Gary Avison SM25-29 25:44 17

57 Martin Byrne VM45-49 25:45 PB 3

58 Tom Sherbourne SM30-34 25:49 7

59 Unknown

60 Andy Laycock LOST VM50-54 25:52 93

61 Philip Worsley VM50-54 25:52 212

62 Judith Bonnar VW45-49 25:54 233

63 Mark Jackson BUH VM35-39 25:56 90

64 Paul Taylor VM55-59 26:00 35

65 Emma Tonge VW35-39 26:01 PB 4

66 Kath Vickers VW55-59 26:21 166

67 Ben Knight BUH VM40-44 26:26 98

68 George Williams VM65-69 26:28 74

69 John Brierley VM55-59 26:31 38

70 Ali Khalid JM15-17 26:36 5

71 Thomas Warner JM11-14 26:38 63

72 Kenneth Warner VM45-49 26:39 268

73 Carl Hollowood VM40-44 26:41 32

74 Dean Robinson SM30-34 26:45 29

75 Diana Bruce SW25-29 26:47 PB 11

76 Paul Costello VM45-49 26:52 23

77 Mike Warriner VM40-44 26:59 16

78 Antony Birch VM50-54 27:01 6

79 Jonathan Lilliott VM50-54 27:03 46

80 David Foster VM50-54 27:09 37

81 Steven Yates BUH VM45-49 27:09 180

82 Nick Haworth BUH VM35-39 27:13 59

83 David Atherton VM55-59 27:20 58

84 Unknown

85 Steven Cavanagh SM25-29 27:47 4

86 James Orchard BUH VM45-49 27:50 170

87 Andrew Duckworth SM25-29 27:57 12

88 Les Ford VM50-54 27:58 22

89 Neil Bonnar VM50-54 27:59 232

90 Marcus Chester BUH VM40-44 28:03 144

91 Andrew Yates VM50-54 28:08 169

92 Dave Carroll BURY VM45-49 28:12 276

93 Graham King BMTC VM45-49 28:19 48

94 Rebecca Hawthornthwaite SW25-29 28:22 FT 1

95 Christopher Brickell VM60-64 28:26 73

96 Ryan David Kitchen SM18-19 28:29 145

97 Naveed Deeba SM25-29 28:29 16

98 Paul Drew VM45-49 28:31 8

99 Tim Slymon SM30-34 28:36 8

100 Gary Larke VM50-54 28:39 72

101 Emma Walker BUH VW45-49 28:40 101

102 David Wright VM45-49 28:40 85

103 Unknown

104 Wasyl Gelyczak BUH VM45-49 28:49 21

105 Gregg Beardwell SM30-34 28:52 64

106 Jake Partington JM11-14 28:58 PB 6

107 Theresa Taylor-Kay VW45-49 28:59 59

108 Katie Armstrong SW25-29 28:59 5

109 Joel Peters SM25-29 29:00 3

110 William L Vickers VM60-64 29:02 115

111 Maurice Halliwell VM60-64 29:06 35

112 Joseph David Walker JM11-14 29:19 157

113 Phil A Holden BUH VM50-54 29:22 165

114 Anthony Johnson JM11-14 29:23 226

115 Ben Dewhurst BUH JM11-14 29:24 9

116 Emma A Holden SW20-24 29:24 115

117 Alexandra Hooton VW40-44 29:30 90

118 Mark Meadows SM30-34 29:34 12

119 Paul Davies SM25-29 29:39 33

120 Angela Liptrott VW40-44 29:45 FT 1

121 Paula Hopkinson VW45-49 29:46 120

122 Krystina Dewhurst BUH VW35-39 29:47 PB 15

123 Richard Lord VM50-54 29:49 156

124 Clair Marland BUH SW30-34 29:49 119

125 Neil Bradley VM50-54 29:50 FT 60

126 Amy Ardill SW25-29 29:51 154

127 Unknown

128 Gareth Doherty BUH VM40-44 29:58 94

129 Caroline Vickers BUH VW40-44 30:05 14

130 Abigail King BMTC JW15-17 30:09 PB 43

131 Julie Kirkpatrick VW55-59 30:10 10

132 Sam Wyatt SM20-24 30:14 4

133 Jonathon Lee SM25-29 30:18 FT 1

134 Judith Bradley VW45-49 30:19 FT 46

135 Geoffrey Winder VM55-59 30:21 76

136 Kerry Stevenson VW40-44 30:32 5

137 Martin Brierley SM30-34 30:32 32

138 Adam Connell SM30-34 30:41 168

139 Nia Bell BUH VW55-59 30:44 28

140 Ashley Lee SM25-29 30:47 FT 1

141 Unknown

142 Lynda Devenport VW40-44 30:53 96

143 Sumit Guhathakurta VM40-44 30:58 72

144 Ani Das VM35-39 31:00 79

145 Alex Tammam JM10 31:10 9

146 John Egan BUH VM65-69 31:15 40

147 Debra Hennessey BUH VW45-49 31:21 119

148 Lucy Rowlands JW15-17 31:22 20

149 Harvey Tammam VM40-44 31:23 9

150 Sara Das SW25-29 31:40 84

151 Brian Frew VM60-64 32:00 70

152 Tony Aspin VM55-59 32:11 10

153 Frances Johnson VW50-54 32:18 192

154 Nicholas Edwards SM30-34 32:21 28

155 Oscar Kelly JM10 32:24 FT 1

156 Craig Leatherbarrow BUH VM50-54 32:25 99

157 Linda Haines BUH VW55-59 32:27 24

158 Lucy Kelly VW40-44 32:29 FT 1

159 Sharon Drew BUH VW45-49 32:32 9

160 Maxine Power VW50-54 32:34 19

161 Amee Burgess SW30-34 32:35 FT 1

162 Adele Hughes SW30-34 32:35 FT 1

163 Karen Clark SW30-34 32:38 53

164 Chloe Parrington SW30-34 32:40 5

165 Samantha Craven SW30-34 32:51 7

166 Mike Gregson BUH VM45-49 32:57 111

167 Unknown

168 Sarah Longlands VW40-44 33:02 21

169 Ellis McNulty JM11-14 33:07 FT 3

170 Wendy Doxey VW55-59 33:17 85

171 Ben Duddridge SM25-29 33:18 PB 6

172 Philip Syddall VM60-64 33:30 5

173 Stephen Rothwell VM60-64 33:49 80

174 Martin Smith VM60-64 33:55 77

175 Valda Aldred VW45-49 33:56 PB 5

176 Neil Holt VM50-54 34:01 FT 1

177 Eve Partington JW10 34:09 FT 1

178 Rachel Barrett VW40-44 34:10 3

179 Nicola Bennett VW35-39 34:12 78

180 Jenni Partington VW35-39 34:14 5

181 Katie McNulty BUH SW30-34 34:15 31

182 Unknown

183 Nicola Halsall BUH VW40-44 34:18 19

184 Rita Ledwards BUH VW55-59 34:27 60

185 Megan Oliver SW25-29 34:36 FT 7

186 Unknown

187 Samantha Duddridge SW25-29 34:52 6

188 Simon Darby BUH VM50-54 34:54 38

189 Jayne Louise Walker VW45-49 35:25 170

190 Michael Haywood VM40-44 35:29 FT 1

191 Emma Birch SW20-24 35:31 3

192 Sarah Jenkinson VW35-39 35:37 62

193 Karen Kitchen VW50-54 35:50 192

194 Sandra Caine VW40-44 35:50 6

195 Michael Allwood VM50-54 35:54 70

196 Nigel Coop SM30-34 36:00 20

197 Abigail Henry SW30-34 36:06 24

198 Adrian Paul Walker VM45-49 36:09 8

199 John Webster VM40-44 36:21 10

200 Joanne Larke VW35-39 36:40 29

201 Peter Whiteside BUH VM65-69 36:43 132

202 Unknown

203 Paul McGreavy VM45-49 36:46 239

204 Kath Rothwell VW50-54 37:02 43

205 Josie Browne JW10 37:20 PB 13

206 Unknown

207 Claire Cragg SW30-34 37:30 145

208 Carl Browne VM55-59 37:34 PB 6

209 Peter Webster JM11-14 37:41 3

210 Brian Tull VM70-74 37:57 235

211 Cheryl Dunleavy VW35-39 37:59 39

212 Kerry Tammam VW40-44 38:06 8

213 Alzbeta Borkova JW15-17 38:14 FT 1

214 Julie Bower BUH VW45-49 38:24 74

215 Diane Leatherbarrow BUH VW50-54 38:32 83

216 Fiona Ashton BUH VW50-54 38:32 136

217 Gemma Chapman BUH VW40-44 38:37 125

218 Rachael Howarth BUH VW35-39 38:38 108

219 K Elkington VW45-49 38:45 9

220 Liz Spencer VW55-59 38:55 19

221 Connor Wolstencroft JM10 39:10 3

222 Mark Wolstencroft BUH VM50-54 39:11 21

223 John Docherty VM35-39 39:17 12

224 Paul Rithalia SM30-34 39:23 23

225 Unknown

226 Marianna Henry SW25-29 40:44 FT 3

227 Becky Ainsworth JW15-17 41:07 16

228 Victoria Lee SW30-34 41:32 31

229 Louise Goodgroves JW15-17 41:52 PB 4

230 Alan Gibson SM20-24 42:54 17

231 Ann Roughley VW45-49 44:24 13

232 Siobhan Pimlott SW20-24 45:18 83

233 Katherine Nisbet SW30-34 46:24 FT 1

234 Sadian Chadburn VW40-44 46:25 FT 1

235 Michelle Shields VW35-39 46:28 18

236 Chloe Delvard JW15-17 47:40 FT 1

237 Rio Almond JW15-17 47:40 FT 1

238 Amy Y Stone SW30-34 47:45 FT 1

239 Anne Larkin BUH VW55-59 48:00 26