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
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