Very windy conditions turned the Gorleston Parkrun into a race of four quarters – two against the wind and two with it. Along the promenade it was plain sailing but on the cliff top it was a real battle (twice). Only four PBs were posted by 97 runners . Perennial front-runner David Hughes won his 162nd run in 19:14. Second was Tony Arnell in 19:26 and third Marc Evans in 19:28. Megan Soanes, of City of Norwich AC, was clear winner of the ladies race in an excellent 20:18. She was sixth overall. Second was Charlie Arnell in 22:53 and third Janina Domiczew in 24:53. In the unofficial Parkrun held at 9am on Christmas morning 12 brave souls enjoyed their start to Christmas Day.

1 David R Hughes 19:14 VM45-49, 2 Tony Arnell 19:26 VM45-49, 3 Marc Evans 19:28 SM30-34, 4 Ben Mackett 19:35 SM20-24, 5 Kane Simmonds 20:15 JM15-19, 6 Megan Soanes 20:18 JW15-19 (City of Norwich AC), 7 Neil Leeds 21:34 SM30-34 PB, 8 Simon Bekker 21:49 SM35-39, 9 Bernard Mukuya 22:00 SM35-39, 10 Keelan Pywell 22:18 JM15-19 (GYDAC), 11 Mark Stone 22:25 VM40-44 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 12 Philip Michael Oliver Cox 22:26 SM20-24, 13 Nick Overy 22:39 VM45-49, 14 Darren Cains 22:41 SM35-39, 15 Vinny Jones 22:50 SM30-34, 16 Charlie Arnell 22:53 JW15-19, 17 Wayne Freeman 22:54 VM50-54, 18 Kevan Pywell 23:01 VM50-54 (GYDAC), 19 Jamie Garbutt 23:13 SM25-29, 20 Michael Paul Swann 23:18 VM45-49

21 Matthew Sutton 23:21 SM25-29 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 22 Mark Peach 23:26 VM40-44 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 23 Andrew Neil Baker 23:29 VM45-49 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 24 Martin Hazell 23:29 VM45-49, 25 Mark Mountain 23:41 VM40-44 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 26 Sam Gallant 23:51 SM20-24, 27 Christopher Barnes 24:05 SM30-34, 28 Janina Domiczew 24:53 SW30-34, 29 Martin Simpson 25:15 SM30-34, 30 Stephen Oldman 25:16 VM45-49 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 31 Neil Thomas 25:20 VM40-44 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 32 Daniel Blackwell 25:20 SM30-34, 33 Neil Farrow 25:21 VM45-49, 34 Luke Blackwell 25:28 SM25-29, 35 Penny Studley 25:30 VW35-39 (GYDAC), 36 Michael Childs 25:31 VM60-64, 37 Sue Fraser 25:33 VW50-54 (GYDAC), 38 Maria Ball 25:34 VW40-44, 39 Rhys Farrow 25:40 JM14 PB, 40 Michael Dale 25:53 VM40-44 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners). 41 Steven Rees 25:59 SM35-39, 42 Tom Colbran 26:25 JM14, 43 Duncan Harrison 26:36 SM35-39, 44 Dom Winney 26:50 JM15-19, 45 Graham Roberts 26:51 VM60-64, 46 Tim Amphlett 26:54 VM50-54, 47 Howard Wilcox 26:57 VM55-59, 48 Paul A Hutchinson 27:01 SM35-39, 49 Caroline Barnes 27:09 VW50-54, 50 John Kenneth Wray 27:16 VM45-49 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners) PB, 51 Elaine Stone 27:28 VW50-54, 52 Mthandazo Hlabangana 27:44 VM40-44, 53 Paul Ferrow 27:52 VM50-54, 54 Karen Gedge 27:53 VW45-49 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 55 Graham Sampson 27:54 VM65-69 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 56 Michaela Gooch 28:01 VW45-49 (Waveney Valley AC), 57 Kerstin Langer 28:09 VW45-49, 58 Neil Winney 28:25 VM40-44, 59 Janet Sanderson 28:30 VW60-64, 60 Phillip Laurier 28:33 VM60-64 (Lowestoft Road Runners).

61 Anthony Charles Henry 28:33 VM55-59, 62 George Jerrard 28:44 JM14, 63 Barry R Rogers 28:45 VM40-44 (Bungay Black Dog RC), 64 Dianne Crosby 28:49 VW65-69 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 65 Julie Ann Webster 28:56 VW40-44, 66 Darin Scales 29:01 VM45-49, 67 Tony John Wells 29:24 VM50-54, 68 Alison Ayers 29:27 VW45-49, 69 Nick Cooper 29:34 VM50-54, 70 Chuck Weigand 29:35 VM65-69 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 71 Jacob Harvey 29:49 JM14 PB, 72 Philip Harvey 29:50 VM40-44, 73 Michelle Scott 29:55 VW45-49, 74 John Scott 30:00 VM45-49, 75 Gary Brown 30:01 VM55-59, 76 Zarina Hampton 30:07 SW25-29, 77 Gary David Newman 30:08 VM40-44, 78 Bob Arnell 30:18 VM65-69 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 79 Liam Miller 30:43 SM25-29, 80 Helen Louise Swann 30:46 VW40-44. 81 James Gooch 31:05 SM35-39, 82 Peter John Westgate 31:09 VM60-64, 83 Sarah Withington 31:15 VW35-39, 84 Graeme Kidd 31:38 VM40-44, 85 Paul Spandler 32:28 VM45-49 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 86 Peter Spandler 32:29 VM50-54 (Great Yarmouth Road Runners), 87 Julie Fletcher 32:38 VW45-49, 88 Wendy Sutton 34:12 VW50-54, 89 Nicholas Dyer 35:47 VM50-54, 90 Jessica Hudson 35:58 JW15-19, 91 Alex Riches 36:00 JM14, 92 Melissa Mitchell 36:04 SW25-29, 93 Lindsey Rebecca Weston 38:23 VW35-39, 94 Linda Phillips 39:41 VW55-59, 95 Anita Elizabeth Betts 40:19 VW60-64, 96 Karen Mcgovern 41:07 VW55-59, 97 Peter Neil Bannatyne 45:30 VM70-74