SLOW in Action at parkruns and GO Puttenham Common Race

SLOW athletes were out racing at parkruns across the UK last weekend – the following SLOW results were recorded*:

• Oliver O’Brien – 19:28 – 4th/49 (Ally Pally)
• Michael Balling – 20:05 – 8th/33 (Hackney Marshes)
• Helen Gardner – 21:11 – 18th/190 (Edinburgh)
• Ben Lovett – 22:02 – 16th/33 (Hackney Marshes)
• Robert Robinson – 22:35 – 72nd/204 (Wimbledon Common)

SLOW was also out in force at the Puttenham Common race organised by Guildford Orienteers, with five SLOW runners in the top 10 on the Brown course, and a win on the Light Green course.

SLOW results (top-half finishers):

BROWN (9.2km – 41 finishers)
2 – Ed Catmur
3 – Paul Couldridge
5 – Dan Findlay-Robinson
6 – Phil Marsland
8 – Oliver O’Brien
15 – Peter Huzan
16 – Chris Wroe
19 – Vince Roper

BLUE (6.7km – 133 finishers)
2 – Jevgenijs Petrovs
21 – Paul Street
23 – Charlie Turner
25 – Mike Murray
28 – Gordon Parker
35 – Mike Garvin
55 – Charlotte Turner
56 – Karen Jones
63 – Sarah Brown

GREEN (4.4km – 84 finishers)
3 – Andy Robinson

LIGHT GREEN (3.3km – 18 finishers)
1 – Christine Robinson

*parkrun runners – make sure you set your club in your parkrun profile to be South London Orienteers, in order to appear in these reports, or alternatively email me with your result email, to