Hastings talent clocks country’s fastest time
Lizzie Clarke produced a phenomenal run of 16 minutes and 39 seconds in the Hastings parkrun seafront race on Saturday morning.
In doing so, she smashed the ladies’ course record, previously held by Grace Baker, by 39 seconds and become the first female overall winner of the Hastings parkrun.
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Hide AdSee also: * Hastings Half Marathon picture special* Hastings Half Marathon: Hastings ace just misses out on victory* Hastings Half Marathon runner-up hampered by stitch* Hastings Half Marathon: I’ve run every day since December, says third-placed BoormanThe 18-year-old’s time was also the fastest by a female at any parkrun in the country last weekend.
Last month Clarke clocked the fastest five-mile time in the country by an under-20 woman this year at the Tenterden 5 Mile race.
Also at last weekend’s parkrun, Hastings Runners’ outstanding junior prospect Finlay Goodman knocked 30 seconds off the JM10 record with an impressive time of 19:00. Goodman recently won the under-11 category in the East Sussex Sunday Cross-Country League.
Hastings parkrun will celebrate its fourth anniversary on Saturday April 13 and more than 6,000 runners have taken part since it started.
The 5k seafront race starts and finishes at Grosvenor Gardens, St Leonards, and is held every Saturday at 9am. To register and download your free barcode, visit www.parkrun.org.uk