Barking Road Runners swapped racing for parkrun this weekend, while Dagenham 88 members combined their Saturday 5km outings with action at the Stebbing Remembrance Day 10.
With no racing fixtures for BRR, members spread across parkrun events around the country, with Antony Leckerman even taking the club colours overseas to Amsterdamse Bos in the Netherlands, where he clocked 23.16.
The biggest BRR turnout was closer to home at Barking, where Peter Jackson led the club contingent in 21.33, followed by Daniel Plawiak in 22.05 and Sally Bridge in 25.31.
Trevor Cooper finished in 26.50, Amanda Jane Heslegrave 29.32, Cristina Cooper 31.25, Jason J M Li 31.26, James Sheridan 32.04, Martin Mason 34.55, Nikki Cranmer and Dawn Blake both 37.35, Nigel Gary Swaby 40.12, Alan Murphy 50.10 and Emma Paisley 1:00:46.
Elsewhere, Paul David Withyman recorded 21.05 at Roding Valley, Rory Burr 22.32 at Wimbledon Common, Adrian Davison 24.37 at Dover Waterfront and Ronald Vialls 24.47 at Thorney Bay Beach.
Other BRR runners included Kevin Wotton at Alton Water, Mark New at Bournemouth, Louise Chappell and Gary Harford at Chelmsford Central and Andrew Gwilliam at Valentines.
Seven BRR members competed at Wimbledon Common, with Belinda Riches clocking 25.24, Jean Bridgman 26.15, Stephen Colloff 27.54, Barry Rowell 29.52, Darren Graham 43.43 and Denise Graham 56.05 joining Burr.
Attention now turns to the Chingford League 5km at Hog Hill on November 11 and the South Essex Cross Country League at Hadleigh on November 15.
Meanwhile, Dagenham 88 were in race action at the Stebbing Remembrance Day 10, where five members took part.
Allan Lacey led the club home in 1:23.34, followed by Emma Dudman in 1:30.39, Rahana Islam 1:32.29, Peter Grant 1:35:34 and Pascalia Pamba 2:00.43.
Club members also took part in parkruns across the country, with Ryder Islam producing the quickest Dagenham 88 time of the weekend, clocking 20.52 at Valentines.
He was joined there by Rahana Islam in 26.53, Manji Gami 28.31, Julie Dalphinis 59.40, Joanna Smith 1:02:46 and Sonya Byers 1:02:47.
At Rothamsted Park, Timi Selon Veerasamy finished in 34.33, Kresh Veerasamy 38.34 and Sam Veerasamy 51.30, while Peter Grant recorded 29.21 at Ingrebourne Hill.
Caroline Tuck ran 27.06 at Bury St Edmunds, while Dagenham 88 were also well represented at Barking, where John Hughes clocked 26.55, Emma Dudman 30.42, Emma O'Shea 33.11, Beverley Eagles 33.12, Abigail O'Shea 33.22 and Sylvie Swinburne 35.51.
Elsewhere, John Phillips finished Harrow Lodge in 22.55, Billy Walkington recorded 26.35 at Beckton, David O'Brien 47.40 at Raphael and Sneha Amin 46.25 at Harrow.
David Lacey and Allan Lacey completed the Dagenham 88 parkrun results at Felixstowe, finishing in 31.34 and 31.35 respectively.
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