THERE were notable performances by Harwich Runners at the weekend’s five-kilometre Parkruns.

Becky McCorquodale continued her progress on the long road back from injury at Ipswich’s Christchurch Park.

She enjoyed a victory over 17 other women in the 40-44 years age category (FV40-44) and was almost four-and-a-half minutes clear of her nearest rival.

McCorquodale’s time of 21 minutes and 32 seconds placed her fourth woman overall out of the 115 taking part and 27th overall out of 295 finishers.

Richard Flutter made his customary appearance at the Great Cornard event, on a changed and slightly longer route.

Despite a recurrence of an old calf and Achilles injury, he still grabbed sixth spot in a field of 99 runners in 18m 48s and a comfortable win in the 45-49 age category.

However, this latest injury flare-up must be a cause for concern with his debut London Marathon appearance less than a month away.

As usual, the largest club representation was to be found at Colchester’s Castle Park event, where there were 14 Harwich Runners among the 306 starters.

On a return to the original yellow course, running along the riverbank, Peter Clarke was the first club member over the finishing line for the second week in succession in a time of 20m 50s for 27th overall.

Not only was this good enough to beat the 15 other runners in his V50-54 age group, it was also a 17-second personal best (PB).

There were three other PB performances from the club.

Carrie Hook has improved her time at the event on her last three appearances there.

This time she lopped a further 13 seconds off to finish in 23m 17s for 12th woman out of 116 and another clear win in the VF40-44 category.

Anne Piercy was another to record a run of three straight PBs at the event.

Her time of 25m 45s was a 40-second improvement on the previous week’s performance and was the quickest on the day in her VW60-64 age group, as well as in the VW55-59 category.

It secured her 27th women’s spot overall.

The final PB of the day came from youngster Alexander McCreadie.

Competing in the 11-14 age group, he improved his previous best by 35 seconds to finish 150th overall in 29m 7s.