11/10/2026
With huge thanks to Michelle Claxton for this weeks report.
Sunny Hill Parkrun
Event #313
10 October 206
Sunny Hill – well the name certainly did not disappoint. This was my second attempt to complete this parkrun, the first being called off a couple of years ago due to too much ice on the course. At least this time the sun was out and there definitely were hills!
Sunny Hill park is a lovely park with a fab café and also a children’s playground, should you need something to entertain the youngsters before/during/after your run! The 16 volunteers were a really friendly bunch and incredibly encouraging at every corner, even after the dreaded hill!
The sun was peeking through the trees when I arrived!
The course itself is all on good tarmac paths and road shoes work well unless it is extremely wet. You begin by running slightly downhill (past the finish), turn left and do a smaller undulating loop until you get back to the start again. Downhill again then straight on and steeper uphill until you turn right at the crossroads. What follows is a lovely downhill where you can pick up some speed, before a left turn and some undulations back up the hill from the other direction. Once at the corner it is left again and back to the crossroads. Turn right here and do the second loop of the figure 8. Repeat the figure 8 once more and when you do the downhill start for the 4th time, sprint the 200m to the finish!
Looking at the results, today was a similar spread of ages and times to normal weeks and what was unusual for me to see (coming from 1000 plus runners at Bushy) if that there was often a minute or more gaps between finishers! This just highlights the challenging nature of the course. Looking at a couple of parkrun difficulty ranking websites, Sunny Hill is 731 out of 835 when ranked from easy to difficult. I definitely found that today! Weirdly I found it more challenging than Woolacombe Dunes and Durlston. Maybe the views there take your mind off the sand dunes and hilly trails! I did spot the views of London from the top of the hill when I made it up there for the second time though!
Today there were 84 runners and many of these, 21 in fact, were first timers to Sunny Hill, with 4 runners doing their very first parkrun – welcome Neil, Patricia, Subhas and Sunir I hope you enjoyed your run or walk and will be back. Warning: It is addictive and your Saturdays will never be the same again!
Ravleen was doing their 25th run today – Congrats Ravleen and you can now purchase that purple milestone t-shirt!
Fastest finishers:
Males:
16.51 - Adam O'gorman
16.65 - Joshua Fisher
19.21 - Matthew May
Females:
21.30 - Molly Richards
21.50 - Isabelle Agbedjro
22.47 - Tracy Moroz
And a huge well done to all those who got a PB:
34:46 - Aaron James Aguilar
35:14 - Braden De Souza
25:31 - Conor Forsey
34:47 - James Richard Aguilar
25:28 - Marco Pappalardo
28:26 - Matt Thornton
42:42 - Maxy D Souza
23:00 - Megan Hammond
19:40 - Omari Iz
24:40 - Rupert Tseng
27:08 - Russell Kirby
25:17 - Samuel Maziya
44:32 - Toonesen Thiruverumbur Antony Duran
Whilst in races (and yes, I know parkrun is not a race!) we celebrate the winner or top 3, I always find it more encouraging to celebrate all runners, joggers and walkers who have achieved a PB as it just goes to show that you are improving and that is what we all should aim for. I for one will return to Sunny Hill to try and beat my time!
This week 84 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 25 were first timers and 13 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 12 different clubs took part.
The event was made possible by 16 volunteers:
Philip WEST • Michelle CLAXTON • David BARNETT • Margaret TUTTY • Liam MORAN • Paul TUTTY • Andrew BARNETT • Jo-Anne WINSTON • Arancha GREENE • Gemma DAVIES • Penny HARPER-WILKINSON • Harry HARPER-WILKINSON • Philip MAYER • Priya PATEL • Leon GROOT WASSINK • Patricia WEST
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Sunny Hill parkrun Results Page.
