Serpentine Running Club’s John Fairs won the Wimbledon Common 5km parkrun for the fourth time in 11 attempts on Saturday morning, writes Charles Lawrie.

He clocked 17 minutes 20 seconds to finish seven seconds ahead of Thames Hare & Hounds’ Andy Robinson, with Lancaster & Morecambe’s Rory McMahon third (17:57).

Bayly Bulkeley of SAUK Tri (21:02) was women’s winner for the fourth time in seven attempts ahead of Altrincham & District’s over-50 veteran Anne Pugh (22:27) with unattached over-45 veteran Geraldine Hellings third (22:39).

Meanwhile, organisers have revealed that the Wimbledon Common parkrun Santa dash, held just before Christmas, raised £345 for St Raphael’s Hospice.

Full results for Wimbledon Common event 107: 1 John Fairs (Serpentine) 17:20, 2 Andy Robinson (Thames Hare & Hounds) 17:27, 3 Rory McMahon (Lancaster & Morecambe) 17:57, 4 unknown athlete 18:34, 5 Andrew K Davies (Serpentine) 18:42, 6 Chris Protheroe 18:42, 7 Ian Higgins (Thames Hare & Hounds) 18:52, 8 John Penbroke (Reading Roadrunners) 18:55, 9 unknown athlete 19:14, 10 Sean Mackenzie 19:18, 11 Nick McKay 19:59, 12 Baoming Luo 20:02, 13 James Hogg 20:03, 14 James Peet 20:05, 15 Frank Wood (Hercules Wimbledon) 20:13, 16 Gerry Smith (Epsom & Ewell Harriers) 20:25, 17 Bradlee Mulroe (Hercules Wimbledon) 20:31, 18 Martin Harris 20:44, 19 James Eustace 20:56, 20 James Ball 21:01, 21 Bayly Bulkeley (SAUK Tri) 21:02, 22 Edward Shulver (Great Yarmouth Road Runners) 21:08, 23 Stephen Annett (Stragglers) 21:33, 24 Colin Harris (Wimbledon Windmilers) 21:36, 25 Mike Brewer 21:38, 26 Nick Crockford 21:39, 27 Daniel Cruickshank 21:43, 28 Tim Bartley (Hercules Wimbledon) 21:45, 29 Adam Fenton (Wimbledon Windmilers) 21:47, 30 Chris Wiltshire 21:54, 31 Neale Sterio 21:58, 32 Rob Fairs 22:02, 33 Oliver Lee 22:02, 34 Nicholas P Hill (Serpentine RC) 22:13, 35 unknown athlete 22:15, 36 Thomas O’Donoghue (Wimbledon Windmilers) 22:15, 37 Davide Metallini 22:16, 38 unknown athlete 22:23, 39 Anne Pugh (Altrincham & District) 22:27, 40 Gary Rowlands-MacKenzie 22:34, 41 Darcus Beese 22:39, 42 Geraldine Hellings 22:39, 43 Tim Fessler (Kingfisher Triathlon) 22:47, 44 Tom Cole 22:49, 45 Jim Dowsett 22:53, 46 Sean Thompson 22:56, 47 Andrew Fickling 23:01, 48 Michael Eustace 23:11, 49 Stephen Jack 23:17, 50 Neil Crosbie 23:22, 51 Scott Smith 23:32, 52 Jolene Thompson 23:38, 53 Daniel Bradford 23:45, 54 unknown athlete 23:59, 55 Melissa Reynolds 24:01, 56 Chris Logan 24:08, 57 Charles Lawrie 24:17, 58 unknown athlete 24:26, 59 Simon Osborne 24:26, 60 Annelize Du Plessis (Thames Turbo Triathlon) 24:26, 61 John-Paul Davids 24:27, 62 Glen Dyer 24:38, 63 Matthew Fone 24:55, 64 Carl Warland 24:56, 65 Paula Wright (Epsom Allsorts) 25:00, 66 unknown athlete 25:08, 67 Derek Coughlan 25:18, 68 Raymond Kinsella 25:18, 69 Stuart Mair 25:20, 70 Tom Foster 25:23, 71 Kerstin Mercer 25:27, 72 David Levinson 25:38, 73 Elizabeth Tapp (Serpentine) 25:41, 74 Duncan Boyd 25:49, 75 Kirsten Rose 25:52, 76 Robert Beeby 26:24, 77 unknown athlete 26:28, 78 unknown athlete 27:19, 79 unknown athlete 27:19, 80 unknown athlete 27:29, 81 Nicola El Kadiri 27:43, 82 Philip Tosh 27:49, 83 Kelly Joseph 28:09, 84 Sam James 28:11, 85 Sue M Smedley 28:15, 86 Victoria Ferrier 28:36, 87 Alison Whelan 29:50, 88 Lauren Stirling 29:55, 89 Julie Piper 30:24, 90 Gavin Hannah 30:38, 91 Brian Arnold 30:47, 92 unknown athlete 30:52, 93 Melanie Archer 32:02, 94 Helen Beeby 33:30.