I recently agreed to bring national level 12 year old runner Maya along to the 5km course of Woking parkrun. Not wildly dissimilar in pace for a sub 20 5K at the time, Maya has an incredibly positive and balanced attitude towards running for someone so young and her record breaking run at Woking was nothing short of amazing.
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22 Comments
Awesome vid 🤩 Where’s the next parkrun adventure going to be?
Excellent running! Amazing editing as usual 😁
Wowsers. She looks really smooth and effortless. Name to watch out for.
Great video 👍👍
Excellent video, that really is fantastic from Maya! This made me curious to see what the equivalent record was at my local parkrun (Hull) – turns out it's 18:24, set in 2010, making it our oldest surviving age category record!
Absolutely incredible!
Maya is an inspiration. Her form looks effortless. Plus she's having the time of her life while running 🏃♀️
Great video 📹
Great content Harry! At my local parkrun (Shepparton, Australia) this past Saturday I also witnessed a stunning run by Emily Davies of 18:39. She is in the same category as Maya – JW 11-14. Incredible to think both of these young women will only get much faster!!
Awesome Maya! I'm sure there are so many more records to come. What a finish, time and percentage….at only 12 years old! Incredible. Harry's 'the main thing is that we just enjoy this' is a stand out comment for so many Parkrunners out there (perhaps sometimes easier to do looking back after the finish line rather than 3km in though!).
What a down to earth cool kid. Wish i had her abilities at that age or even now for that matter. Well done on the new record!
a wonderfully polite young girl with the world at her feet. keep going Maya everybody will know that name in 10 years time.
Terrific video
Beautiful stride. I wish my run looked like that. I hope she makes the most of this gift. (Also, great socks.)
Everything about this video is brilliant!
What an amazing lass. So natural and makes a 52 yr old man depressed with his sub 25 😉
What a lovely girl and a great runner. Outstanding !
👏👏👏
Great to see such a natural runner! Well done!
Well done Maya. Awesome performance 👍
Incredible. I have been running since I was 10/11. 46 now. Just done 18:02. The difference with Maya and me back then is encouragement. Kids need encouragement for confidence.
She has a talent, she knows it, she has support. Let's hope she continues to enjoy it and go for gold.
Well done Maya. Great video. 👍
My 11 year old daughter runs a 19:23 right now and it's the same. They make it look so effortless. I could never look that good running. Just keep them healthy and having fun and don't burn them out.
Her technique is very good