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While Parkrun does not classify times as world records, describing its events as a “run and not a race”, it is the second record to be set at the Belfast venue in 12 months after fellow Irish international runner Ciara Mageean, 32, set a best women’s time of 15mins 13secs in December.<\/p>\n
Griggs, who burst on to the athletics scene in the summer of 2021 when he won the European Under-20 3,000m title as a 16-year-old, missed out on selection for the Paris Olympics but has responded by setting personal bests over 1500m, 3,000m and 5,000m.<\/p>\n
Griggs, who is in action at the Irish Cross Country Championships in Enniskillen on 17 November, also has an eye on the European Championships in Turkey.<\/p>\n
“Our training group do the Parkrun the week before the Irish Cross Country Championships as a hard run out so we can feel the pain a little bit and get prepared,” said Griggs, who said his schedule was “busy but very enjoyable”.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think anyone really knew until we finished. I looked at my watch and saw I had taken a second off the world record.” he added.<\/p>\n
“It was pretty shocking. I wasn’t really thinking about it, to be honest. <\/p>\n
“We all realised after and there was a bit of a buzz around it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n