Whereas Parkrun doesn’t classify instances as world information, describing its occasions as a “run and never a race”, it’s the second report to be set on the Belfast venue in 12 months after fellow Irish worldwide runner Ciara Mageean, 32, set a finest girls’s time of 15mins 13secs in December.
Griggs, who burst on to the athletics scene in the summertime of 2021 when he gained the European Underneath-20 3,000m title as a 16-year-old, missed out on choice for the Paris Olympics however has responded by setting private bests over 1500m, 3,000m and 5,000m.
Griggs, who’s in motion on the Irish Cross Nation Championships in Enniskillen on 17 November, additionally has a watch on the European Championships in Turkey.
“Our coaching group do the Parkrun the week earlier than the Irish Cross Nation Championships as a tough run out so we are able to really feel the ache slightly bit and get ready,” stated Griggs, who stated his schedule was “busy however very pleasant”.
“I do not suppose anybody actually knew till we completed. I checked out my watch and noticed I had taken a second off the world report.” he added.
“It was fairly stunning. I wasn’t actually fascinated about it, to be trustworthy.
“All of us realised after and there was a little bit of a buzz round it.”
