Have marshalled Danson Park 3 times with my club Plumstead Runners but not actually done a Park Run before. The trail parts running through the woods just don't appeal to me. Give me a 5k road run any day.
Is there a minimum ability / time expectation or could fat gits in their sixties with a bit of arthritis have a bash on a good pain free day given that it would be more 'walk' than 'run'?
Is there a minimum ability / time expectation or could fat gits in their sixties with a bit of arthritis have a bash on a good pain free day given that it would be more 'walk' than 'run'?
I understand most are c 5K.
This is the beauty of the Parkrun. It is open to all ages and abilities. At Bushy the fastest time is usually around 15 minutes (!) and the slowest is approaching an hour. All are welcome though, it's more of a community thing.
I've done the Bromley (Norman Park) run four times as early training for London Marathon. Definitely being surrounded by other runners inspires you to run your fastest times. Have knocked nearly four minutes from first run to fourth. Open to all ages and abilities - very well organised, great workout at 9am on a Saturday morning!
The one at Hilly Fields in Brockley has a little group who walk it - they're mostly older women, but they clock in about 45 minutes, not far behind the slowest runners.
I've never been a runner, but I walked that Parkrun last October when I was recovering from a broken ankle - it was unexpectedly exhausting (and the Ladies Who Walk left me for dust) but good fun and did me a world of good.
The Parkrun website - https://www.parkrun.org.uk/ - has results for each course, if you want an idea of how you'd do.
Walk and cycle round avery hill park very often (used to run round last year) and always thought about doing the park run, but don't like the route of 3 times round and running across the grass along the tree line, plus doing the 'hill' from the gates on the main road up to the building that's the worst bit and I dread it even doing 2 laps of the path. I know it's psychological, as it's not even that bad a hill, but not sure I could do that 'hill' 3 times and finish before lunchtime!
The best bit of that park on foot and bike is past the tree line across the stream and against the football trainding fields. Which is missed out on park run!
Have done both Norman Park and Avery Hill and marshalled at both. Avery Hill is the preferred run, and Suzi's right, they don't use enough of the park. I think that has something to do with the dog walkers.
Always found Avery Hill well organized, numbers were in their 50's when we started, but I gather now it's well over 250 each week.
just got back into running (outdoors) combination fields woods roads 7m is my PB. my running buddy introduced me to a great app "mapmyride" tracks your run or cycle and gives stats plus you can invite others in to see your activity and see theirs. May not be every ones cup tee but works for me as a motivation
until NYE I hadn't run one in 4 months due to a hernia but I'm now on 167 park runs at 78 different venues. probably try to get up to 100 different ones by the end of the year
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Occasionally at Dartford and Shorne.
The trail parts running through the woods just don't appeal to me. Give me a 5k road run any day.
Is there a minimum ability / time expectation or could fat gits in their sixties with a bit of arthritis have a bash on a good pain free day given that it would be more 'walk' than 'run'?
I understand most are c 5K.
Drove past Danson last month and couldn't believe the amount of people doing it. Great concept
Now retired.
It's totally inclusive, so no need to worry about minimum ability - some people walk the whole distance.
I've never been a runner, but I walked that Parkrun last October when I was recovering from a broken ankle - it was unexpectedly exhausting (and the Ladies Who Walk left me for dust) but good fun and did me a world of good.
The Parkrun website - https://www.parkrun.org.uk/ - has results for each course, if you want an idea of how you'd do.
The best bit of that park on foot and bike is past the tree line across the stream and against the football trainding fields. Which is missed out on park run!
Genuinely fancied another crack at that.
Avery Hill is the preferred run, and Suzi's right, they don't use enough of the park. I think that has something to do with the dog walkers.
Always found Avery Hill well organized, numbers were in their 50's when we started, but I gather now it's well over 250 each week.