1) It's too bloody early on a Saturday morning 2) It's the morning after a night in the pub 3) Finishing behind people 30 years older than you 4) Finishing behind people 40 years younger than you 5) Seeing runners walking home before you've finished your 2nd lap 6) The Marshalls picking up their signs and walking in as you pass them on your last lap 7) Realising that the people you finished in front of are tailwalkers and have PB's 20mins quicker than yours 8) Thinking you've had a good run and being outside your PB by 2+ mins 9) Being lapped by a bloke with a buggy 10) It's 3 miles for goodness sake!
Was running about 10 minutes late and half way there it started to rain heavily so went back home for a full English, me and the boy have both promised to do the course tomorrow morning regardless of the weather.....
6) The Marshalls picking up their signs and walking in as you pass them on your last lap
it's worth having a quiet word with the run director about that. while it's not put you off it's the sort of thing that could easily mean a first timer doesn't come back
6) The Marshalls picking up their signs and walking in as you pass them on your last lap
it's worth having a quiet word with the run director about that. while it's not put you off it's the sort of thing that could easily mean a first timer doesn't come back
A very disappointing 43:08 (unofficial) today. Legs were dead but I think the Father Christmas hat slowed me down... Brilliant turnout today, must have been close to 300.
Just passed 700kms for the year - mostly at altitude, often in the snow & below freezing (and that’s just July over here!). Ithink that’s easily more than my previous 48 years combined - never too late to get out there and run....
Northala Fields xmas parkrun done. met up with a few friends, had a singsong with a specially written parkrun version of the 12 days of christmas, ran 5k in lovely conditions, got fed Nepali momos and now home in time for breakfast (having to pretend I haven't already eaten in the park). cracking start to the day
Christmas Day parkrun around Mountsfield Park in Catford, around the bowl of The Mount. Buck’s fizz, sherry, mince pies and biscuits at the end!
@InspectorSands I'm glad you mentioned the Mount, I'm planning on running Catford on NYD and it hadn't even occurred to me that it was round the mount. Was the stadium in the loop you do in the bottom left corner of the route map?
Christmas Day parkrun around Mountsfield Park in Catford, around the bowl of The Mount. Buck’s fizz, sherry, mince pies and biscuits at the end!
@InspectorSands I'm glad you mentioned the Mount, I'm planning on running Catford on NYD and it hadn't even occurred to me that it was round the mount. Was the stadium in the loop you do in the bottom left corner of the route map?
In my last 6 Parkruns I’ve had 5 with amazing consistency, finishing within a spread of 16 seconds. And then a random one in the middle where I run 52 seconds faster than my next best. Can’t explain that one or why it wasn’t so significantly different as I didn’t feel I was running any faster.
My first run for 5 weeks and just wanted to get below 30 mins to test if my back was up to it! Surprised to get below 28 mins and feeling ok ! Have decided to have an alcohol free and healthy January with a 5k a day for 30 days
For all you ParkRunners, there's a podcast interview with the Chief Executive of ParkRun you might be interested in - all about how it started and has grown etc.
did woodhouse moor in leeds before heading to barnsley. possibly the windiest run ever, I was really fighting to not get blown off the path at times, good fun though
did woodhouse moor in leeds before heading to barnsley. possibly the windiest run ever, I was really fighting to not get blown off the path at times, good fun though
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Ten Reasons Not To Do It
1) It's too bloody early on a Saturday morning
2) It's the morning after a night in the pub
3) Finishing behind people 30 years older than you
4) Finishing behind people 40 years younger than you
5) Seeing runners walking home before you've finished your 2nd lap
6) The Marshalls picking up their signs and walking in as you pass them on your last lap
7) Realising that the people you finished in front of are tailwalkers and have PB's 20mins quicker than yours
8) Thinking you've had a good run and being outside your PB by 2+ mins
9) Being lapped by a bloke with a buggy
10) It's 3 miles for goodness sake!
One Reason To Do It
1) I bloody love it!
Brilliant turnout today, must have been close to 300.
Little bastards turn on a sixpence, but have no stamina. Managed to beat them 8-6 over 90 minutes.
Football is bad for running... Confirmed.
Hoping for a little cobweb blowing in the morning
Was a lovely morning for a run, perfect conditions.
Anyone else out this morning, how did you do?
Was not surprising after 7 days of drinking late nihghts and junk food and just glad I didn't keel over.
Glad I did it though and big numbers there
Hope I get to be as good as all the Mo Farahs on here.
It is available on iTunes etc, but also here:
https://drchatterjee.com/parkrun-celebration-community-nick-pearson/