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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,899
    Hex said:
    AFKABartram said:
    Wow, great achievement @Hex

    was slower, but really enjoyed my run at Avery Hill yesterday 

    @AFKABartram You need to start experiencing other parkruns - there are plenty dotted along the A2 plus Ebbsfleet (it's got a different name) starts shortly.  Mrs Hex enjoyed the course while participating in the test run last week.
    I’m a creature of habit @Hex and don’t do change!

    I’ve done 116 now and bar the days of New Year double ups where I did Danson a couple of times, I’ve done 1 at Charlton but 113 have been at Avery Hill. I just feel loyal to it, and part of my enjoyment is seeing and thanking the same volunteer marshals at the same spots. 

    Lovely with the sun coming out this morning, but didn’t appreciate being overtaken by numerous people in full Halloween fancy dress (I did manage to beat the inflatable dinosaur though!)
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,082
    Battled Lanhydrock ParkRun down in Cornwall. 100m+ worth of elevation in the last 1.5km seems unfair. Great to run in a National Trust park though.


  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 4,998
    Hex said:
    RedPanda said:
    We went, I wore my running club top to show I'm local. The car park was full at 8:27, the cafe (with the only local toilet) was surprisingly quiet before. It's a very nice cafe actually, prices were okay. 

    It's a pleasant but fiddly course. I feel like 3 laps of the lake was the original idea, but they're still building houses. 

    I did Hull parkrun last week, that's a really pretty and fast one. They invest a lot of money in the park. Worth a go next season. 
    They are still building a bridge at one end of the course.  It will be a different configuration once all is complete.

    Do you think the lack of parking will limit numbers ?
    It should be okay once numbers settle to Cyclopark levels. Parking wasn't too bad, we spoke to someone who lives on the estate and she said the estate didn't feel swamped by cars. That'll be a really nice and fast course once the far end is open. 
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,147
    I ummed and ahhed about trekking to Ebbsfleet this morning. I’d decided against it because of their usual worries about being overwhelmed but then I saw they’d put it on the website with “Starting tomorrow” all over it so I thought if I’m up in time to drive there I will. 
    I wasn’t so I didn’t, I pootled up to tick off another Suffolk one instead. 
    It’s fun being a country bumpkin….except I still want to get a #1…

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