First proper park run this year (did the Mote Park route on my own two hours late a couple of weeks back - long story!) and got 39.08 at Milton Creek - pre Christmas was 38:55.
Have really struggled to keep my gym routine in synch with the Parkrun but have swapped 5km runs midweek for HIT and weights and weight is heading south as well as waistline!
Would be delighted if I could get sub 35 mins by summer!
Day 20 of dry January as well
Just need one of those games where we score more than the other team (I think it’s called “a win”) and it will be the perfect Saturday!
Was a lovely morning for it. Managed my fastest since Oct 22 so was pleased with that. Just another 4 mins to knock off and I’m PB challenging again lol
Rutland Water Reservoir slog today. Really pleasant and not windy across the damm section (usually is when dead calm elsewhere) 26.14 not bad and fastest ytd, but my PB's of yesteryear are but distant memories now. 😟
Went up to Hampstead Heath which had pretty much everything - mud, ice, hills and dog walkers. Never really got going but it was fun, would like to do it again when the conditions are better.
Went up to Hampstead Heath which had pretty much everything - mud, ice, hills and dog walkers. Never really got going but it was fun, would like to do it again when the conditions are better.
Hampstead is one of my favourites. Massive area for exploring afterwards too.
We went to Reigate, has some hills, woods, flat parts and a pond so a nice mixture. Also some of the best parkrun toilets you'll find.
Ran 8k on Thursday, and got a better than usual time today (28.45). Did alright as didn't get home until midnight and then got woken up by my cat headbanging the bedroom door at 8.40... not ideal preparation. Hopefully on the up!
Didn’t park run today but headed out for 9 miles. Working towards the Folkestone 10 mile race on Good Friday and then maybe a half marathon a month or so after
Ran 8k on Thursday, and got a better than usual time today (28.45). Did alright as didn't get home until midnight and then got woken up by my cat headbanging the bedroom door at 8.40... not ideal preparation. Hopefully on the up!
Ran 8k on Thursday, and got a better than usual time today (28.45). Did alright as didn't get home until midnight and then got woken up by my cat headbanging the bedroom door at 8.40... not ideal preparation. Hopefully on the up!
You made a 9am start waking up at 8.40???
Are you a park keeper?
Lolive at the top of a hill, park at the bottom of it. I get dressed fireman style then can career wildly down the hill as a warm up. Much prefer getting up a bit earlier TBF as then there's less chance of crapping myself halfway round
I ran the Thames Path Parkrun this morning. Approx 260 runners, great course, enthusiastic volunteers and finish line cafe. Pretty decent conditions also, given it's February. What's not to like? Didn't see any Charlton shirts.
Northampton (old race course) today. An identical time to last week's elsewhere, although I eased off the pace a bit in the last furlong to avoid pulling a fetlock as I'm doing a 10k road race from East Carlton Country Park in Leicestershire tomorrow and it's steeply uphill in the last mile. Don't like hills, especially that one 😟
Didn't wake up in time (which means 8.55) and you can blame the end of dry Jan for that did a 10k on Thursday, first for a long time so will maybe do another tomorrow to make up for it
Had a virus midweek so gave Mote Park a miss, which is a shame as Kelly Holmes ran it (Shorne Woods last week). My running mate is pleased because he was only 2 mins slower than an Olympic champion!
Had a virus midweek so gave Mote Park a miss, which is a shame as Kelly Holmes ran it (Shorne Woods last week). My running mate is pleased because he was only 2 mins slower than an Olympic champion!
Since upping my gym sessions and taking up park running I have had the least viruses for a long time - I haven’t had one since mid spring 23. I think this is connected
Today's 10k run elevation chart. Did well to finish in under an hour and didn't walk up the hill near the end for a change (Don't tell anyone but I took the bus😉)
Today's 10k run elevation chart. Did well to finish in under an hour and didn't walk up the hill near the end for a change (Don't tell anyone but I took the bus😉)
13k yesterday. Not sure whether to keep cranking up the distance or to try and add speed. Appreciate that doing the whole run fast then slow (and there's a hill near me to up the difficulty) is the best for building speed, but I really hate dong it! Maybe I'll get better at it if I keep trying.
I woke a free place in the royal parks half earlier. Did it a couple of years back and looking forward to doing at again later this year.
on another note I discovered that running is great for my mental health. I am not one of the world’s natural smilers and there are very few pictures of me comfortably grinning. One of the members at our club grabs loads of photos of us pre and post race and when collecting some into an album today I noticed that in many of them I am smiling. I don’t consciously remember doing it so it was clearly a spontaneous/natural thing. Must be a positive thing this running lark.
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Have really struggled to keep my gym routine in synch with the Parkrun but have swapped 5km runs midweek for HIT and weights and weight is heading south as well as waistline!
Day 20 of dry January as well
Just need one of those games where we score more than the other team (I think it’s called “a win”) and it will be the perfect Saturday!
We went to Reigate, has some hills, woods, flat parts and a pond so a nice mixture. Also some of the best parkrun toilets you'll find.
Are you a park keeper?
on another note I discovered that running is great for my mental health. I am not one of the world’s natural smilers and there are very few pictures of me comfortably grinning. One of the members at our club grabs loads of photos of us pre and post race and when collecting some into an album today I noticed that in many of them I am smiling. I don’t consciously remember doing it so it was clearly a spontaneous/natural thing. Must be a positive thing this running lark.
on a serious note, I cannot recommend anything more for mental health than running / exercise