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  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    PARK RUN

    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!
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Didn't manage it today, still steaming pissed
  • Chef_addick
    Chef_addick Posts: 2,196
    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.....
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    Pissing down today so swerved it. 12 miles + tomorrow though.
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    Riviera said:


    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
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    rina said:

    Riviera said:


    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
    My list was just a bit of fun.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    Very glad I planned my weekend run for this morning rather than yesterday, what a contrast
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    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.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    Gutted to miss this morning, got a shitty cold, bad chest etc so decided to swerve it. Regretted it come 9am
  • Daddy_Pig
    Daddy_Pig Posts: 496
    First one back after 6 months off. Bloody missed it. About 5 mins slower than average and legs are still like jelly
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  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    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....
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    edited December 2018
    Currently have a groin strain caused by playing football against a team of 17/18 year olds.

    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.
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    edited December 2018
    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
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,827
    Just run 8k through -0.5 frost covered fields. Not eaten yet and halfway through a glass of prosecco and feel smashed. Bloody love Christmas.
  • AllLeftFoot
    AllLeftFoot Posts: 1,500
    Five miles this morning - must be an allowance for an extra bit of pudding later...
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    AllLeftFoot said:

    Five miles this morning - must be an allowance for an extra bit of pudding later...

    Did you hop? :wink:
  • InspectorSands
    InspectorSands Posts: 5,188
    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!
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    InspectorSands said:

    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?
  • InspectorSands
    InspectorSands Posts: 5,188
    rina said:

    InspectorSands said:

    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?
    Yup, the very one. I might be there too on NYD.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    231 at Avery Hill this morning and 369 at Danson. Unbelievable turnouts.

    Hoping for a little cobweb blowing in the morning
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  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    AFKABartram said:

    231 at Avery Hill this morning and 369 at Danson. Unbelievable turnouts.

    Hoping for a little cobweb blowing in the morning

    there were 2011 at Bushy. incredible
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    229 at Avery Hill this morning, noticing one or two more Charlton in recent weeks.

    Was a lovely morning for a run, perfect conditions.

    Anyone else out this morning, how did you do?
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,827
    Diabolical performance today at Bedgebury and a good 3 minutes off pb.

    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
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    edited December 2018
    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.
  • valleyaddick
    valleyaddick Posts: 112
    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
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,892
    Starting next Saturday to appease the missus. Hate running but willing to give it a go.

    Hope I get to be as good as all the Mo Farahs on here.
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,420
    Macronate said:

    Starting next Saturday to appease the missus. Hate running but willing to give it a go.

    Hope I get to be as good as all the Mo Farah Slater's on here.

    ;)

  • AllLeftFoot
    AllLeftFoot Posts: 1,500
    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.

    It is available on iTunes etc, but also here:

    https://drchatterjee.com/parkrun-celebration-community-nick-pearson/
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    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
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,633
    rina said:

    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 they supply the hobnail boots?

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