ParkRun / Running Thread

There's a park run just started 2 mins from my house and on the route where I already train.. happy days. Be nice to not run on my own all the time !. 

Cloudworm said:

Brighton Addick said:

Cloudworm said:

Can anyone recommend an affordable running watch. Not sure if they exist, but one with GPS and an MP3 player, ideally.

Cheers

Garmin Forerunner 245 music does the job for me - it tracks your runs and plays podcasts, music, etc. Available around £200 so not that affordable, but I don’t think you’ll get anything with those features for less. 

Thanks for your advice everyone. Definitely want to leave my phone at home. Main phone is Apple, but been thinking of going full time Android anyway. 

I might go for the Garmin here, I think. Thanks Brighton.

I used to live in Brighton, by the way. Got a bit bored of running on the front and didn't have the legs to tackle the hills. 

I used to live in Brighton as well :-).  Moved a few miles down the road to Shoreham-by-Sea when the children arrived to get more space.  Said first child is now 9 and 'enjoying' his first season ticket at the Valley - time really flies! Excellent running around here with the flat sea front and then only 2 miles into the beautiful South Downs.  

I use the Runcasts app to sync up podcasts to the Forerunner 245 - I've not found better with that watch.  Your music you can sync up through iTunes.

no music @Rothko ?

Charlton_Charlie said:

@Cloudworm wiggle has a sale on....garmin music/running watch here...cheaper than the 245... https://www.wiggle.co.uk/garmin-forerunner-645-music-running-gps-watch

Thanks Charlie. Think it’s sold out now though.

I'd recommend the Fenix 5 over the 645. (Rothko's link) although those are reconditioned.

First park run after a fair few weeks, and I was on the fags and ciders last night. Not ideal prep but managed a shade over 29 mins which I'd have taken

Rothko said:

Yeah it does @Charlton_Charlie, just checked with my brother to confirm

are you sure? I thought the fenix 5 doesn't have music, it's the fenix 5 plus which does

Hex said:

Mrs Hex was a timekeeper at Swanley Park today.  Both of us are still recovering (very slowly) from colds and jabs so couldn’t run although we both did last Sunday’s test event.  The course is split into 3 loops which you run twice but each loop starts and finishes at a potential pinch point.  Not sure how 150+ runners navigated it today.

I got over to Swanley yesterday - it’s a bizarre course but seemed to work well with 80-ish people doing it. Never been to that park before, nice place. Lovely volunteers, got a very warm welcome in my Charlton top.

Volunteered at Hilly Fields juniors this morning and there were more kids in Charlton tops than any other team. 

InspectorSands said:

Hex said:

Mrs Hex was a timekeeper at Swanley Park today.  Both of us are still recovering (very slowly) from colds and jabs so couldn’t run although we both did last Sunday’s test event.  The course is split into 3 loops which you run twice but each loop starts and finishes at a potential pinch point.  Not sure how 150+ runners navigated it today.

I got over to Swanley yesterday - it’s a bizarre course but seemed to work well with 80-ish people doing it. Never been to that park before, nice place. Lovely volunteers, got a very warm welcome in my Charlton top.

Volunteered at Hilly Fields juniors this morning and there were more kids in Charlton tops than any other team. 

I’ll tell Mrs Hex you think she’s “lovely” !

Hex said:

InspectorSands said:

Hex said:

Mrs Hex was a timekeeper at Swanley Park today.  Both of us are still recovering (very slowly) from colds and jabs so couldn’t run although we both did last Sunday’s test event.  The course is split into 3 loops which you run twice but each loop starts and finishes at a potential pinch point.  Not sure how 150+ runners navigated it today.

I got over to Swanley yesterday - it’s a bizarre course but seemed to work well with 80-ish people doing it. Never been to that park before, nice place. Lovely volunteers, got a very warm welcome in my Charlton top.

Volunteered at Hilly Fields juniors this morning and there were more kids in Charlton tops than any other team. 

I’ll tell Mrs Hex you think she’s “lovely” !

Ha! I think we had a chat... someone came up right at the end to show me his Charlton facemask, as you do. All good fun.

Got myself a Garmin Forerunner245 music and the thing id driving me mental. Firstly, I just want it to play music. Managed to do it last week, when I first got it. Linked it to a PC and used Windows Media Player to put a few albums on it, connected it to my bluetooth earphones and it was playing fine. Now I've got it home and tried again, it won't go to the same menu and keeps going on about Spotify. I don't waant to use Spotify. I just want it to play the music that I loaded onto it!

Any ideas? Thanks.

I want to run the equivalent distance between my house and my uncles house in Ireland, through a mixture of street and treadmill running. Is there an app where I can calculate the route and add the distances run so I can see where I am on the map?

RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

Does this help at all https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/forerunner245/EN-US/GUID-8702C05F-0915-455A-AABA-079D8374FCD8.html

I think if you click on the "Listening to music" link it might help you 

That did RCT. Thanks. I keep getting to things once and having no idea how I did it. So infuriating! Having no homepage is a real problem. Also, can’t seem to play concurrent albums by the same artist. Just loops the first one you pick. Grrrrr....

It’s an album actually mate. I’m pretty sure to get 2 albums to play consecutively I would need to create a playlist. If I play by artist, it plays songs from both albums alphabetically and if I play by album, it loops the album. I guess when I get used to it, I’ll play whatever I want when I’m in the middle of a run. Thanks.