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Roger645

1,728 posts

246 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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lost in espace said:
First ever parkrun today, chose Clermont, Florida. Nice bunch of people, lots of Brits. Might even pop down to my local one in St Albans now!
We did Clermont in March, lovely run, started at sunrise which was really nice. Bit of an early start though.

FIK

372 posts

156 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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ED209 said:
surprised by that, i thought marathon training would be bad for speed!
I've been doing 5 sessions a week which always includes a speed session and a tempo run. This speed work has benefitted me across all distances, new PB's at 10k and half in the last couple of months to add to the Parkrun PB.

FIK

372 posts

156 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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Is it St Albans that starts by the chimes of the town hall clock?

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It didn't when I did it a couple of weeks ago.

john2443

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6,325 posts

210 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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Willy Nilly said:
How is the age grading worked out?
It's the world record time for your age and gender divided by your time.

So if the world record is 15 mins, you run 20 mins, your age grade is 75%, if you run 30 mins it's 50%.

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

166 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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john2443 said:
Willy Nilly said:
How is the age grading worked out?
It's the world record time for your age and gender divided by your time.

So if the world record is 15 mins, you run 20 mins, your age grade is 75%, if you run 30 mins it's 50%.
thanks

lufbramatt

5,318 posts

133 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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Thought there must be a parkrun thread on here somewhere smile

Done 2 now, at Maidstone. Lovely out and back course alongside the river with a little loop around a park at the end. first one was 19:45, second 19:23. Target is to get sub 17 before my 30th birthday in October as that was my dad's PB.

Halb

53,012 posts

182 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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Penny Flash for me this weekend, so long as no unforeseen occurrences occur.

dirtbiker

1,165 posts

165 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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Going to attempt to get along to the Aberdeen Beach run this Saturday (hangover permitting) - anyone else thinking of it?

m444ttb

3,160 posts

228 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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FIK said:
I've been doing 5 sessions a week which always includes a speed session and a tempo run. This speed work has benefitted me across all distances, new PB's at 10k and half in the last couple of months to add to the Parkrun PB.
My 5k time has come right down since January from adding a long slow run onto a similar weekly structure. A most unexpected benefit!

This weekend will be the first parkrun I've missed in a year. Off to the airport shortly for the Madrid half. Shame parkrun hasn't made it to Spain yet!

RizzoTheRat

25,085 posts

191 months

Saturday 3rd May 2014
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455 finishers for the inaugural Rushmoor (Aldershot) parkrun today. Apparently a new record for an inaugural event by a big margin. The fact that Frimley Lodge wasn't happening today do to a local show may have had something to do with it though.

Cybertronian

1,516 posts

162 months

Saturday 3rd May 2014
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Had a good one this morning at my local. Wanted to go sub-20 to prove to myself that I still had some leg turnover inside me after months of marathon training - managed to come back home with 19:47! Pleased as punch but I know there's a lot of hardwork ahead this summer if I'm going to make it to sub-19 (PB is 19:18).

ewenm

28,506 posts

244 months

Saturday 3rd May 2014
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Looks like the Bath event is getting closer to reality. The proposal should be submitted to parkrun UK in the next couple of weeks.

markh1973

1,787 posts

167 months

Saturday 3rd May 2014
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Cybertronian said:
Had a good one this morning at my local. Wanted to go sub-20 to prove to myself that I still had some leg turnover inside me after months of marathon training - managed to come back home with 19:47! Pleased as punch but I know there's a lot of hardwork ahead this summer if I'm going to make it to sub-19 (PB is 19:18).
Also had a good one this morning. First time this year running without one of the kids and knocked 77 seconds off my old PB to record 21:43. Really pleased as I haven't been doing any speedwork but have been concentrating on extending the time I can run for as I have my first 10k in 3 weeks and a 5 miler a couple of weeks after that.

john2443

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6,325 posts

210 months

Monday 5th May 2014
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Having injured myself doing a session last week I decided to take it gently on Saturday which meant I could pace my daughter to 29:59, her first sub 30, so although my target was intended to be around 23:45 it was a worthwhile run to prove to her that she can do sub 30!

Zigster

1,636 posts

143 months

Thursday 8th May 2014
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I've just signed up to Parkrun and intend to do my first on Saturday (Clair Park, Haywards Heath).

I used to run quite a bit but have done barely any in the last 7 years (not a coincidence that my eldest is 7 years old) and I need to get back into it for health reasons (mental and physical!). Parkrun is such a great concept - hoping it will kickstart me.

RizzoTheRat

25,085 posts

191 months

Thursday 8th May 2014
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Zigster said:
hoping it will kickstart me.
Best way to do that is hang around for a coffee/cake/breakfast with people afterwards, great way to meet people who run and I now go running in the week with people I met through Parkrun, which means I actually do go running in the week rather than getting home and deciding I can't be bothered.

markh1973

1,787 posts

167 months

Friday 9th May 2014
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Zigster said:
I've just signed up to Parkrun and intend to do my first on Saturday (Clair Park, Haywards Heath).

I used to run quite a bit but have done barely any in the last 7 years (not a coincidence that my eldest is 7 years old) and I need to get back into it for health reasons (mental and physical!). Parkrun is such a great concept - hoping it will kickstart me.
I signed up to parkrun and started running again (after 20 years in my case) for the same reasons (I find running just empties my head except for thoughts of pace, distance etc and so is great for handling my depression). The fact that I want to improve my parkrun time and ensure that I had no problem keeping up with my kids means that I am motivated to go out during the week. Did my first race last Monday and have another two to look forward to in the next month and a HM in October.

Get out there and just run whatever the weather - it will make you feel better.

john2443

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6,325 posts

210 months

Saturday 17th May 2014
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JQ

5,691 posts

178 months

Saturday 17th May 2014
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I've now done a couple of Parkruns and loved it. I took my two lads a couple of weeks ago and left them in the very capable hands of their grandfather whilst I ran. I was really disappointed when running round Wythenshawe Park (2 laps) not to have seen them once cheering on daddy.

I got to the finish only to find out they'd been upset about being left out and had run 1 lap of the entire course themselves dragging along a 73 year old grandad in jeans and shoes, overtaking quite a few other runners. Grandad's quite fit! So I've now signed up my 4 and 5 year old sons and we're off to do a junior run tomorrow. Can't wait.

markh1973

1,787 posts

167 months

Saturday 17th May 2014
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JQ said:
I've now done a couple of Parkruns and loved it. I took my two lads a couple of weeks ago and left them in the very capable hands of their grandfather whilst I ran. I was really disappointed when running round Wythenshawe Park (2 laps) not to have seen them once cheering on daddy.

I got to the finish only to find out they'd been upset about being left out and had run 1 lap of the entire course themselves dragging along a 73 year old grandad in jeans and shoes, overtaking quite a few other runners. Grandad's quite fit! So I've now signed up my 4 and 5 year old sons and we're off to do a junior run tomorrow. Can't wait.
My youngest started at 4 and has nw done 23 runs. My eldest has been doing SATS all week and when I picked him up yesterday wanted to know if he could do parkrun this morning despite the fact that he was doing a 4k race this afternoon.

So this morning he did a 25 minute parkrun and this afternoon a 22 minute 4k. He struggled a little this afternoon as his 9 year old little brother did the 4k in just over 20 minutes but then he hadn't done parkrun this morning.