parkrun

[Abbott]

I would like to see a French person on the Trustee Board

[cslwannabe]

Wonder what parkrun has in store bringing those on board - the number and profile of the individuals? Some seem a more obvious fit than others…

[downthepub]

sausage76 said:

Did my first one on saturday.

Great fun well organised and friendly. Managed a decent enough time for my first go and finished 4th in age group which I was chuffed with.

I think the guy in third was a visitor so fingers crossed this weekend I can get in top 3 for my age group

Nice one! Seems like the bug has bitten already and good luck with chipping away at that PB and a top 3 finish.

[john2443]

cslwannabe said:

Even if they’ve had a practice event (do all new events do this automatically?) I don’t imagine it fully prepares them for several hundred people turning up to event #1.

New event teams do a take over at an existing event (we scared the bejasus out of a new ED when she took us over and we had 600! Her event gets about 80 so she finds it easy in comparison.) and do a trial which has to be at 9 (Eng and Wal) on Saturday - trial events used to be at other times so people didn't miss a real run but it was decided that they need to be at the right time to be sure no one was playing football, riding horses etc across the route.

Nothing prepares you for several hundred other than having done it!

[sausage76]

downthepub said:

Nice one! Seems like the bug has bitten already and good luck with chipping away at that PB and a top 3 finish.

Cheers. Got todays done, but alot more people today so imagine also more people in my age group.

We shall see later when the results come through.

[5pen]

The conditions were horrible at my regular parkrun yesterday - rain, wind and ankle deep puddles in places. Probably the 2nd worst weather-wise I’ve experienced in the 5 and a bit years I’ve been attending. Which makes it all the more remarkable that we had 7 folk doing their first ever parkrun (in a much lower turnout than usual) and that it didn’t put off one of our regulars completing his 250th - well done Ron who is 87 years young!

[john2443]

Check Tunbridge Wells pics! "muddier than a Hippo's swimming pool"

https://www.facebook.com/royaltunbridgewellsparkru...

[5pen]

Haha. I’ve run at Tunbridge Wells a few times and it has been very muddy, but not quite as bad as that.

From 2019 (not me);

[john2443]

A friend posted pics from Chippenham parksplash!

Shocking to see the volunteer isn't wearing a lifejacket ( https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... on Saturday for context)

[Still Mulling]

Yeah, this week's Chippenham should definitely have classed as a swim-run event!

[Steve vRS]

I thought Lake Victoria at the Warrington event was bad!!

[5pen]

After the water of last week, now it’s ice. Plenty of cancellations due to icy paths, so check before you travel.

[spikeyhead]

Cold this morning, -3. Only six seconds outside my PB, finally feel I'm coming back after a minor knee injury being stupid in the gym a few weeks ago.

[James6112]

-2 here today
Did my best time since March 2020, from before the covid days!
I aim to run every day this year, 21 days in, can’t stop now..

[MesoForm]

5pen said:

After the water of last week, now it’s ice. Plenty of cancellations due to icy paths, so check before you travel.

Yeah, the "Norwich" parkrun was cancelled as it's on flat concrete paths, from reading on Facebook people turned up because they didn't see it was cancelled, ran it, then agreed with the organisers that cancelling was the best option as parts were pretty lethal.
All the others in and around Norwich went ahead as they're mostly offroad.
I went to a club mate's milestone run - 150 parkruns, 100 volunteer days and 100 parkruns at the run we went to all on the same day. Not sure how much of that was planned well in advance and how much it was a lucky accident!

A minute behind PB for me but wasn't really running for a time, I'll be switching from 2 runs a week to 3 so PBs will follow that.

[smn159]

Trip to Bushy today for my mates 250th. 1300+ there but really well organised and great fun.Herd of deer in the middle of the park during the run as well.

[sausage76]

No park run by me today called off due to the icy conditions.

Did get a 5k in anyway and managed my best time ever. Progress is progress

Last week at parkrun managed 1st in age group which I was very happy about.

[downthepub]

Fortunate that Aberdeen (beach) was on, almost all the neighbouring parkruns were cancelled due to icy conditions. Big turnout and a standard time for me. Ambient temperature ok at about 3C, but the wind was biting as hell. After we got going it was ok but I really wish the RD would keep the briefing, er, brief, when it's perishing.

[LastPoster]

First Parkrun since 2021 today. I only completed 4 then having done 74 in a couple of years pre Covid.

Took it nice and steady, I used to normally end up in the 25's before March 2020 but three years older, two stone heavier and haven't run at all in over a year so 35s will do

Waiting for those results now

ETA. 33.15, happy with that

Edited by LastPoster on Saturday 4th February 11:33

[Alex@POD]

Tyne Green parkrun today, lovely fast course run by a great team of volunteers. Also my best time in a long time, 27:48 when most of my parkruns over the last 6 months were on the high side of 32 (including 2 weeks ago!)