Keswick Parkrun Magic

[theoldfellow]

Just back from my usual (7th week in a row) parkrun at Keswick. Photos are forward and back at about 1.5Km in ( or 1.5Km from the finish on the way back...)

You may just see a Lady in her wedding dress running up ahead with a man in an orange shirt, it was their 50th Anniversary. Way to go! 👏

As for me I tried going faster at the get go today, and although I had to Jeff a couple of times, this did seem to improve everything. I sprinted the last 100 meters and overtook loads of runners! (but not the Happy Couple)

Position: 182 of 236

Time: 34:19 a new PB!

Age Weighting for VM65-69 50.27% Yay! Another target reached.

Happy Saturday beloved Runners! ❤❤❤

[Tbae]

Brillant.💥🏃‍♂️💥

[mountaindreamer Graduate10]

Wow - hope we’re still around and doing Parkruns for our 50th anniversary! (The image would be a bit different, though, as there’s no way we’d be running anywhere near each other! My other half thinks he nearly hit 21mins today!!! 😂😂🏃‍♂️.................🏃‍♀️🙄😎)

Well done on your PB, oldfellow! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😃🏃‍♂️❤️

Glad to hear you’ve discovered the joy of the sprint finish! I did it among a close pack of finishers for the first time today, causing me to over shoot, then have to back track to workout my order for the finishing bar codes! 😳😖😃❤️

Still waiting for our official times.

I’d not heard of the term Jeffing until reading it in a post yesterday. Has me wondering who the original Jeff was, and did he keep stopping to walk on purpose or not! 😂😂😂❤️

[theoldfellow in reply to mountaindreamer]

I like the 'Jeffing' word. It's our secret running code for having a rest.😉 Actually the science is good, just a short rest to lower the heart rate (for us biological pacemakers anyway) and let the other organs catch up.

[mountaindreamer Graduate10 in reply to theoldfellow]

Ah, I see, so there’s a theory behind it! As a “non-biological”, I don’t really understand this desire for lower pulse rates...I feel so much better when I can persuade mine to go higher! 😂😂❤️

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Well done theoldfellow, a PB and a beautiful day by the look of it. I love the way people dress up on celebration runs. Enjoy the rest of your magic plan week.

[AndyD Graduate10]

"Jeffing" refers to the run/walk technique devolved by Jeff Galloway which is normally on a fixed number of minutes (or seconds) of running and walking... think C25K on all your runs jeffgalloway.com

[mountaindreamer Graduate10 in reply to AndyD]

Interesting read - thanks for the link.

[theoldfellow in reply to AndyD]

Thanks for the link. I'm still going to use it to mean, 'I had a short recovery walk in the middle of a run' though.

[mountaindreamer Graduate10 in reply to theoldfellow]

I’m sure Jeff won’t mind! 😂😂

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Well done on another PB on your latest park run, from the photos your 5k course looks very good to run along although after rain could be a bit muddy. Could it might be with all your PB's that you might run a magic sub 30 minutes 5K soon

[UpTheStanley Graduate10]

Great run old chap , and those pics (noting you've photoshopped out the rain again) really make me want to ensure our next trip oop north includes Saturday morning in Keswick - out and back along the disused railway line I assume, but do you start off towards Braithwaite or Penrith?

My PR today was more of a struggle than I hoped (26'12") - perhaps I should take a week fully off to sort my leg out, W6's 9k on Wednesday might not be a great idea and any idea of sprint intervals as part of the short run on Monday is clearly well off limits . Looks like I may need my weeks in hand …..

[mountaindreamer Graduate10 in reply to UpTheStanley]

Hope your leg settles, UTS. Better to rest it than make it worse. The 9k isn’t going anywhere, so will still be waiting for you when you’re fully fit. ❤️

My OH did his first sub-21 min PR this morning!!! 😳 Apparently me starting C25k then B210k has enabled him to run faster and further than ever before without getting injured so far...🤞 So just listen to Eileen’s advice, she probably knows best! 😊🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️❤️

[UpTheStanley Graduate10 in reply to mountaindreamer]

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[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10]

Huge well done... wish I could run there..it looks lovely!

[theoldfellow in reply to Oldfloss]

You would love it. And we'd love to have you one day perhaps. I'm so blessed to live here, and I'm quite aware of it.☺

[Saartjie Graduate10]

Well done Oldfellow...another great run 😀