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I wimped out of going for my planned run on Thursday again (pouring with rain and blowing a gale!) so was raring to go to parkrun this morning. Significantly warmer than last week at 8c but still pretty windy. Numbers back to normal as well. Still, although I went off too fast, as usual, I quickly settled into a slightly faster pace, trying to push myself a bit harder. Result, an official PB of 32.23, which is 9 seconds faster than a month ago. I was 331st/444 but I was 5th of 17 ladies in my age group, which is my best so far. Good start to the weekend! πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ

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Amazing Sandie! πŸ™Œ

Especially in these winds! Huge well done! πŸ™Œ Enjoy your weekend & be proud! πŸ’›

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply to

Thanks Dreams! Still a way to go to get to the elusive 30 minutes, but slow and steady progress πŸ˜ƒ

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RunBrianRunGraduate10

Oh well done! That’s a very respectable time in those conditions in fact it’s awesome! πŸ’ͺ

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Dexy5Graduate10

Well done Sandie, it’s always nice to get a PB even if it is 9 secs.

My first non Parkrun Saturday for some time, but given the wind on the coast today it was probably a good day to miss.

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toDexy5

I’ll take anything I can get Dexy! Missing the next 2 weeks due to the ski trip, so it had to be done. Have a lovely weekend!

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CrawlhomeGraduate10

Fantastic Sandie, you must be really pleased with that time. It was v blustery today!

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toCrawlhome

I am Crawlhome. On one stretch it felt as though I wasn’t actually going forward, but then the tailwind on other bits came in handy πŸ’¨

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CrawlhomeGraduate10β€’ in reply toSandie1961

I can relate to that, there was a very brief tailwind that gave me a burst of speed!

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Woohoo Sandie, a PB in this hoolacious wind is epic. Imagine if it hadn’t been windy! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ You are on fire! πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

I volunteered at PR today. It was chilly and windy, but tons of fun. I then went for a 5k in my gorgeous new foot pillows (aka my new Brooks) and was surprisingly happy with my time too, even though I was leaning into the wind at one point, almost making no forward progress! πŸ˜… πŸ’¨

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

I know - a bit like one of those pools where you swim against a current! Your new shoes sound just perfect πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

Excellent work on your new parkrun PB Sandie! Even Storm Erik can’t hold you back, great start to the weekend πŸ™Œ

...And your legs don’t even get a rest when you go on holiday... β›· pure dedication!

πŸ˜ƒβš‘οΈ

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply to

Thanks TS! Ah but different muscles - and lots of pate, baguettes, cheese and wine to look forward to πŸ₯πŸ₯–πŸ§€πŸ»πŸ·

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That’s a great result, very pleasing. Isn’t great that the days are getting longer and the temperature going up. Roll on spring πŸ‘

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toBaddieThePirate

Definitely looking forward to spring Baddie, but winter running hasn’t been as bad as I’d feared. Managed to swerve the dreadmill completely and still gone out 3 times a week almost every week!

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BaddieThePirateGraduate10β€’ in reply toSandie1961

That is good going. I haven’t, but I managed 58km in Jan. Not on track for Feb but will catch up a bit in the summer I reckon...

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Deals1Graduate10

Well done.

πŸ‘Œ. Yep great start to the weekend

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JonathanPGraduate10

Congratulations on your PB Sandie - enjoy your ski trip! πŸ˜€

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toJonathanP

Thanks Jonathan. Looking forward to a week in the mountains with copious French food and wine!

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kpnuts53

Huge well done you - I've only run park run three times and already hooked!

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply tokpnuts53

It’s about the only thing I’ve done that gets me out of the door at 8.15am in a Saturday morning πŸ˜‚

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PetraTester

Well done! Especially with this wind it’s not easy. I haven’t done a park run yet and am worried to be one of the slowest. But around the 30 minutes mark I can hopefully do that too.

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toPetraTester

You really don’t need to worry about being slow PetraTester There are those speed freaks who go round in less than 20 minutes but equally you will often see somebody walking with the tail walker in about 50+ minutes and everybody is congratulated on finishing. The only person you are competing against is yourself!

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PetraTesterβ€’ in reply toSandie1961

Thank you. Will definitely give them a go

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Wimborne

That’s brilliant Sandie. PB weekend for you. What a great time. πŸ‘πŸ˜€πŸ‘πŸ‘

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Sandie1961Graduate10β€’ in reply toWimborne

Thanks Wimborne, I was pretty happy with it πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ

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