Parkrun #8

[Dave58]

Did my 8th parkrun today and having done a steady 30 min 5.3k run on Thursday I was intending to go for a slightly faster pace today. Lined up with a few friends near the front but they are faster than me so there was no chance I could keep up with them. I'm always a bit cautious for the first 200m but got into my running after that and settled down into a good pace. I set my phone using starve to give me time checks every 0.5k. Got to the 1st k in under 5 mins and thought it was hard which was understandable due to the 40mph headwind. So it was a case of digging in and trying to maintain the pace until the turn. Our parkrun course is an out and back one and is quite flat with only a couple of little hills. So made it to the turn and was still on course for a good time. Thankfully now the wind was behind me. I always find the forth kilometre is the hardest and could feel my pace dropping a bit. Somehow or other I managed to push through until the last 500m and even kicked on to the finish line. Still waiting for the official parkrun time but my stopwatch time was 24.53 which would be a new pb. Delighted with that.

[RunBrianRun Graduate10]

That’s a great run in those conditions. Well done Dave!

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

No wonder you are delighted. That is s brilliant time. Wow.

[Dave58 Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Just got the official parkrun time. 24.57. 1 second slower than my pb. 😥

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Dave58]

That’s still good in the wind.

[O505k Graduate10]

That's an impressive time, well done. Enjoy the weekend basking in the afterglow.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Excellent time Dave, considering the weather conditions. 😊 🏃 Sub 25 is a dream to many runner's even if they can run a 28 or 29 minute 5K on a regular basis.

[SaskAlliecat Graduate10]

Whoohoo! Speedy!

[Dave58 Graduate10 in reply to SaskAlliecat]

Thanks. It was windy too so should be pleased but I'm actually gutted to miss out on a pb by 1 second

[SaskAlliecat Graduate10 in reply to Dave58]

Ugh, that pesky second! So heartbreaking but you should be super pleased regardless. Next time will hopefully be less windy and you'll nail it!

[Dave58 Graduate10 in reply to SaskAlliecat]

It's still a great time so I should be happy but never mind as you say there's always next time. Just so happy to be running at all with my knees!

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Nice run Dave. Brilliant time too, and getting a PB in these conditions is amazing. Well done! 👏👏

[Dave58 Graduate10]

Thanks. It was tough but I enjoyed it

[Crawlhome Graduate10]

Wonders Dave, what an impressive time. Great job. 👏👏😀

[Dave58 Graduate10 in reply to Crawlhome]

Thank you

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10]

All sounds amazing apart from the ‘starve’ app. Great time, well done👍

[Dave58 Graduate10 in reply to BaddieThePirate]

Bloody autocorrect lol

[Deals1 Graduate10]

Excellent!!! 👌👍. Well done

[Dave58 Graduate10 in reply to Deals1]

Thanks

[AllyS Graduate10]

Brilliant time! 🙌🏻

[Dave58 Graduate10]

Thanks

[Visionon Graduate10]

Great run Dave and a really good time.

[Dave58 Graduate10]

Thanks

[PetraTester]

That’s a fantastic time. I’m at 6min/km currently and hoping to get down to 4 1/2 to 5 myself too.. well done!

[Dave58 Graduate10 in reply to PetraTester]

I'm 58 next birthday so I've got no expectations to increase my pace by that much. We will see how it goes. My plan is to run a 10k race in September and if I can get under 50 mins I will be delighted. Good luck with your return to running. Hope you achieve your goals

[PetraTester in reply to Dave58]

5 minutes is ace for a 10K. Will take me a while until I get there. 🙈

[Dave58 Graduate10 in reply to PetraTester]

I know it's a big ask for me but you got to push it sometimes

[Wimborne]

Wow what a great run and that’s really fast 💨 especially as it’s not been great out there. 👏👏👏. I reckon there official time was at least 3 seconds out too.