Parkrun ... that wasn't!

[Notsoslothfulnow]

Well as many of you may know and have so kindly written in support of, today was meant to have been my first parkrun, post graduating in the C-5K programme.

But as you may have seen, the parkrun was cancelled due to the waterlogged conditions.

Setting aside this frustration, together with my son, a regular parkrunner who had come home especially to support me, we did our own substitute run, replicating a good part of the official route minus the quagmire!

With the Week 9 podcast in my ears and my son using his Strava app (calibrated in miles not km!), we broke 30 minutes some way off the magic 5K ... and kept on ....

At 3 miles (only 4.8K as I later discovered!), we called a halt - at 36 minutes, 23 seconds. I am not quite sure what that equates to had it been the full 5K - may be 38 minutes (?).

Verdict: I reckon I could have taken at least 5 minutes off the 43 I took to complete my only previous parkrun at the end of last October (pre C-5K).

It was great to run with my son in support ... in windy conditions with several hills - but a shame it wasn't quite the 'real thing" !

Now, I ask myself - and would love to hear others' views of course - do I try parkrun next weekend ... or just, may be, enter a local charity 5k instead? I am tempted by that goal and cause (and to be honest by the chance of winning my first-ever medal 😄) but perhaps it would be over-ambitious too soon (4 weeks after C-5K graduation)?

[SCGUK]

Go for it! You’ve proved you can run that far so why not get a bit of bling?

[Notsoslothfulnow Graduate10 in reply to SCGUK]

Thank you so much for your encouragement😊. Of course I wouldn't do it just for the bling .

[Hidden]

I am sure you are ready for the race. The atmosphere will keep you going and who doesn't like bling!

[Notsoslothfulnow Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

I do like the sound of ... the sound of encouragement ... not just the thought of bling😄.

[Deals1 Graduate10]

do both! not the same time tho! or same weekend!

Get some bling... then maybe parkrun weekend after

have fun

[Notsoslothfulnow Graduate10 in reply to Deals1]

Well those are precisely my thoughts - thank you! Although by the weekend after next I may be getting the need to marshal at Parkrun again - truth be told I do enjoy that more than the actual running - or at least in a different way. I suppose running is for oneself essentially, while parkrun volunteering is rather the opposite. (Although the warm glow it engenders is itself a great feeling😊).

[Deals1 Graduate10 in reply to Notsoslothfulnow]

I agree. I marshalled last week, and really enjoyed it. Keep us posted 😁

[Notsoslothfulnow Graduate10 in reply to Deals1]

Will do😊

[Wimborne]

My motto is... if you don’t try you will never know just what you can do 👍. You may even surprise yourself 😀.

[Notsoslothfulnow Graduate10]

That's so true - as the C-5K programme proves😊.

[JonathanP Graduate10 in reply to Notsoslothfulnow]

Yes - give it a go! 😀

[Notsoslothfulnow Graduate10 in reply to JonathanP]

You are joining the band of those who are pushing me on ... may be I will actually need pushing😂.

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10]

Well done Notsoslothfulnow ...I would def try the park run...you’re more than ready

[Notsoslothfulnow Graduate10]

Thank you so much for your encouragement😊.