4km round (and round and round) a little park in Sheffield

[BaddieThePirate]

I hadn’t run for a few days, the weather has been awful, but Sunday morning was sunny in Sheffield where I was visiting a friend. We walked to the park. She sat in the sun and I ran round every path, in both directions until I’d reached 4km. Then we walked home. A small run, but it counts ⛅️

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

All runs count, not sure what your friend thought when she was sitting in the sun and you were running round every path in the park in all directions until you got to 4k.

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

I think she was glad it had stopped raining!

[Deals1 Graduate10]

Yep everything counts.... I might have opted to sit in the sun!

[grumpyoldgirl]

Absolutely it counts baddie! Although I'm also wondering if your friend got a crick in her neck trying to follow your progress 😁

[Teagirl]

Going is going, BaddieThePirate It's those 'little runs' that are habit-forming....you were visiting your friend, but you still managed a run anyway. Well done!

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to Teagirl]

I find it hard to have a running habit in the winter. I’ve got a much warmer ‘sitting in front of the fire’ habit to keep up.

[Teagirl in reply to BaddieThePirate]

Oh, me too Well done again!

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Well done Baddie, trying to gain a distance in a park can be amusing to the onlooker, and I have to smile as I pass someone on a bench for the umpteenth time. But it’s more miles on the legs

[Pianism Graduate10]

Every step counts!

Looking forward to Marple next week - but I hope it's not as muddy as last week... my socks and shoes came into the shower with me this week as I couldn't think of another way of getting them clean without the house getting dirtier!

[misswobble Graduate10 in reply to Pianism]

😁😁😁😁👍

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

It most definitely counts Baddie! Well done! 👏👏 But don’t you find that the little extra distance you need to make up your 4k (or whatever) takes ages to clock up? I’ve done similar to you and I swear my Garmin and MMR conspired not to budge during the last 0.5k! It seemed to take forever! 🙄🙄

[Coddfish Graduate10]

Which park did you run in? I originate from South Yorkshire. I have run the Sheffield Hallam parkrun a couple of times when visiting relatives in Sheffield (Endcliffe Park). You can follow the Porter Brook, the stream that runs through Endcliffe Park through a network of paths out towards Derbyshire, very popular with runners and dog walkers. It’s also nice running along the Rivelin valley. Slightly further afield, my favourite running route is the Monsal Trail. I was lucky enough to be visiting my relatives in Sheffield when I “needed” to run 14k as I was at the time training for the Great South Run. A 7k each way out and back from Haslop station across the junction between Monsal and Miller Dales, through 3 of the tunnelled sections, is one of the nicest runs I have done.

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to Coddfish]

Oooh that sounds nice. It was Mount Pleasant Park. It's tiny. I didn't go further afield because I didn't know where I was, and the primary objective was to spend time with my friend. We did go for a walk near Fox House later. That was nice.

[Wimborne]

Yay for running round in circles. Loopy running is fabulous. 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️👍👍

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Wimborne]

We dropped into Kingston Lacy on the way home from Portland yesterday and as we passed by Wimborne I wondered if any of the many runners we saw out and about was you. Probably unlikely

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

I often wonder if runner that I see are C25kers or any of you lot!

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to BaddieThePirate]

Maybe we should have a funny hand wave that only we know. 👋

[Wimborne in reply to Dexy5]

Dexy I wish one of them had been me. I would have waved. You can always spot me especially as I often arm dance when I run 😂 I was though back in Wales for the weekend. No better place to watch the rugby than at home. Can’t believe you were right by me though.

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Wimborne]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 👏👏🏈

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to Wimborne]

I so want to try and 'draw' a picture on Runkeeper with the trail I run after seeing this on the Runkeeper map 😁

[Bridget007]

Where there’s a will there’s a way 😊 well done 👍🏻 4K is a nice size run when going round abs round 😃

[lexi6 Graduate10]

Nice “little” run Baddie, running in sunshine what could be better. So looking forward to reading Marple parkrun reports. 👍

[JoP61 Graduate10]

Sounds excellent - I like Sheffield a lot. My daughter went to Uni there. Wouldn't want to run up and down those steep Sheffield hills though! The park sounded just the ticket. 👍😀

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to JoP61]

I could see a very steep hill from the park, but I didn't go anywhere near it!

[misswobble Graduate10 in reply to BaddieThePirate]

The hills there are mountainous 😁

[Katnap Graduate10]

A cheeky sneaky run? They all count! 😁