I'm just glad to have got round, think I have lost about a stone in sweat this morning! My official time is 41:26, similar to last week's pb of 41:09 - I did have to tell myself "slow and steady" a couple of times but decided to enjoy a bit of a sprint on the shady downhill stretches! I slowed down to take a picture of the Gruffalo hiding in the forest but it's come out blurry so I should have kept going and I might have beaten my pb! Chatted to a nice runner at the end who is training for a 50k and came to Bedgebury for the hills. He says that his local one at Tonbridge is much flatter so I might have to give that a go and see how I do on a nice flat course. I have done 3 Parkruns at Bedgebury now and I am STILL surprised by the hills, it is like I blot it from my mind as soon as I have finished! 😂 Excitingly, a team GB athlete was joining in this morning, I didn't try to keep up with her though.. 😂 😁 😅
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Parkrun - phew, what a scorcher!
Did the same time in Cardiff hotter than France but no hills so well done I’m enjoying a few bursts too can’t get under 40 yet though
I knew if I really went for it to try and get under 40 minutes I would just burn out and probably have to walk / quit. Next time we have a cooler Saturday morning, I'm going to try really hard to go a bit faster... We'll get there! ☺
Yes we will I m wondering if I need to lift my knees up a bit more there is something in my technique I think and I do au attention to Laura saying tips on posture what do you do during the week for between runs ?
Well done Debston. It certainly was a challenge doing parkrun today in this heat 🥵😜
That looks amazing Debs! 😍 It was hot today, I usually say thank you to the marshals when I pass, but this time i was making loud exhausted noises, like “OH. MY. DAYS!.. I’m ROASTING!” 🥵 I did enjoy it though.
I managed to pant out a few thank yous but was strictly just doing thumbs up towards the end! 😂 Love the volunteers, they really keep me going. I must volunteer soon.
They are total heroes, aren’t they?
On the last 2KM, my breathing was loud and groany, I must have sounded like I was dying to anyone around me but it seemed to help me and zone me out till the end, I can’t help laughing at myself though 😂😂
Well done, Debs. Hope you have cooled down now. Lovely picture.
Thanks, I took it while I was on a lovely stretch. Multi-tasking!
Nice work. That’s even more impressive.
Well done! What a gorgeous place to run!
It's gorgeous and only 10 - 15 minutes away by car. There's a lovely Café by the lake too and you get 10% off if you show your Parkrun barcode! Sadly I forgot to take any money with me this morning, doh!
Cor! Where is this?
Bedgebury Pinetum - it's near Goudhurst in Kent.
Oh! 😢That’s a very long way away from me. Sniff!
It's a lovely part of the world, you could make a weekend of it!
I’d have to rustle up a running buddy to go with me. 😁
Superb run getting so close to that PB in this heat! Tonbridge sometimes sees Dame Kelly Holmes run... I wouldn’t try keeping up with her either 🤣🤣
It would be an honour to watch her whizz off into the distance! 👟
Yet again Debs a brilliant effort on a very warm day !!. Now it's time to enjoy the sunshine 🌞🌞👌✌
Thanks GMAN1977! Definitely going to enjoy lazing in the sunshine today!
Well done you, on such a hot day too. Thank goodness for that lovely shady stretch in the trees. 😊
I did say to one of the volunteers that I wished the whole course could be like that, downhill and shady! She claimed that it would be too easy... 😂
Great run in this heat and will hills. 😀
Well done Debston, the heat was challenging and that’s a respectable time and staying close to your last weeks time, you pushed yourself in the circumstances! Let’s hope next week’s Park Run is a little cooler.
If anything, today’s Park Run has helped me prepare for future Park Runs in the heat 🌞🌞🌞
OMG!!! You are INCREDIBLE!! Getting out there in this heat?!!!! Today I have been mostly taking inspiration from my dog... and flopping about in the shadows!! I love that you keep ‘forgetting’ about those hills... I can’t seem to shake them out of my mind!! Just as an aside, the builder who did our kitchen is a Team GB triathlete... and he also uses Bedgebury Parkrun as one of his training runs, because ‘its suitably challenging...’ I am so full of respect for you I might burst!! X
I bet you were glad to have the shade from those trees, sounds a lovely run.
Ooooh, how beautiful. Having grown up romping through the pine forests of Cannock Chase, I have a soft spot for them. And the smell of pine needles in the sun is like nothing else.
Well done on a consistent time, which is a real achievement on hills in this heat! Enjoyment is the key to it! 
Great run Debstin. Well done. That spot does look so nice too! ❤️
Thanks, Fabulous450 - it's beautiful, even the uphill bits!
Well done! Beautiful looking course and massive kudos for running yesterday in the intense heat! 🥵🏃♀️👍👏
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