Keswick Parkrun #35 - at last...

[theoldfellow]

Time nothing to write home (35 minutes) about, and I detest the new flat tarmac course, 5 times round a very flat place, but at least I am not on the IC any more.

The great pity is, that when the old course is re-opened, the morons of the National Park have conspired to have it tarmaced. Nice for cycles and mobility scooters I guess. I think I'm going to try to Whinlatter Forest Parkrun soon.

On recommendations from physio, I did my Monday and Wednesday runs as 3Km and 4Km Jog/Walk intervals, watching (feeling) for any suspicion of the hamstring playing up. And then today I ran 8 minutes, walked 5, ran 8, walked 5, and then ran to the funnel - which all seemed good.

As it was a very hot day, and I don't have any good short running shorts, the 'jeffing' was probably a good thing.

As a reward I have ordered some 3 inch leg split-side running shorts, and some 5 inch shorts to complete my summer running kit. No clothes porn from me yet!

Hope your runs today were all wonderful.

❤🙏👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣

[Beachcomber66 Graduate10]

Great that you are back out there TOF. If you had time to notice the new surface you are clearly feeling good. No heroics required at this stage; just a steady build up back to top form👍👍

[Granspeed Graduate10]

Welcome back. So glad to hear you are safely off the nasty IC. 👏🏼😊 And sorry about the tarmac. ☹️ I’d be devastated by that. Seems all wrong, and perhaps a move to another venue is a good idea if not too far to travel.

[theoldfellow in reply to Granspeed]

Thanks, it feels good to be back.

Whinlatter is about 10 miles from home, and Keswick is 6, but the big issue is that Whinlatter is the steepest parkrun in the book. 😢

[Granspeed Graduate10 in reply to theoldfellow]

Ai yi yi! Not to be undertaken lightly then. 😮 But not tarmac.... 🤔

[HannahElizabeth39 in reply to theoldfellow]

Whinlatter park run is fantastic! There are some of us who take 40mins plus on is as it’s hilly but it’s got a great atmosphere and it’s a pretty course. Plus there’s a good cafe to roll into at the end I highly recommend it!

[UpTheStanley Graduate10]

So glad you’re back in the 🏃‍♂️game, even if you’re not too happy with the course.

When do you think the old one will be open again? Don’t much fancy 5 laps of anything😟, but do need to get up to the Lakes in the next couple of months.

[theoldfellow in reply to UpTheStanley]

Sorry to say it's 15 months. So not until the very end of next year. They are putting back 3 bridges washed out by Desmond, and replacing the boardwalk under the A66 with a tunnel. And then the tarmac....

[UpTheStanley Graduate10 in reply to theoldfellow]

Mmmm- can’t see me persuading Dexy to do Whinlatter!

[theoldfellow in reply to UpTheStanley]

I haven't persuaded me, yet.

[Debston Graduate10 in reply to theoldfellow]

Gosh, you're going to have to try it out, just for the bragging rights! Shame about the tarmac but great news about your hamstring bearing up OK, that's fantastic.

[theoldfellow in reply to Debston]

A friend said 'just run slower'. Somehow I am not sure the tailwalker will appreciate 2 hours in the rain.....

[HannahElizabeth39 in reply to theoldfellow]

They are lovely people, seriously don’t worry about it! There are slower people who walk it all and chat to the tail walker all the way around

[theoldfellow in reply to HannahElizabeth39]

Okay, I'm convinced. A couple more weeks consolidating the Hamstring repairs, and I'll give it a try.👣👣👣👣👣👣

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10]

Very well done you and welcome back to running:)xx

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Nice that you are back running at the Keswick Parkrun, that is a reasonable time for you considering that you have not ran for over a month.

Yes it must be a bit boring going round the same circuit 5 times. Today's parkrun sounds that you ran run 2 of week 5 of C25K.

As for me, I wasn't at a parkrun this morning because it was cancelled due to an event in the park, a new parkrun has just began nearer to where I live, it's reasonably easy to get to by bus, may go there some Saturday.

Today I ran a 7K instead.

[theoldfellow in reply to AlMorr]

Well spotted on C25K week 5, that's where I got the idea.

7K is great replacement for a 5K parkrun!

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10]

5 laps?! I know people who won’t go to the second nearest because it’s 3 laps 🤣. Some of the prison ones are 7 or so laps! It’d suit me for a training course, but I may get very confused doing it at park!

Nice to see you back out there at parkrun though.

[theoldfellow in reply to UnfitNoMore]

I could put up with the 5 laps if it wasn't a tarmac strip. Even a couple of short hills like Barclay Park in Hoddesdon to make it interesting would help. But it's a boring trudge.

I know the guys there are looking for a better course, but it's hard to find.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to theoldfellow]

Yeah, that doesn’t sound great for the old course either... hopefully they’ll be able to make it great again

[Sandie1961 Graduate10]

Great to hear that you are back at parkrun even if it isn’t ideal. You’ll have to come across to Lyme Park in October to practise for Whinlatter!

[UpTheStanley Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

According to today’s Grauniad, NT have closed Lyme Park for an unknown period after chunks of it were washed away on Wednesday!

[theoldfellow in reply to UpTheStanley]

There will be a lot of that after this weekend too. The UK needs an umbrella....

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to UpTheStanley]

Oh no, that’s going to upset our plans 😢😫

[JonathanP Graduate10]

Glad to hear you're back to parkrunning TOF but new course sounds unimaginative and disappointing. New shorts though......👍

[theoldfellow in reply to JonathanP]

I may post a picture when they arrive. But not with me in them.😳

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to theoldfellow]

We want pictures theoldfellow! 👚👖👖 So Very sad that we haven’t got to visit your parkrun before now. Why would the national park want to do that?

[theoldfellow in reply to Dexy5]

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-c...

I know it's late, but that shows the strength of feeling against it. If I find the petition (I haven't yet) I'll post a link.

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to theoldfellow]

Yes if there’s an online petition we will add to to it.

[Rowers Graduate10]

The course sounds a real shame given the amazing area you're in. I love Whinlatter but have only walked there - I'm very intrigued to look the course up now. Great that you're back out there though 😀

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

So glad you were able to run yesterday TOF. You’re well on the way to full recovery! 👍🏃👊

Tarmac has its place, but running on it all the time is a bit tiresome isn’t it? Lucky you have a forest PR as backup though! 👍

[Wainwright22 Graduate10]

That’s a shame, glad I read your post as have been thinking of doing Keswick for a while. Might try Whinlatter but at a slow pace!

I can highly recommend Fell Foot at the bottom of Windermere, beautiful views and grassy meadows. Great cafe for delicious cake (or bacon bun) post run and have had a dip in the Lake a couple of times too....😎🏃‍♀️🏃🏼‍♂️🏊🏻‍♂️🏊🏼‍♀️🍰

[theoldfellow in reply to Wainwright22]

It's a bit far for me to drive down to Windermere, but it's definitely a possibility. Thanks for the tip.