This was odd! My parkrun pb was an absolute fluke back in February and I’ve been around 2-3 minutes slower ever since. I’ve just been across to Hull and ran East Park with the three other ladies that I’m running the marathon relay with in two weeks. Not been too well this week so was just going to see how it went, and then an older gentleman latched into me. He was very chatty, a club runner who regularly runs marathons and HM’s, and he basically talked to me and encouraged me all the way round! Initially I found it a bit disconcerting, but in the end I just accepted it and tried to keep going. The screenshot shows how varied my times are (the 48-minuter was Pwllheli, on sand), but the three at the top of the last are the last three weeks: all different courses so not really comparable but I’m still pleased. I’m not someone who has been naturally progressing speed-wise, and am generally just happy to be out there pootling along at my pace.
Happy running x
