Hooked on parkrun (you did warn me!)

[Sparkey5000]

So I am hooked on parkrun! With only two under my belt my local one was cancelled due to horse racing so knowing the next closest ones were muddy or had a notorious hill I ended up a little further afield and so glad I did. Such a friendly parkrun at Brueton Park. My first experience of running with c700 people and a start funnel with markers to show where to start depending on how fast you can run. It was a new experience watching the front setting off and having to wait to start running due to volume of people. All those good vibes helped me finally (post poorly chest pre Xmas) run a whole 5k without a little walk. I’ll be back here love it!

[Coddfish Graduate10]

Glad you enjoyed it. It becomes addictive.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

There are quite a few people on this website hooked on parkruns Sparky5000, if their parkrun is cancelled they have withdrawl symptoms 😂. They despartately look for a parkrun which has not been cancelled and drive at 70 mph to that one.

I am glad that you enjoyed your second 5K parkrun and will enjoy many more, I just hope that not too many are cancelled.

[damienair Administrator]

Well done. It’s very addictive. I am at 64 parkruns now and did 36 last year. I’m going to go for 40 this year. You meet lovely people at parkrun and make good friends too. Enjoy your running and best wishes for your own parkrun journey.

Damien

[Debston Graduate10]

Wow, 700 people running, that's a busy parkrun! Well done, great way to celebrate feeling better. And yep, it's very addictive, your Saturday mornings are never going to be the same!

[TailChaser Graduate10]

I think I know exactly the hill you are talking about Sparkey - wouldn't be Leamington would it? I wouldn't worry about it, most people seem to walk up it and just think of it as another challenge. It does get very busy though. Come to Stratford, it's nice and flat!

[Sparkey5000 60minGraduate in reply to TailChaser]

Yes that’s the one.....Stratford is on my list!!

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Sparkey5000]

Brilliant! Let us know when you're coming down to Stratford, we can have a mini meetup!

[Sparkey5000 60minGraduate in reply to TailChaser]

Will do.....same if you come to Warwick

[TailChaser Graduate10 in reply to Sparkey5000]

Yes, we haven’t done that one yet so it’s on our list 😀👍

[JaoJao Graduate10]

Really pleased to hear this, parkrun is a great way to get in a 5K run effortlessly because going to parkrun is such a hoot!

When you get some more parkruns under your belt you may want to look at running-challenges.co.uk for motivations and adding some excitement to your parkrun journey.