I haven't done a Parkrun since mid November, due to a combination of awful weather, closures, and a back injury sustained while raking up leaves.
My local parkrun (Abingdon) did take place, but the photos posted on Thursday looked direly muddy so I really didn't fancy slithering round it. Fortunately a couple of friends from Abingdon parkrun felt the same way, so they gave me a lift to Buckingham Parkrun - a new course for me. This is a highly recommended Parkrun for bad weather as it's all on tarmac. The course is described as a lollipop - a straight section at the start along the river, then two laps round a park (which they describe as "licking the lollipop") and then a return along the same route as the beginning ("the stick").
Earlier this week I did 5k in the evening very cautiously so as not to irritate my back, and did a 39 min 5k run at night time. So today was delighted to do 35:47 - actually my second fastest 5k, the fastest being the previous Parkrun at Didcot at 35:00.
I am now enjoying that post-run euphoria feeling. I'm back! And talking of backs - mine feels fine (and hopefully still will once the endorphins wear off!)