Northala Fields parkrun - No. 27

[IAmCharliemouse]

Great return to parkruns this week, with my fastest ever time in trail shoes, and fastest 5k for a couple of months. It felt really good. I had been a little concerned as I hadn’t done a parkrun for 3 weeks, and didn’t do any running at all for a week.

Northala is really nice, and although you don’t actually run up the mounds (hills created from Wembley Stadium building rubble), you do run around them which involves a certain amount of climb. Course is entirely tarmac and gravel path - no grass! The trail shoes meant I could just run through the puddles where others were dodging them into the mud either side.

Not sure where to next. There were a lot of events cancelled because of the weather, but hopefully things will settle down now, and Spring will happen.

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Great effort, the week of resting obviously paid dividends. Happy running

[grumpyoldgirl]

Just goes to show, how the longer runs strengthen us up for the 5k. Just curious, has every one of the 27 been at a different parkrun venue? You've done some serious parkrun tourism.

[IAmCharliemouse Graduate10 in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

Yes. All different. I have never repeated a venue.

My goal is to do 50 out of 50 different parkruns, then I will go back.

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to IAmCharliemouse]

That's amazing, best of luck 😊👍