Yahoo !!!! I feel like celebrating.

[damienair]

I went out yesterday evening for a 5K run, just a nice gentle consolidation run. I was running along my usual route when I bumped into a fellow parkrunner at the 3Km mark. We don't know each other very well, but always used to have a friendly pre or post run chat at our local parkrun. We both stopped, paused our running watches and had a lovely chat. He told me that parkrun will finally be returning in the Republic of Ireland on the 11th of September. Well I was so excited and after our chat I ran home and checked online. Sure enough, he was right, and my local parkrun will be back on the 11th of September. Some of the busier Dublin parkrun courses will have to wait a little longer as there is a restriction on any outdoor gathering of over 500 people. But my local is usually 120 to 160 runners and walkers so we will be fine and so too are 90% of parkrun courses in Ireland. Yahoo!!! Just 10 more sleeps. 😁

[SueKen Graduate10]

Woohoo!

[TailChaser Graduate10]

Brilliant news Damien 😃 🎉🎉👍

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Such great news Damien! 🙏🏻🥰🎉👏

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Great news for you, enjoy dreaming of runs over those 10 sleeps 🤗

[Kirst13 Graduate10]

That's great news. Looking forward to my first Park run-i suspect it's one of the smaller ones, so hopefully will be going ahead.

[damienair Administrator in reply to Kirst13]

Great. I think only a few courses in Dublin will be held back for a few weeks. St. Anne’s and Marlay Park get big attendances most Saturdays.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

That's fantastic news Damien, about 3 weeks earlier than we all thought it would be, excellent news, by the way I ran my 64th (not ) parkrun this morning, another PB, last week my time was 31.52, this morning I ran it in a time of of 31.31, another red PB next to my username on the parkrun website, this coming Saturday I will be running my 20th Official Parkrun.

[damienair Administrator in reply to AlMorr]

Congratulations Al on your new (not)parkrun PB. Very well done. Enjoy your official 20th parkrun on Saturday. I’ll be running my 74th on the 11th of September.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to damienair]

👍 🏃🏾

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Oh the excitement Damienair, it’s oozing out of your post. How brilliant for you. I bet Oisin will start training again now too. I think the Dublin runners may want to join other parkruns if they can’t go to their own. In England they said you shouldn’t go to other parkruns but it hasn’t happened that way.

[damienair Administrator in reply to Dexy5]

Yes I think that will happen. But most parkruns outside of Dublin are not very big with about 150-200 runners and walkers most weeks. Some are even way smaller than that. So as long as there is not a mass arrival at a smaller parkrun all should be fine.It is great news. We are a lot slower and more cautious opening up here, but this really for me is a reason to celebrate. I needed this as I have lost so much fitness and motivation over the last 18 months. Now I have a reason to train harder again.

[nowster Graduate10]

Was your run home to check faster than the rest of the running today? 🤣

[damienair Administrator in reply to nowster]

Ha Ha. In fact yes. I ran splits of 6.50, 6.53, 7.02, 6.53 and 6.06

And then burst through the door to check for official parkrun news.

😀

[nowster Graduate10 in reply to damienair]

What can we call that? Pyramid splits?

[damienair Administrator in reply to nowster]

Exactly, love it, Pyramid Splits.😀

[RunBrianRun Graduate10]

Oh that's fabulous news Damien! I bet you can't wait to get out there with the other runners on that Saturday morning. Have fun and of course we shall expect a full report

[damienair Administrator in reply to RunBrianRun]

Cheers Brian. I'll be like a kid at Christmas. I'll be dragging my 12 year old Son along with me too. I won't have to have him within arms length of me anymore.

[RunBrianRun Graduate10 in reply to damienair]

Aww fantastic that your son will be running with you. 👍😊 But not too close.

[Oldgirlruns Graduate10]

I’m so pleased for you Damien! That’s really good news!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

What good news, you’ll love that

[LottieMW Ambassador]

Yayyyy!!!!!

[Katnap Graduate10]

Fantastic news! And I hope you don't attract too many parkrun tourists to your local one 😲Not that they wouldn't be welcome 😅🤣

[JonathanP Graduate10]

So glad to hear that Damien! 👍

[Irish-John Graduate10]

Didn't run it myself, but there was a Park Run there the day I visited - Johns town Castle, a fewiles outside Wexford town. Absolutely beautiful grounds to run through and an impressive castle. If you ever get a chance, try it (and take lots of photos - its a genuinely awesome place, especially when everything is flowering

[damienair Administrator in reply to Irish-John]

Thanks. I’ve done 20 different parkruns in Ireland so far including one in Belfast. I also have one done in Bristol. I am planning on doing most parkruns in Ireland over time. So will hopefully get to that one some day.

[Irish-John Graduate10 in reply to damienair]

It certainly would be fun to knock off all the Counties :)Be careful in Mayo though - I could tell dire tales of Mayo ROFL

[Birdlady64 Graduate10]

OMG!!! That is such brilliant news!!!I think we all know one excited little bunny here 😁🐰

[damienair Administrator in reply to Birdlady64]

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