Woo hoo, 26.54 - my PB for my 6th ParkRun today - - how did that happen????!!!!!

[Hedgehogs123]

Well, Im convinced the Park Run stop watch must have been wrong, but thats what the results tell me!!

damienair - you said ages ago running in Parkrun would help increase my pace and speed and I just can't believe the difference it makes running with other people, and yes there is a side of me that is quite competative, and today I beat a couple of people Ive had in my sights since my second Park Run!! 😁

id only managed to get a sub 30 for my 5Km running on my own and yes Ive worked really hard at pacing myself but never thought I could do this time, Im so chuffed!!

Thank you to everyone on here with your words of wisdom and advice on running techniques. To think this time last year I hadn't long completed the C25K and was only just manging to run 5km at approx 35 mins.

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Wow that’s great, well done 👍

[Hedgehogs123 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you, I've worked hard to increase my speed and stamina so I must admit, I am quite chuffed! 😁

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Hedgehogs123]

We say good slow, slow is the best, then we get a PB and it’s woo hoo how good am I?

[RunBrianRun Graduate10]

That’s a fabulous time! 👍 Well done on the PB 👏👏👏

[Deals1 Graduate10]

Whoop whoop that's great

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Glad to hear you are enjoying parkrun hedgehogs. Mistakes do sometimes happen with timings as many volunteers are included in the process, or sometimes runners don’t take a token. But we take the good mistakes as well as the ones that show us slower. 😃

I always start my watch at the start line and stop it as I finish so I have a true 5k record as well. My friend starts hers at the hooter so she always knows what her exact parkrun time should be. Or you can just say I love parkrun and the time doesn’t matter at all.

[Hedgehogs123 Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

I knew I'd done somewhere around 27mins as I started Strava and my watch and I knew I was running each km a bit faster than I normally do, so wasn't quite sure when I finished what my exact time was. I've worked really hard each week on trying to get my pace right and each week my time has improved. Plus there's a lady in my age category who beats me every week and she just absolutely zooms past, so I had her in my sight to try and make sure I could see her all the way round! But you're right, I it's mainly just doing them, I am truly addicted to ParkRun and thought I'd just do the odd one, but I really forward to every Saturday! I will also take my turn at being a volunteer too, as I think it's only fair.

😀🏃‍♀️

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Hedgehogs123]

Yes you get to know your targets as the weeks go on, and share a laugh with them at the end. Yes volunteering is fun too and I’ve made good friends volunteering at parkrun.

[nowster Graduate10]

Well done! You're faster than a lot of us here. A whole minute faster than my fastest parkrun.

[Fionamags Graduate10]

Fantastic time - well done!!!! 🥳🎊🎉

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Boom. 💥 Amazing time Hedgehogs. 👏👏👏

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

Fantastic time - well done!💪🙂