What was that all about?

[HeavyFoot]

I wasn’t in the mood for running this morning. After a gruelling drive on Friday night back from North Yorkshire to Cornwall I was too tired for Parkrun on Saturday.

My legs still felt stiff this morning but I dragged on the running togs at 6.30 to do my 6km circuit at first light and set off.

Shin splints, drizzle, a stop for a tractor hauling slurry (poo!), missed my first check point by 30 seconds, a snooty young runner in the opposite direction too self-absorbed to return a Good Morning to an old fart, and turned my ankle over in a pothole at 5km. But I kept on, checking my cadence with Mrs Garmin and feeling good to be alive.

Result: 3 minutes quicker than my normal time and only a whisker over my PB.

What’s the moral of this? Just do it, I suppose. That’d make a good advertising slogan. 🤔 ✔️

[ForbiddenPlanet Graduate10]

I think so. At least, in my brief running career that has been my experience. Regardless of how I feel, if there's a run in the tank, I just get out there, sometimes feeling awful, and the body just does its thing, and at the end I almost have to pinch myself, thinking, "how did that happen?" and I conclude - the benefits of exercise! 👍

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

One of my favourite slogans, along with “no life half lived”. Well done to you. Happy running 🤗

[Oldgirlruns Graduate10]

Love the slogan HF - you ought to slap a patent on it before someone else grabs it! That’s a long old haul from N.Yorks to Cornwall so I’m not surprised Parkrun wasn’t on the cards but you must be pleased with getting out for a 6km, hope the ankle is ok!

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to Oldgirlruns]

Ankle held up well. Before I started running that would have swelled up like an orange. I have the support boots still to prove it. 🥾🥾

[damienair Administrator]

Well done and happy running 👏

[Tjcp]

Good for you!!! Wish we had park runs here and there have been times when I thought I could start one but always seem to have too much work on. Mine has been a solo experience since 2016, which I have to say I enjoy, but I would also like to try the camaraderie (is that English? :)) of a park run. Maybe here it would be a beach run.... though that is hard work!!!

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to Tjcp]

Beach running is hard. I tried it in Alicante in February 2019 before the world went mad.

Yes, Parkrun is great camaraderie. I’m off to French Cataluña next week and my nearest one would be near Toulouse - too far to justify a 90 minute each way.