Our friend Andrey told us that his running group meets at 8 am by the statue of Lenin whatever the weather. It poured all night but by 7am had cleared.
I'd put my kit out last night for encouragement but actually felt very good about the prospect of (for me) an early morning run. Forgot that it's a 20 minute walk to the meeting place so had to drive there, oops.
Everyone was already there, about 10 runners, all men. We set off much faster than I'd like, Andrey and another runner kindly saying they'd keep to my pace, so when I asked they slowed down. The others soon disappeared round a corner following a track into the trees.
We ran past the railway to the forest. Despite the rain the ground was almost dry as the soil is sandy.
Andrey and my husband were chatting away so I went slightly ahead and into a world of my own. It was only about 7C when we set off but I was too hot in my jacket. The cold air felt good once I took it off.
Before too long we were back with Lenin. I checked my stats - 40'17" for 5km, a personal best, a minute less than my previous PB!
A great start to the day 😁
PS Poutrun is a play on word for the Russian phrase 'in the morning' and Parkrun. The 'official' Parkrun is in the next town, these guys like running different routes and distances not just 5k. Plus there's some Russian bureaucracy about who can call themselves Parkrun but my language skills don't quite go far enough to understand that...
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Good photo of you all under the statue of Lenin, is that in Leningrad, now St Petersburg?, good run as well, it won't be long before you have the first snow, keep running and of course keep warm.
Definitely not warm and lots of puddles if I wasn't careful but once I was moving it was fine. Probably didn't need a jacket (especially driving home 😂). It's SO different to my usual run!
I'm intrigued by your location and how you have managed to hook up with a running group, unless you're living in Russia of course. That's a really good run in good time well done.I'm wondering, does everyone go to a good coffee shop afterwards as many of us do in UK, maybe having a cake etc with it? Is it social, or just run and leave?
Thanks for sharing OBK and look forward to learning more - fascinating for a Sunday morning in North Kent! Best wishes ☺️
My husband is Russian and we're visiting his home town. One of his school friends leads the running group, they meet every Saturday morning come wind, rain, snow etc. We were told that bad weather was not an excuse for not turning up lol, though judging by the number who turned out more than one took the overnight rain as a signal to turn over and go back to sleep.After the run we were invited to join them for tea in the Palace of Culture, a sort of civic centre where they hold activities like youth clubs, discos, parties etc but we had to pass on that as it would have involved waiting for the other runners to get back and we had to get back as there was stuff that couldn't wait. We promised that next time we'll stay for tea. That'll probably be in the winter, better get a thermal running shirt
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