Hello Everyone and happy weekend. Today is parkrun day, a free 5K event which takes place every Saturday morning all around the world. It is for everyone, slow, fast, able, disabled, big, small and everyone in between. Oh and don't forget about the super Mum's and Dad's who push their babies in buggies. You can walk, jog, run, run/walk, it's not a race, just a run in the park and loads of us here on Bridge to 10K do it religiously every Saturday morning.
Some of us may not be able to do a parkrun at the moment so until parkrun returns fully for everyone some of us will continue to take part on our own in a Virtual parkrun every Saturday morning called a (not)parkrun. Or if you are away on Holidays, prefer to run on your own, or do not have a parkrun close by you a (not)parkrun is perfect, please feel free to join in.
Please post a little run report after your parkrun or (not)parkrun and let everyone know how you got on. The little run report can be done over a post parkrun coffee and treat/cake. (parkrun is all about the after run coffee and cake, and meeting friends old and new).
If you are a new graduate and would like to start, all you have to do is run, walk or jog at a parkrun or a 5K run/jog/walk (not)parkrun anytime today or tomorrow and write a little run report under this post. It's like a little community and it is good fun, sets you up nicely for the weekend. If you want to you can register on the parkrun website and you can log your 5K (not)parkrun. In fact you can log any 5K done during the week as a (not)parkrun.
For anyone whom has not done a real parkrun yet and if it is available to you, give it a try. It is the most wonderful community event. Saturday mornings will never be the same again.
Looking forward to hearing from all of you who ran in real proper parkruns and (not)parkruns. Happy running and have a lovely weekend.
I ran at my local parkrun this morning with my doggie. It was a nice gentle easy run which I did in a time of 34:23. Ruby stopped a couple of times to say hello to other doggies and also took a toilet break, thankfully I was well prepared and a bin was not too far away. But she loved it and had a great morning. Ruby’s 2nd parkrun and my 104th. Happy running everyone.
Damien
That's great !And Ruby certainly looks like she's having fun 😁
Ruby!! PR legend in the making. ❤️ Well done both of you. 🐕😀❤️🏃♂️
Great run for you today Damien, what a lovely little doggie you have, this afternoon as usual I will be taking my neighbours dog Holly a walk at 2 o'clock, I thought of taking her to a parkrun but no, she stops too often to sniff leaves and grass when I take her walks, let alone runs.
Ruby almost pulled me through the sports pitches a few times today when she’d have loved to chase a few birds. Plenty of stopping and sniffing too. 😁
It’s a good excuse for a slower run damienair. UpTheStanley uses me as his justification.
Did my first ever park run. First run after doing my half last Sunday. Walked mile from home and took Lily dog with me so she could get the exercise. She took one look at the crowds and dogs and was like nope! So she sat on the grass refusing to budge- just about heard the person organising speaking and thought may have to abort when a kindly volunteer offered to look after her. So started a few seconds later than everyone else and got to see my dog patiently waiting with a lovely volunteer as I did the route 3 times. Nice and slow as I wanted to make sure I completed it at official time of 41:15 although could lop a few seconds off that for the ropey start! Lily waiting for me at the end and then she got a walk back unleashed through fields before heading home. Next time I’ll do it sans dog but really overall enjoyed doing a race with zero pressure and will be back. Still have to sort out my left foot as still giving me issues but overall great experience! Pic of aforementioned Lily looking quite judgemental at me - probably because I’m late with her dinner!
I love Lilly’s color. Looks great. Well done on your first Parkrun. Great running.