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.
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Unfortunately I will not be doing a parkrun this weekend. I will however be doing a 10K hike over a mountain which I have wanted to do for a while. I’ll be doing the hike with my brother in law, Ruby my doggie and Ruby’s sister Molly. Have wonderful parkruns everyone.
No park run for us either today. Hubby is at a conference all day & no.2 son was happy to sleep in as it was very wet & windy.
I did manage to get out for a 3 miler. I’ve been trying to be more disciplined with my heart rate training so today was supposed to be a zone 3/4 run but I was all zone 2/3. Think I need park run to get that heart rate up!
Finished my(not)park run in 33:07 but perhaps more importantly - I got to see the ocean, a rainbow & finished my run smiling😍
I struggle with my HR too. Mine is always (naturally) ridiculously low and my legs would fall off if I ever run in Zone 4 or 5! My overnight resting HR is usually in the 30s!
Wow! cheekychipmunks That is a very impressive resting heart rate. I don’t normally struggle to hit zone 4 but I’ve been doing some really slow runs in zone 1/2 this week.
No PR for me either Damien. Jenny, Flossie and I are volunteering at Eastville this morning ahead of our Severn Bridge 10k tomorrow. We’re then going over to Chepstow to pick up our numbers just to add to the excitement. It’ll be Jen’s first ever race. 😀
No excuses for me - we could easily get them tomorrow morning, but I’m in pre- race excitement mode and want to get my mitts on that number as soon as possible! 😂
I wish you good luck CC for your Severn Bridge 10K tomorrow, well done for volunteering, especially Flossie for BARKcoding at at Eastville Parkrun this morning. 😊
Well done for volunteering last week. And hope the 10K was fab. Sorry I am only replying now. Life has got extremely busy recently and I am trying to stay off my phone as much as possible.
My first Parkrun today! I'm not going to lie, it was tough but I finished 5 mins quicker than expected! Unofficial time 45 mins - so I'm a pretty chuffed snail today! Everyone was very supportive and the weather was fab - and I'm going to make this a relatively regular fixture to get me running perhaps a little quicker over time.
I really wanted to do it this weekend. my plan was to do Hampstead Heath park run and go for a dip in the ponds before the summer's over, but a few things conspired against me:
1- park run starts at 9am and I'm not a morning person (plus getting to Hampstead would take me an hour, so I'd have to wake up at like 7.45);
2- i'm still in week 7, running roughly 3k in 25 mins so it would take me closer to 50 mins to do the 5k and i don't want to be the last one across the finish line;
3- i've been told Hampstead is actually quite hilly, so probably not the best for a beginner.
next 2 weeks i'm doing swim events, so it probably won't be then either
Not to worry diogoc - there's plenty more parkruns to come! By the way, you wouldn't be last no matter what your time was - there are always tail walkers who make sure that they're last!
A post graduation parkrun is a fitting end to c25k DiogoC. I took Jo Whiley along with me on my first one , even walking the first 5 minutes. No pressure on speed so just run at your pace.
...Plus I am coming back from injury/illness etc so I will be jeffing next week so you may overtake me!. I did my first run in 6 weeks. I did 3.2K in 30 minutes jeffing (3 plus 2.) Nothing special. Still got a slight cough, but much better now. But being back after so long is such a brilliant feeling. Hope everyone is healthy or at least getting there.
Good afternoon Damien, I had an amazing run today considering my circumstances, most of this week I have had a sore hip and it's slowed me down a good bit, on Wednesday I ran my 115th (not)parkrun in a time of 44.04 which for me is around 10 minutes slower than normal, however, my hip isn't as sore now and this morning at Springburn Parkrun my time was 33.58.I went to the back of 99 runners, I told the tailwalker about my week and she told me to take my time, I went at a slightly slower pace so I hoped to get a sub 40 minute run, let alone sub 35 minute 5K, so I am very pleased with my run today.
👍 Thanks JonathanP, my hip is only a little sore now, I took Holly the dog her usual 2pm walk,. I have just discovered that there is a new parkrun only 4 miles from where I live, the new parkrun is Palacerigg Country Parkrun, the first one was this morning, I will still get the bus to the nearest part of Palacerigg Park and walk around 3K to the start, I may try that parkrun in a few weeks time.
There is a YouTube video of the first run entitled "Inaugural Palacerigg Country Parkrun" (12.27) it's speeded up a little, this coming Monday I am going to walk the course as I used to walk in Palacerigg Country Park many times years ago before moving to the other end of Cumbernauld where I now live.
This Monday morning I walked the course, it's a one lapper route, a trail, I wore walking boots as some parts of the course are very rough which could be quite muddy in wet weather so when running I will definitely wear my trail running shoes even in dry weather. The first 3K's are slightly downhill, it's only the last kilometer which is slightly uphill with 2 short steep hills which I may walk while running at this parkrun, there is a small part of the route where there is a sharp U turn, I didn't go along that bit this morning because I don't exactly know where that sharp U turn is, I just hope that the marshalls and whoever is volunteering knows where it is, there maybe a permanent mark to tell the volunteer where to stand at that U turn
Alan I am so sorry about my late reply. I have been crazy with work and in the evenings I am trying my best to stay off my phone. Very well done on your great time last week considering you were struggling earlier with your hip. I hope this week has been way better for you and your hip is back to normal.
No need to apologise about the late reply Damien,, I did take that run slow and steady because of my sore back, normally my time at Springburn parkrun is around 32 minutes, on Saturday 27th August it was 33:58, glad to tell you that this morning, 3rd September my back isn't sore at all, I ran at Dunfermline parkrun today, all the three's, my time was 33:33.
Ideal weather this morning at Chadderton for parkrun number 42. It's about 16°C and partially sunny, but we're under tree cover for most of the way.
Some regulars are missing which is to be expected during the holiday season.
There was a lady from Edinburgh wearing a tartan skort with saltire patterned shorts underneath.
A couple of dogs and someone with a pushchair too.
I took up my place at the rear of the pack as usual. I know my place. 😆
I also know that the best way to tackle this course is to start off slowly. Unusually, I'm overtaking people in the first 100m.
I advance most in the first lap, then set into a steady rhythm. As I'm passing the marshals at the start/finish point I call out, "They're after me! They're after me! I keep running but they're still following."
On the second lap, I call out, "Are they still after me?" They told me they were.
On the third I remark that today's runners are slow as nobody's lapped me.
On the fourth, I'm doing a sprint finish and someone's almost on my shoulder as I pass the timekeepers. (We record identical times.)
Afterwards I chat with a few of the other runners and clap in the last few finishers.
A good run. I also improved on my PB for this course by a whole... second. I think the Garmin training plan is starting to show results.
I finished at position 25 out of 63, with an official time of 27:43.
Well done on your new course PB. So sorry I am only replying now. I made a conscious decision to stay off my phone as much as possible this week. Great running. Sorry for the late reply.
Suffering from a heavy cold this morning (I blame the grandchildren last weekend at Center Parcs!), but had already volunteered to be car park marshal so thought I would see how things went before deciding whether to run.
In the end I didn't feel too bad so took it relatively easy and came in on 33.28. Quite a few tourists I think as I had a few queries about parking arrangements and 227 runners - largest number since May.
Good afternoon Damien and all. No parkrun running for me today as I’ve got 18 miles tomorrow 😬 I did, however, marshal and I’ve got the tokens to sort.
I wasn’t sure about my marshalling position at the start of the car park but it was pretty good actually and I got quite into it. I also got to have a quick chat with Runnerno which was fab because when we last talked I completely forgot his HU name and felt really bad about it. Lovely to meet you again Runnerno!
We also got to have a post PR drink with Sandie1961 and Shake-and-run before their Cosford 10k tomorrow. So a bit of a mini HU meet up all in all.
Good luck with your hike Damien and all the best to cheekychipmunks and everyone with their runs and races this weekend. Have fun 🤩💪👏👏
Thanks TC, and well done on your marshalling duties too! I was also doubtful that I’d enjoy my position, but I’ve decided it’s now my favourite and it’s one I’ll request again! Shows how good it is to try different marshal stations doesn’t it? 😀
Nice that you had a mini meetup with Sandie and Shakes. Good luck with your (gulp) 18 miles tomorrow. My 10k race seems teeny tiny in comparison! 😅
Well done TC on your volunteering stint. Sorry to be only replying now. Crazy weekend last week and crazy week. I tried to stay away from my phone as much as possible. Hope you Marathon training is going well.
I can’t believe my post has disappeared down a black hole again! Long story short.
It’s Portsmouth Victorious Festival this weekend, which normally has no affect on parkrun but this year the organisers started opening gates at 10.00 and placed a queuing system for the park and ride bus right on parkrun start/finish area! Metal barriers everywhere.
A mad panic as RD and UpTheStanley agreed new procedures (it was too late to cancel) , while I did the pre-run check along the rest of the course.
All went well considering, but I think our ED will be sending a strong note to the council events team.
Mr Coddfish , myself and Oldgirlruns ran, UTS filled in as timekeeper to cover an absent volunteer and Coddfish jumped in to marshal the end of the route. Breakfast followed!
Whoa what a palava Dexy. I can imagine the panic. Well done to all who helped it run as smoothly as possible, and I hope the council events team get a flea in their collective ears. 🙄
I’m hoping that extending my distance again will help my parkrun time Sandie. My PB was set in 2019 after running a few 10ks and regularly running 3 times a week .
I continued with some parkrun tourism today. I ran Riverside parkrun in Chester le Street, County Durham, which is right next to the cricket ground. It was a lovely run and the volunteers were brilliant.
Hello everyone! As Shake-and-run and I have the Spitfire run tomorrow, I couldn’t resist coming over a day early to meet up with TailChaser and Katnap for Stratford -upon-Avon parkrun this morning (and dinner out last night!) TailChaser was marshalling as she has a very long marathon training run tomorrow and Shake-and-run was tailwalking, so just Katnap and I running. It was quite crowded at the start so a bit slow getting away, but official time of 31.30, negative splits and a final sprint PB 🥳💥😃
My HM plan has Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday runs so I’ve been doing them for a few weeks. Be glad when it’s done though - got to try to fit short sprint intervals into tomorrow’s race! 😬
Beth’s Parkrun tour bus 🚌 took us to Tilgate Park in Crawley.
A loop around the lake then up into the woods and then back round for another run round the lake. Thankfully plenty of Marshalls to keep us on track. The route was lovely and definitely one to return to.
Interestingly they sensed there was going to be more than 300 runners so the 21-27min runners were moved to another bit of the course but within eyeshot of the start. It meant that they could avoid overcrowding on some of the narrow paths at the start.
In bribery to get my daughter up this morning I said we would go for a swim at the K2 leisure centre after. So my post run stretches were done in the pool 😁 🏊♀️
Ooh I used to take my nieces to Tilgate park when they were young, and wondered what the parkrun was like. The separate starts sounds a brilliant idea to make sure the faster runners are not held back by the slower ones and smooth out that difficult section at the beginning.
We are going to the youngest niece’s wedding in October so we may visit ourselves, although East Grinstead is closer it doesn’t appeal so much.
We haven't done East Grinstead either (and it will be near the bottom of the list to do as heard its a really tough one) but we did enjoy Tilgate and hope to return at some point as my time was terrible! The 'Fisherman's' carpark is free till 11am which is a bonus.
It is mostly flat but there is one steep(ish) hill 😬 but you only have to do it the once and they do warn you about it on the briefing!
29th Parkrun today (and 26th at Lowestoft). I was so happy to see clouds when I got up this morning and feel a chill in the air. I’m so over running in the heat. I’m not built for it! 😂🥵 I thought there would less people today as there is a local scores race tomorrow which consists of running up and down lots of steps and slopes. Not my idea of fun but it’s clearly popular as it’s in its 25th year. I’m going to go along to spectate and cheer everyone on. Anyway, there were 363 participants today, coming from as far as San Francisco and Australia! I got round in 37:25 today which is my quickest since early May so I think the cooler air definitely helped. There were a lot of PBs today. I think my next PB is some way off but I’ll keep pushing. Happy weekend everyone!
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