This is a photo of Lorraine the 70 minute pacer who helped me get a sub 70 minutes time of 1:09:22 at the Cumbernauld 10K on Sunday, that's me behind her #212 running along the side of Broadwood Loch a little less than 3 kilometers before the finishing line.
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Doris8Graduate10
Well done and your pacemaker 👏
She is a very good pacer, Lorraine has ran around 325 parkruns, by the way the photo was taken just under 3K to go,, we are going west south west on that photo, once the runners are at the opposite side of the loch, then it's 1500 metres going east north east towards the football stadium, if you look closely at the top right corner of the photo across the loch you can see the stadium that the run started and finished, by the way the lady behind me, #205 was the parkwalker the day I was the tailwalker at Palacerigg parkrun earlier in June.
OldgirlrunsGraduate10
Well done on that time Al, it certainly looks like a nice place to run!
That's Broadwood Loch, the same part of that 10K that I run most of my mid week runs, it's the same place that I also walk on a Thursday with my walking group.
Jools2020Graduate10
She looks like she was very happy to be your pacemaker! Well done to both of you. 👏👏👏👍
On her Facebook page she congratulated me on getting that sub 70 minutes time and was very happy too.
I would be delighted to run with a pacemaker that would push me just a little!
She "didn't half push me", on the last 50 metres she screamed at me to sprint which I did, I was 38 seconds short of 70 minutes and ahead of her on the finishing line.
It was a sterling effort, Al! Maybe you should book her for your next 10K event 😉
OldflossAdministrator60minGraduate
You did amazingly !!! Well done you! Great pacemaker indeed!
lexi6Graduate10
Great action shot there Al. You and Lorraine made a great team 👏
Yes we do lexi, she attends many parkruns on a Saturday. 😊 🏃🏾
Update, she has now ran 345 parkruns, volunteered 109 times including 13 times as Run Director.
That is just brilliant Alan, what amazing statistics . Volunteers like her are the ❤️ of parkrun. I hope you are well?
Good evening lexi6, I am keeping very well thank you, on Wednesday I ran another 8K, I was hoping to get a sub 60 minutes time which I mansged, my 8K time was 00:59:37, I hope you are keeping well and perhaps doing a few parkruns.
a really good time Alan for your 8k . I'm very well thank you I've only done 2 parks runs in the last couple of years but I'm hoping 2024 will see me do some more 🤞
I'll be a marshall at Springburn parkrun in Glasgow this coming Saturday, there is a runner I know there who ran at two parkruns in New Zealand last year, when she came back home she told me that she enjoyed those two parkruns, however, on the way home to the UK she was delayed for a few days due to flooding where she was staying, here in the UK we have also had a lot of severe weather, heavy rain, storm force winds and flooding.
I hope Springburn enjoys some fine weather on Saturday Alan and good for you volunteering . Yes NZ had some pretty devastating cyclones last year, which the Hawkes Bay and the Bay of Plenty especially are still recovering from. The UK, likewise, looking at your news has had and is having some terrible flooding and storms too I see. Having been flooded more than once its very difficult time and I sympathise
MissUnderstandingAdministratorGraduate10
That’s a brilliant time Al-really well done to you. I bet your pacer would have been thrilled to have played a role in that.
She said on her Facebook page that she was very happy to be the 70 minute pacer and especially pleased to help a runner (me) to get a time of 1:09:22 ✔️🏃🏾
AnnieappleAdministrator
🍏It’s great to put a photo to a name & also to see the beautiful Loch where most of your runs & walks take place! What a camaraderie the running family are!! Love that team work! Lorraine looks like she could run another 10k with that amazing smile! The stadium looks very far away AlMorr! So well done to you. Great run, great timing, great spirits!!
I agreed with every word you say Annieapple regarding the camaraderie of the running family, apart from around 350 parkruns, Lorraine has ran several half marathons, I am not sure if she has ran any full marathons.
OldManRunningGraduate10
Well done AlMorr
Thanks OldManRunning, you should add to your username "but young at heart" ✔️✔️🏃🏾
Pacing is a form of witchcraft and sorcery. Excellent result!
Hey, that's a new one on me regarding pacing, sorcery, where did you hear about that?
My own personal experience is that my pacing is either ‘stop’ or ‘go’, there are no subtleties 😂
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Run46Graduate10
Fantastic job, well done Al🏃👏👍
59erGraduate10
I don't know how you do it Al! Well done 😀
Thanks 59er, I don't know either how I do it but I just keep going slow and steady and somehow complete those runs ✔️🏃🏾
🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉
(And you’d beat me any day of the week …, slow is relative 😃😊 but steady is universal! And completing is awesome! Well done!)
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