A tale of 2 parkruns

[SueAppleRun]

Woke to wet windy weather this morning, checked and parkrun wasn't cancelled which means the sea didn't sweep stones over the prom, good news. Daughter is working today so collected granddaughter and off we went to Worthing! Ah, can't park at gym and neither of us have enough change for parking so we turned round and went to Lancing 😀 our local parkrun and glad we did. There was water laying across the green and not so many people there this morning. We squelched across the grass and off!! A nice warm up walk, bit of running, more squelching.

The rain came down the slight breeze was behind us, we ran, we walked, we dodged puddles, a couple of times I hopped over the fence and ran along the stones at the top of the beach and we thanked all the Marshall's for standing around in the cold and wet just to clap and cheer us all on. It wasn't fast but it wasn't my slowest, my granddaughter pulled away near the end so I slowed to take some photos of her running towards the funnel. She was a few seconds off a PB and so proud.

We went back to the gym where we found a parking space, went and showered, sat in the steam room, lay on hot benches and finished up in the sauna. Our reward.

Home again and food!

Run happy everyone and be proud that you can xx

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

Yay very well done! And well done to your granddaughter on her almost PB 💪 And what a treat to finish with the steam room and and sauna 😀 enjoy the rest of your day 😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Beatlesforever]

Thanks and it was needed, we were cold and wet at the end, next time I'll take dry socks and shoes though, they weren't fun to put back on

[Beatlesforever Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Oh no, I bet! Yes, a change of socks and shoes for next time after your relaxing steam room 👍

[Shake-and-run Graduate10]

your post run regime sounds like bliss!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Shake-and-run]

I've not been able to go since my cataract surgery so was determined to go today 😀

[Annieapple Administrator]

🍏Fabulous memory building times with your granddaughter! What a fabulous relationship you have! Exciting run with a great reward and delightful photos to share with us!!! Loved this post!!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Annieapple]

Thanks Annie, she's really beginning to enjoy running, her legs are so long too, she'll be near the front if she keeps it up

[Doris8 Graduate10]

Aw well done to both of u. And to finish off in a sauna chilling out. Hope plenty more days like this sort from the wet feet.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Doris8]

Thanks, the wet feet were fine until it came to putting wet shoes and socks back on after the gym

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Well done Sue, and a lucky rainbow to finish the morning

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Dexy5]

Yes, we had such a good time and my granddaughter kept saying how she was proud of us

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

What a lovely post! 😀 Well done to you both and 👍 to your granddaughter - she’ll get that pb next time!🤞💪🙂

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Sandraj39]

Thanks, she certainly will

[Jools2020 Graduate10]

well done to both of you and the sauna afterwards sounds wonderful! 😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Jools2020]

It's been a great day thanks Jools 😀

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10]

What a super run and well done to both of you! Back on track and a blissful reward

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Thanks Floss

[Oldgirlruns Graduate10]

What a great way to finish a parkrun Sue! It sounds as if wellies wouldn’t have been out of place at your local! Well done to your granddaughter’s nearly PB , on a better day I’m sure she’ll smash it!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldgirlruns]

Thanks, yes wellies would have kept our feet dry. I've no doubt if my granddaughter keeps it up she'll soon be under 30 minutes, her legs go on forever

[Hedgehogs123 Graduate10]

Aww that sounds great, lovely photos and big grins all round! 😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Hedgehogs123]

Thanks, and yes

[Folkylass Graduate10]

Super post once again Sue. It looked cold and windy though😀🥰

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Folkylass]

It wasn't that cold but it was wet and windy, today was worse, I looked out the window and thought, not today. Went to the beach later though

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[grumpyoldgirl]

What a lovely post well done to you both. Your granddaughter was doing well to get a near pb in those conditions, good on her!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

Thanks 😁 yes she was brilliant, the last time we went just before my op we'd sat in the beach and daughter was paddling before she finished, mins you, I saw her today and she said everything aches 😂 but she seems to have got the running bug