So the day finally dawned for my park run debut on a bright but very cold north east morning. A beautiful setting looking north from Whitley Bay towards St Mary's Island. I was freezing at the start and can only wonder what the local loons swimming in the north sea were feeling!!.
Not sure I really got the full park run experience as due to the fact that it was -3 at the start only a handful turned up and I was running by myself most if the time.
Still the run itself was my best yet by far with 5k achieved in 32 and a bit minutes, breathing felt good even at a faster pace and i feel I will be able run the distance in the thirty minutes once the weather warms up!!
Continuing to really love this journey and my next park run will be Newcastle on the 30th, hopefully warmer with more competitors.
Happy running weekend everyone 😁
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Well done for braving the low temperatures- and great pace too. You will be well settled in when the fair weather runners appear!
... and what memories you have stirred up-my childhood home is on your map! I had forgotten the daily swimmers in the North Sea. I remember an lady who swam in the sea every single morning of the year & had done for decades. 😃
I was up near there in Saltburn and I noticed quite a few more mature ladies swimming in the sea, one of whom was a veritable dolphin, ploughing horizontally across the seascape. Good on em 👍😃
Awesomeness! Well done ChrisAllen1 😁😁😁 It's a shame that you were among so few other Parkrunners, but I am guessing that you are right about the temperature playing a part in that! I've not been out running since my 1st Parkrun 2 weeks ago due to a week of back pain and then been in bed all this week with a flu virus and chest infection 😷 Hoping to be back running by next weekend as I'm planning to do the Christmas Day Parkrun!
Dont forget the New Year Parkrun if the 30th is cancelled due to weather. Just check your local parkrun page to see if they will run and check start time.
Swimming in the sea though... I am sure there must be a great reason why they do this in sub-zero temperatures, and that I just don't get it... but it would still be a resounding NOPE from me.
It is good fun.. I did it every New year's Day.. up to 2014...until Mr OF said he was worried I might collapse..( I think he thought he would have to save me..
Congratulations on what I am assuming will be the first of many.
Our local Parkrun has numbers ranging from ~12 people to 120 depending on the occasion and the weather. I can say I love running on both ends of the spectrum. On the weeks that are cold you not only get bragging rights, but your number ranking skyrockets. I came 14th place as tailwalker a few weeks ago, which sounds very impressive if you don't know that only 14 people showed up.
Oh - dear!! You have committed an unforgivable sin , for which you must pay the penance of returning to parkrun..... parkrun is ALWAYS spelt as one word and with lowercase letters.
My god your moving quickly! I'd be so pleased with that time. Well done!
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Park run a most uplifting experience 
And week 6 is finished & I'm a runner!
I'm no runner. Week 5 of couch to 5k was a struggle, now onto week 6. 
Ooh, i think park run is next to my house now. 
