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Gentle Park run jog

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Took my friend to her first Park run today. She's on week 7 and desperately wanted to give it a go.

We did her 5 mins warm up walk then off at a slow jog. Oldfloss you would have been very proud of me! We completed in 48 mins. I didn't mind as I wanted just a little jog before my charity 10k Monday.

I think she's hooked as wants to go again next week!

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TedG profile image
TedGGraduate

Well done to your friend Carolyn and good luck on your 10k Monday, it’s going to be a scorcher 😅

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Cornet-CarolynGraduate in reply to TedG

Thank you. We're running the coast path so hopefully we'll have a sea breeze 😀

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate in reply to Cornet-Carolyn

Gorgeous... I shall be back oat the Coast on Thursday :)

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Yeayayayya Go you two... this weather, slow is the only way to go... soak up the warmth and enjoy.. well done both :)

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Cornet-CarolynGraduate in reply to Oldfloss

Thank you. Definitely slow as I chatted at her all the way and I can't normally talk and run at all 😉

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate in reply to Cornet-Carolyn

Me neither.. except to the voices in my head:) x

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skysue16Graduate

Lovely photo 😊

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sallensonGraduate

You both look well happy too. Nice job and a lovely day for it. :-)

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MummycavAdministratorGraduate

Aw, that’s lovely...well done to both of you 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️👏🏻👏🏻

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Cornet-CarolynGraduate in reply to Mummycav

Very strange running so slow but suited us both

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Dexy5Graduate

Well done to your friend . I am on wk 8 and have held back on Parkrun but I did start the course midweek and turned at 14 minutes. It seemed an awful long way to the but hubby said I ran 2/3rds of the course . Something to aim for after graduation.

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Cornet-CarolynGraduate in reply to Dexy5

We have a 20 mins walk to start of our course but I still made sure we did the 5 mins warm up. I was happy to go slow at her pace as it suited me this time.

You do have to be disciplined to run at your own pace at Park runs.

I love the atmosphere of being with 400+ runners even towards the back of the finishers. I usually run it in about 32 mins.

Enjoy your first one whenever you do it and post a celebration picture👍

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