A family parkrun

[damienair]

It was my Dads 70th Birthday and I joined my family to celebrate last night with a lovely Dinner. We all stayed over in my parents home and this morning I got up and ran my 48th parkrun in Mullingar with my brother, sister, wife and my two Sons. It was my eldest sons 20th parkrun. Oisin (eldest son 10) and I ran together and finished in a time of 27:07, although we actually ran 26:56 as I had delayed getting going at the start line. It was a beautiful morning, beautiful parkrun, quality time with family and we celebrated afterwards with a beautiful breakfast.😀

Damien

[Oldgirlruns Graduate]

What a brilliant way to start the day damienair! Lovely family photo too!

[damienair Graduate in reply to Oldgirlruns]

Thank you so much. We had a lovely morning.

Damien

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

A very happy birthday to your dad from Alan in Scotland Damien, that was a fantastic time for you and your son at this morning's Mullingar Parkrun considering the meal you had last night. Lovely photo of you all.

As for me, I ran my fourth parkrun at Dunfermline this morning, time was 33.31, a little slower than last week, nevertheless, I enjoyed the run, I am getting to know a few runners who run it in around that time as well.

Enjoy and relax for the rest of the day, by the way, I listen to one of my favourite radio stations from Ireland named RTE Gold, the great Larry Gogan is still going strong.

Regards

Alan in a now very warm Scotland.

[damienair Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Thanks Alan. It was a great morning. I spent the afternoon with my brother and Dad getting fitted for suits for my brothers upcoming wedding in October.

Larry Gogan will never retire. I think he is well into his 80’s now and he still adores radio. I grew up listening to him.

Damien

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to damienair]

Larry was born in 1938 which makes him 81.

[cheekychipmunks Graduate]

What an idyllic morning Damien! All those occasions to celebrate, how wonderful! 👏👏

Fantastic photo too. You have a lovely family. 😀

[damienair Graduate in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Thank you so much. It was a lovely morning.

Damien

[Irish-John Graduate]

A photo and a gathering to gladden the heart

Good on you Damien and happy birthday to your Dad.

[damienair Graduate in reply to Irish-John]

Thanks John. Weather has been very windy, wet and cold over the past few weeks. Today was perfect. Loved the parkrun.

Damien

[Buddy34 Graduate]

Family parkrun how amazing. Well done to you all 😊😊

[damienair Graduate in reply to Buddy34]

Thank you so much. We have had a jam packed day.

[Doddery123 Graduate]

Family park run. That's fabulous.

[damienair Graduate in reply to Doddery123]

Thank you

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Great to see a family running together, one of my favourite things about parkrun. Well done to all of you.

[damienair Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Thank you. Yes it was lovely to be together. My brother came through the finish funnel in 9th position in a time of 21:30. He is a football player and is pretty fit. It was great and a beautiful morning. I did that same parkrun course 2 years ago and finished in 36 minutes. I was 9 minutes faster this morning. So got a PB.😀

Damien

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to damienair]

Congrats! Wow 21:30 is quick... can he sign for United? We need players who can run!

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate]

What a lovely family occasion Damien

Well done all!😊xxx

[damienair Graduate in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Thank you.

[RunaroundSue]

Well done all, lovely photo

[damienair Graduate in reply to RunaroundSue]

Thanks. We had a very busy family weekend. It was fantastic to fit the parkrun in too.

Damien

[lexiemcd Graduate]

What a lovely post ! Well done to you and your family . We visited Mullingar while touring S Ireland a few years back. My daughter's father in law is originally from there - moved to Scotland when he met his wife to be - it's a lovely area.

[damienair Graduate in reply to lexiemcd]

My parents live in Tullamore but there is no parkrun there. But there are 2 which are 30 mins away in the car. Mount Lucas and Mullingar. Mullingar is a lovely flat course. 2.6K our along a canal and 2.4K back along a lovely greenway parallel to a disused railway line. It was a lovely scenic route.

Damien

[lexiemcd Graduate in reply to damienair]

What an ideal parkrun !! We go to Ireland every year so must bear it in mind - thank you .

[Couchpotato2 Graduate]

How lovely and a great happy photo!

[damienair Graduate in reply to Couchpotato2]

Thanks. You should have seen us all at the breakfast afterwards, we were even happier.😀

Damien

[Couchpotato2 Graduate in reply to damienair]

Yes I can imagine

[Debston Graduate]

What a lovely pic and sounds like a great Parkrun for you all!

[damienair Graduate in reply to Debston]

Thanks it was really good. I must go back and try it again sometime on my own. I had to hold back a little on the 3rd and 4th kilometre as my little guy was struggling a little with the pace. It is flat and would be a good parkrun to chase a PB time.

Damien

[Franglaise Graduate]

How lovely....great photo, great memories you are making

Congrats on a great time too and keeping up with your 10 year old.