Park run?

[MJP458]

Hey up runners!!

So I completed week 4 yesterday, and as I’ve said here before I always follow the same route of 5.4km with a nice walk home when jo says goodbye. (about 45 minutes in total)

A friend who has run for years and done marathons in the past has asked me do the park run with him next weekend.

Not sure if that’s a good idea, I have thought of 3 options.

1 just go along and see how it goes

2 go but stick to whichever run I am on

3 wait until I’ve finished the plan

Any advise is, as always appreciated.

Thanks

Michael

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Parkrun is brilliant but we recommend that if you want to take part that you stick to your programmed C25K workout and walk the remainder to avoid doing too much too soon.

Some experienced runners do forget the potential vulnerability to injury of new runners, so take care.

[MJP458 in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thank you

[Buddy34 Graduate]

So great you've now completed wk4. I think you should go to parkrun and stick to the run you will be on that day. 🤗

[MJP458 in reply to Buddy34]

Thank you

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

So you completed week 4 yesterday, well done, that means you could run, run 1 of week 5 on Monday OR Tuesday, run 2 on Wednesday OR Thursday then the 20 minutes of W5R3 at parkrun on Saturday, however, as its highly unlikely that you will be able to run a 5K in 20 minutes, after the 20 minutes is up, just walk the rest of the 5K on Saturday.

[MJP458 in reply to AlMorr]

That’s exactly the scenario I had built up in my head, but should I do 5 minute warm up before we start or as I start? Not sure how these things work.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to MJP458]

There is a first timers briefing at parkruns which you will have to be at MJP458, that means standing listening to the person showing the first timers the route, after that the Parkrun Director welcomes everyone to this mornings /place/ Parkrun, the director congratulates parkrun tourism, 50, 100 parkrun runners, then the 3.2.1 go countdown and we all begin the run, so it's up to you if you wish to walk the first 5 minutes or just run for 20 minutes then walk the rest of the 5K.

[MJP458 in reply to AlMorr]

Thank you

[Tasha99 Graduate]

Do your program inside parkrun. Then do whatever to the end. I did run 3 of every week in it from week 2 👍🏽 By week 7 I had to do the warm up walk before it started but before then I did it in it. Everyone flew passed but it doesn’t matter.

[Sp81 Graduate]

Congratulations on getting this far 🥳

As far as parkrun goes I always say ‘do it’.

As others have said running it as your week 5 run 3 20 min run would be truly awesome. Wishing you well 🏃‍♀️

Check out you tube they often have time lapse videos that show the course, I found it helped me feel more familiar with the routex

[MJP458 in reply to Sp81]

Ooh right I’ll check that out, thanks 👍

[runwithdog Graduate]

do pr in your own way with the c25...i did my first one during w5 walking the last bit and so wished i had gone sooner.

apart from the run,it is a great community and a brill start to the weekend !!

[richfromnotts]

I would go and see what’s it’s all about first but don’t run it, finish the plan first. You are on week 4 and you need to build yourself up. There’s no rush to get there.

[JimmyLucy2 Graduate]

I am also planning on doing Parkrun, so I registered yesterday. But I am about to start week 5 of Couch to 5k and am going to actually take part at the end of week 9. So around about Christmas time. I feel that, for me, is best, as I will feel ready to do it by then, plus it will be aa fab thing to have achieved by the end of 2019. Finding the whole program totally empowering. This from the person who felt like she was about to die after the first run of week 1!

[Tubbyrunner in reply to JimmyLucy2]

Hi!! I’m planning on the same- park run on 21dec as I’m on w5 run 2 tomorrow- it fits in well with Christmas and I’m finding it a motivating goal - finish c25k and complete a park run- can’t wait!!! Good luck on the next few weeks and let’s hope for a beautiful crisp Christmassy morning on 21st!!

[Bluepup1 Graduate]

I went during my C25k and followed the programme as best I could - so wish I’d gone sooner

It’s your journey so go when you feel ready (or not at all even) - people run, jog, walk, take pushchairs/prams, dogs & children so there’s never any pressure to do something you’re not comfy with!

There’s always a back marker or 2 and last Sat there were run leaders/pacemakers (which I’ve not spotted before lol), it’s all well organised, fun and friendly 🤗 x

[runwithdog Graduate]

if you go onto your local pr page you can see a map of the course,maybe go walk it to get an idea of what to expect.