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Christmas Day ParkRun

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As planned I headed out for my first ever ParkRun which was also tied into fundraising for a local charity.

We went through the first timers briefing and headed off to the start.

There were over 400 people there so it was a little crowded.

I set off at a 38 minute 5k pace and was maintaining it easily. A mile and a half in my ankle started hurting again, so I did end up walking 4 times throwing the 38 minute target out of the window.

I did complete the whole 5k, was a little disappointed with the 45:06 that they recorded, my Garmin was on 44:43. Either way, that's my first ever ParkRun time.

I've kind of on the IC now, going to rest my left ankle a little before I start out again.

Total raised for charity £325

Happy running everyone.

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Congratulations LeeU on your first parkrun and on Christmas day. Also money you raised for charity.

Hope there is no problems with your ankle.

🎅🎅🎅👏👏👏👏👏👏

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xx2000Graduate

Sorry to hear you has problema with your ankle but congratulations on your first park run !! 🎊🎊

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GrannyhugsGraduate

Great effort and amount raised. So sorry about your injury though. When you are recovered you know you'll be able to run a new PR PB 1😀

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RunningdumplingGraduate

Well done LeeU, I also did my first Parkrun yesterday but no fundraising so congratulations on both counts, what a great end to the year!

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snailfaceGraduate

Well done you 🎄

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DebstonGraduate

Well done, LeeU, sorry to hear that your ankle has been playing up, hope it settles down soon. But what a fantastic amount you raised for charity, well done you! PS, even with your walking breaks, your official time was still faster than my first Parkrun time!

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