Physio this morning and Achilles is continuing to improve. Went for the run at lunchtime - once again the first segment was tough going and my pace was all over the place, but found a rhythm on the second segment and all was well.
I intend to do my first Parkrun on Saturday and wanted to do R2 and walk the rest of the way, which should be around 2k based on current distance stats. I’ve looked at the last local Parkrun results, and the last one across the line was at 58:02, so I’m hoping it’s feasible without holding up the tail walkers - what do you think?
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Great to read Wenderwoo that you are continuing to get better and yes you should go and do your first parkrun. As long as you stick to the plan like you've already said . All your patience of having an injury is now paying off .
Go and enjoy parkrun and come back and tell us how you get on. I'm sure you'll really enjoy it 😊😊🏃♀️🏃♀️
Go along to Parkrun and just have fun. It’s an amazing spectacle as everyone moves forward as a body once the run gets underway. Every kind of runner, Walker, perambulist, dog, kids, kids in prams, blind folks, zimmer peeps, the injured. They’re all there Don’t worry about the tail gunners. ours has two - one for runners and one for the rest. No-one gets left behind. They’re there for you so go along and have fun.
Don’t forget your bar code. My go along for refreshments afterwards 🍰☕️
Don't worry about your speed in parkrun. The job of the tailwalkers is to ... stay at the back, behind the final people. They won't worry about the time and you will get lots of lovely encouragement from them, the marshals, other runners ...
My only word of caution is based on my experience: it's very easy to get carried away and set off fast🤪 (hence my username).
Go for it, I say. Doesn't matter how much you walk and there will probably be volunteer runners at the back so you aren't last. Not that I think you will be or anything🤣. You are doing well - you will be catching me up at this rate 😁. I've still not run since falling and bruising ribs badly on Saturday. It's only been 4 days but seems ages, you have been so patient with your Achilles, I must be with my ribs! 😥
Thanks! It’s been very frustrating, especially over Christmas when I had expected to complete this thing. But that’s life I suppose, and as long as it gets done one day I’ll be happy 😁
It sounds like a great idea. The atmosphere will carry you round. You will probably have to be quite disciplined not to try and run more than you should...you may need Ethel on a loud speaker. Take care. Looking forward to hearing all about it.
You will be fine.... just relax.. make use your Achilles feels up for it and enjoy! The tail walkers are there to support you... they are always the last in
I put them on first thing in the house, wore them to physio, and carried on wearing them with no I’ll effects. So I wore them and they were fab! It might explain why my pace was a bit random to start with, but got there in the end 😁
I'm planning on doing the same. End of week 6 do my first part run. (I finished W3R2 tonight so 3 weeks to go).
There is a Google play store app that records all your times in a graph which I why I thought it would be good to start it before the end of the programme. (I'm a bit of a data geek😂🤘)
If you've registered (and remember to take your barcode along) you'll get Emailed a load of stats about your Parkrun performance anyway... I love it when that Email pops in to my inbox round about lunchtime :-).
Re: Parkrun, I'm a HUGE advocate of it. You'll find it friendly and supportive and as they often say at the start of mine "It's not a race"... and it really isn't. It's perfectly OK to walk some or all of it - lots of people do as you will see. So don't worry about times or running the whole course - just bathe in the glow of getting round.
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