Week almost-3, and a spot of marshalling

[grumpyoldgirl]

Knew I wouldn't get out for a run today, so I forced myself out of the door last evening while there was still plenty of light. My legs were feeling pretty heavy so kept nice and slow (even more than usual!) So why was I running yesterday?

Because this morning, I answered the call for volunteers to marshal at my local Parkrun. Once I'd got over the shock of finding myself in a high-vis jacket at 8.30 on a Saturday morning, I went to my allocated spot and waited. It's so good to watch the first runners as they came towards me, then the main body following behind, then assorted people with children, buggies, dogs, some walking for bits, some for most of it, and the tail walker at the back. The course is two laps, and it was fun watching to see how the runners were faring on their second time around ( the course seems harmless but there is a short but steep hill which catches people out).

It was fun and friendly, and I'll do it again, and hopefully in a few months I'll be running it too 🤞

The photo is the course before the runners appeared.

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Well done you for marshalling park run needs you 👍👍⭐

[grumpyoldgirl Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Thank you, everyone is short of volunteers at the moment, and I can't run it yet, so it was nice to be able to help

[SueAppleRun Graduate]

That’s a beautiful photo and sounds like a good thing to do,

[grumpyoldgirl Graduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

It's a lovely park, such a nice place to be on a weekend😊

[Mrsrun Graduate]

Well done to you. I see the hill in the picture and think that Park Run is not for me , yet!

[nowster Graduate in reply to Mrsrun]

They vary a lot in difficulty.

I was chatting to a guy yesterday morning who had done a different local one. He said that the course description was very quiet about how hard it was (in the top three of difficulty) and that it was like doing fell running.

The first course I did was relatively flat with a few little rises, but the problem with that one is that the path is very stony. My local one has a short steep bendy climb about three quarters of the way round the lap (of which there are four).

[grumpyoldgirl Graduate in reply to Mrsrun]

There are two flat parkrun courses in easy reach of me, so don't write it off! Parkrun has ranked all the courses in order of difficulty, you should be able to find out on their website. But there were plenty of people yesterday who walk up the slope, and run down it.

[Mrsrun Graduate in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

I will look up the level of difficulty thanks.. I did not know you could do that.. Everyday is a school day!

[Mrsrun Graduate]

I have been spying them out and walked a Park Run close ,which seemed mainly flat , a little short hill . Living in the Chilterns it is hard to run without hills!

[grumpyoldgirl Graduate in reply to Mrsrun]

It certainly is!

[grumpyoldgirl Graduate in reply to Mrsrun]

If you're in the Chilterns, have you thought of Aylesbury, that's flat

[Mrsrun Graduate in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

Thank you , I will give that one a look.

[Beachcomber66 Graduate]

Well done on both counts grumps.👏👏👏👏

[grumpyoldgirl Graduate in reply to Beachcomber66]

Thanks BC 😊