Practice Parkrun

[Runningdear]

Took my week 2 C25k podcast to my local parkrun trail and tried out a walk/run on the course an hour before the official park run started.

Think it helped with pacing the runs to keep slow enough to last the distance eventually.😀

When I did parkruns before, I used to find the adrenalin at the start made me gallop off too fast.

Think I will do one of my weekly runs on the park run course each week.

[nowster Graduate]

"When I did parkruns before, I used to find the adrenalin at the start made me gallop off too fast."

This was me for about the first three parkruns I did. I got swept up in the pack and found that by about three quarters of the way through I was spent and needed to walk for a bit.

My first ever parkrun (the first after lockdown eased) is still one of my fastest ever times, and I walked bits of it!

Nowadays I let the pack zoom off and then gradually catch them up and one-by-one overtake the gallopers when they realise they can't gallop any more. I usually finish between a third and a half way down the results table.

[Naturesweapon Graduate]

The park run sounds really good and something I would like to try next once I finish couch to 5k. Well done for running 5 K 👍

[Runningdear Graduate in reply to Naturesweapon]

There’s always a positive atmosphere at a park run, and I look forward to a coffee at a nearby cafe afterwards as a reward.

[Sax64 Graduate]

I've only done a couple of parkruns, but as I'm very slow and can't run 5k yet, I decided that starting at the back of the pack was a good strategy. It meant I could start slowly without the stress of hundreds of runners sprinting past, and find my own pace

[Naturesweapon Graduate in reply to Sax64]

Great minds think alike💡Great strategy and I have done exactly the same! Started the last one before the dogs (who must start last!) and have just run at my comfortable pace 🐌until the end 🏅

[Runningdear Graduate in reply to Sax64]

Well done, I walk for the first few minutes to warm up and let the dads with prams and runners with dogs race past and then settle into a running pace. I’m working my way gradually up to running the entire thing. 😁

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate]

This is such a great idea! Parkruns are often in nice places too. Enjoy!