A bit anxious and a bit excited....

[sfb350]

I haven't run for two weeks, not since the Apley Estates off-road 10k (ish) that I thoroughly enjoyed. I was struck down with lurgy the following day and am still fighting it off now.

Telford now has it's own Parkrun. I ran the first one with my fifteen year old son (under duress, but by the time we finished he wanted to do it again ) and acted as a marshal last week as I felt too under the weather to run. Tomorrow, I think I'm on Barcode Scanning duties - I have to scan the finishing tag and the runners' barcodes to record their times. Such responsibility - I hope I don't mess it up !

On Sunday, I'm planning a long-ish slow run. My first half-marathon is on 24 March and I'm getting anxious - if I can't manage this long run on Sunday I think I'll have to accept I won't be ready for the half as there isn't long to go.

Wish me luck please.......

[PeaBea Graduate]

Wishing you every luck. I know the feeling about doubting your own abilities but YOU ARE A GRADUATE. So trust in yourself cause we know you can do it.

[sfb350 Graduate in reply to PeaBea]

Thank you, I'm just going to see how far I can go tomorrow, no worrying about speed as I'll probably keep having to pause to get the tissues out !

[greenlegs Graduate]

Wishing you luck - but also really interested to hear your post-parkrun report about barcode scanning duties! Have fun.

[sfb350 Graduate in reply to greenlegs]

Bar scanning wasn't a huge success ! It seems the little scanners don't like the cold and were quite temperamental - we had to write down a lot of the barcodes when it got busy. When the queue thinned out a bit and I could warm the scanner up in my hand between people, it started to work better. Now I have an anxious wait to see if all the results got recorded properly Other than that, it was fun

[greenlegs Graduate in reply to sfb350]

That sounds a bit nerve-wracking! Though it sounds as though you got it sorted out anyway. And anyone whose results aren't quite right should just do volunteering next time, to see what it's like!

[sfb350 Graduate in reply to greenlegs]

Well, it looks as if almost all the results have been loaded to the parkrun website ok so I should be safe next time I marshal - the runners won't all be ranting at me. Phew !

[AliB1 Graduate]

I love volunteering at parkrun, my fave position is timekeeper now I have got over the 'what if I mess it up' feeling!

Good luck with the long run I am sure you will be fine... I am doing mine tomorrow... Aiming for 9 miles. We CAN do it! Let us know how you get on

[sfb350 Graduate in reply to AliB1]

Park run is great, lovely, friendly event.

If I can do 9 miles tomorrow I'll be really happy. The ladies I run with on a Sunday morning usually do 6ish on an out-and-back route so if I feel it's going well I'll probably branch off and try and get some extra miles in. I just hope the weather is as lovely as it is today.

[TJFlute]

Good luck with the long run

[sfb350 Graduate in reply to TJFlute]

Thank you. My lurgy feels better when I'm outside than when I'm indoors so I'm feeling more optimistic now