Hello there lovely VRBs. Welcome to another week. I hope no one was too badly affected by Bert! My forecast tells me we're in for some better weather thank goodness, though I send sympathy to anyone still languishing with wind and rain.
This weekend, despite Bert threatening to spoil proceedings, I managed to find a parkrun that was all surfaced paths, that I hadn't done before, and not too far away, that began with a ‘G’ ( a letter of the alphabet I hadn't done)! On top of that, it barely rained and a particularly strong couple of gusts of wind noticeably pushed me along up the final hill - result✅
Although a massive fan of the Parkrun concept, and a frequent volunteer when I was injured for a long time, I have been rather slow to the party (especially when compared to many of people in these forums). The thought of running the same course or two every Saturday doesn't work for me; a PB at my local parkruns is out of reach these days and every run l do there sadly reminds me of that! But I've discovered that going to new courses is great fun and that that can become a 'challenge' of its own. The 5k app (or the parkrun chrome extension which the picture is taken from) is great, with lots of little challenges (such as the alphabet challenge) as well as all your parkruns statistics. I often think how small and silly these challenges must look to non runners - and to some runners too - but with so many 5k app users, maybe it's not so small and silly! Of course, when it comes to parkrunning, I also find it's a great way for me to go along and meet up with other people. and that those runs are almost always the best parkruns.
Anyway, as I said, I was slow to this party - I have managed just 47 parkruns ( in 6 countries, at 29 locations) in all the years I have been running. So now it's time to think about my 50th run; Christmas Day might be a possibility, and if so, I may be able to do that with both my sons. I do hope so 😍
But that's quite enough about me!!! How about you? Were you affected by last week's turbulent British weather? Are you a parkrun lover or a shunner? Do you have any end of year goals in sight? And how's your running faring during these ever shortening days - or isn't it☹️?
Do tell us all about it - this is a great place to introduce yourself or to give us a quick update if you don't want to write a full post. Please join us for a good old natter in the comments below 😊
Wishing everyone a great week.
From your team, Irishprincess , Beachcomber66 and me xxx
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