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I finally made it to Parkrun!

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So I finally made it to Parkrun! My nearest is along a forest trail, new terrain for me but so gorgeous and fairly flat too. Thank goodness the weather was cooler this morning too! I set off too quickly, optimistically tailing the 35 minute pacer, but soon sorted out my pace and managed to complete in 36 mins 54 secs 😍 ...and according to Strava I actually covered 5.4km so pretty chuffed with that!

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Hi, I did my first Parkrun today as well but a bit slower than you finishing in 39.01 but thrilled with my achievement. Our course has a bit of an incline so I walked it the 3rd time round but ran most of the 5km. The cooler weather definitely helped.

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rollyrolGraduate in reply toLjb71

Hi! Well done to you too! I walked up a little hill, I don't know why because I'm sure I could have done it... I need to teach my legs to ignore my mind sometimes!

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Ljb71Graduate in reply torollyrol

Definitely mind over matter sometimes!

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Tasha99Graduate in reply toLjb71

Excellent! Well done!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate

Decent time, especially first time out. Well done.

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rollyrolGraduate in reply toUnfitNoMore

Thank you.

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TSword

Well done you 😄😄

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rollyrolGraduate in reply toTSword

Thank you!

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Huge well done.. sounds wonderful!

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rollyrolGraduate in reply toOldfloss

Thank you! And yes it was! Walked the route later with my daughter and husband too, so took it all in at a slightly slower pace.

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Tasha99Graduate

That’s fantastic! Another ParkRun fan in the making! One of the best things ever! Well done too - you’re doing fabulously!

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rollyrolGraduate

Yes this could become addictive! Just a shame I can't do it more often 😥

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