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263 miles YTD
27,450 ft elevation
I know we have Hobie as a park run race director, Cal and Harmander as parkrun stalwarts and others who are regular participants, I've a couple of very positive park run stories to tell, however they'll have to wait for another day. I'm pushed for time at the mo.
I've had 5 consecutive running days,
5.1
5.6
4.2 (treadmill)
4.2 (treadmill)
3.1 (parkrun) and 5.0
Ytd: 104.6
Fine weather this afternoon for a 7 mile run. Not as steady as I would have liked, but I'm working on that!
YTD: 0353' .
Donnie looks like you are well on the road to recovery which is good to see.
Stafford Half this morning and luckily the rain stopped 30 mins before the start.
Came In 1:39:50 which I’m well chuffed with a 4 min improvement on the same course last year. 😁
YTD 334 miles.
So I went out for what I thought was a safe little 2 mile jog on Friday, but my groin got all stabby in the last stretch. Just walked my local parkrun yesterday (or rather paddled, yuck) then took ibuprofen throughout the day in the hope that everything would be a bit better for today's 8 mile race.
It was tempting to blow it off due to the early start and weather on top of the injury but I went and I did it. Took a couple of very short (15 second) strategic walks during the second half just to stop things tightening up, but otherwise managed to run OK. Only slowly. Couldn't even manage 10 minute miles. I have lost a lot of fitness, it seems. Still, happy to have finished without making anything worse. More to the point, I was rather glad, thanks to the weather, that I only had the one (8 mile) lap rather than two like last year when I did the 16.
YTD: 158
Looking forward to parkrun stories Donnie, run director is possibly the least stressful job at parkrun...just a bit of organising.
Nice coast path social run today...11 miles with a couple of thousand ft of climb....ended in the pub in the sun, tough life.
274 miles YTD
29,872 ft elevation (1 Everest)
Am I the only one still to have never done parkrun?
16.3 5.05
17.3 4.03
18.3 5.46
YTD 321.73 miles
MrC... Well done on the Stafford Half! (Managed 1:40s a couple of times. e.g. Taunton in 1:40:19 [1998] but never got under.)
Cal... Well done on negotiating your way to a respectable finish in your 8' run! (Me too for that 10 min/mile pace!)
Hobie...Well done on your 'Everest'. Have to say that you always seem to have a happy bunch of runners! Thanks for pics..
Dubai... Your comment on chamolk's 10 mile pace got me thinking. And No, my records show that I've only done a handful of runs at that distance, and my best was at the Oostende-Brugge event in 2001 where I clocked 73:14.
Happy to get out yesterday for another 7' run. Must rest today!!
YTD: 0360' .
Hope you all had a nice St Patrick's Day yesterday
Some nice pictures recently and good runs all round
Well done on the Everest Hobie, I'm still working towards mine - have eased off on the hilly routes for a while until after the marathon
Good work on the streak Donnie
Enjoy the rest day today MrM2. I think I might be joining you with a day off today, had planned doing something but running out of time before work
Well done Cal, hope nothing was too sore today
Possibly Dubai - are there any parkruns over there?
18.4 miles on Saturday with the local Parkrun at around mile 13 to add in some faster miles. Then 8 miles yesterday with 10k at hopefully what will be my marathon pace in London to practice running that speed when the legs were fatigued from the day before - went better than planned.
My 9 year old got a new pb at junior parkrun yesterday which he was very happy about
YTD 365
Elevation 18,645
No park run here, actually very few races, Dubai marathon in January and Abu Dhabi in December, a few half and thats it. Already 35 degrees during the day so not racing weather and will only get hotter until October.
MrM2, threw all my records from 1988-2012 out a few years ago, regret it now!
Night shift last night so no running today.
Not a great March due to a virus that came on after a really good half marathon.
Anyway I will do this challenge, I am at 234/1000 so far.
Birthday week away surprise from Mrs Hobie to a railway carriage on Offas Dyke....gorgeous run this morning.
279 miles
30,849 ft elevation
Picked eldest son up from airport this morning and then headed out for a run, 32 degrees and a dust storm, wrapped up to stop sand in eyes and mouth.
Hope it clears up for sundowners at the Polo club
YTD 326.35 miles
Legs still feel a bit battered after Sunday so just recovery runs of 5 and 3 miles yesterday.
YTD 341 miles.
Wabo...sorry that March has not been too good, but you are still in a good place to make the thousand!
Hobie... Nice change of scenery for you. Enjoy your birthday week!
Worked out well for me to get out for a longer run, yesterday. Ran a 7' route, twice, with about a 3min. pause in between while I checked that all was well at home, and grabbed my drink bottle for the second half.
Happy to have kept it even-paced. (Lap times 73:27 & 73:56). The extra half minute that I took on the 2nd lap was all in the final mile, and largely accounted for just short of home when I did a 'Bambi' (on mud). Not sure how I landed on my feet.....? Rest day today!
YTD: 0374' .
YTD: 0377' .
Loving the hills and trails around here....out last night for a remembrance run for a friend from trail run group back home who we lost last week...found some great boggy route, he'd have loved them...a beer en route in his honour.
31,489 ft elevation
A seven mile slog this afternoon. Slightly breezy, otherwise good conditions.
YTD: 0384' .
10 miles along the disused railway path dodging the puddles and mud this morning.
YTD 351 miles.
Hobie - happy birthday
Alehouse - good luck with the recovery
I mentioned a couple of positive park run experiences which I think are worth sharing.
The facebook page for my local run put up a request from a Uni student asking for volunteers to take part in a zoom discussion, subject; what motivates you to run and more specifically attend 'parkrun'. Respondents to be aged 50+. It was emotional as people talked about the mental health side, friendships made, tackling depression with a better structure to your day, being part of your community and all the wonderful benefits of exercise. The group was about 12 ranging from recent 'couch to 5k' participants and life time runners.
I've been to parkrun pretty much every available Saturday for the last 8 years. Love it. OH has never been, doesn't get it and is baffled every week when I'm up and about early on Saturday morning. Major development last week when she did her first every park run, well, 'park walk' (which is an official thing). Bit of context. My cousin runs at the same event, friend she runs with has recently had a knee replacement but the previous week together they walked 'parkrun' accompanied by cousins husband who has recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's' disease. Last weekend, cousin wanted to return to running, friend with knee replacement was unsure if she could attend and husband with Parkinsons didn't want to walk on his own. Step up my OH, it was the right thing to do, and she knew it, although there was some feet dragging. Unexpected outcome OH, sort of got, what I love about parkrun.
Two runs to add 7.1 (road) and 4.2 (treadmill)
Ytd: 115.9
I could, possibly, be more attracted to our local parkrun if it was 'safer'.
I think it has been called off three times in recent weeks as it has been 'waterlogged'. It is quite uneven, and even when it is relatively dry it can be slippery. So, for me (and my ankles) it is an unnecessary risk.
Donnie, thanks for sharing those stories. I have only attended my local park run once, but it was a great experience and I do intend to return. There is a beautiful thing that happens when you get so many people together who have something in common.
YTD - 331 miles
Donnie - I originally didn't see the point of parkrun (why pay to go on public transport to do something I can do in my own area for free..) until one started up the road from me. Now I'm at the other end of the spectrum, with parkrun tourism.
MrM2, which is your local?
I took the week off after the 8 miler last Sunday and oddly wasn't too bad until I did a longer walk and more rehab stuff at the gym. But I did do a parkrun today. I returned to Southall with a friend who'd not done it and a couple from my club were also there, so it was nice. It's a friendly, flat tarmac one. I ran faster last time I was there, but this was my fastest parkrun with the current injury (under 30 mins...still managed 7th lady and 1st in age group as it's a rather small parkrun). Of course I paid for that later.
YTD: 161
Decided to round-off my distance this week, so ran 8 miles yesterday, and again today. Took it steadily, without too much effort. Pace yesterday was 10:38/mile and today 10:27/mile. Planning to take a rest day tomorrow after a 40 mile week.
YTD: 0400' .
Alehouse, keep up the weights and strength work and I'm sure you'll be back soon.
Race day yesterday up in the hills, Nant Yr Arian Silver Trail, half marathon....bit breezy but managed to avoid the sleet and hail.
Sort of recovery 10k today with club doing a recce for a race some of them are doing next weekend.
306 miles YTD
35,734 ft elevation