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No one likes to see a missed parkrun! I was at my local and as I'm on the core team I knew it was going ahead. Started in the midpack, we had double the numbers and as I thought I would go easy after a few hundred meters and felt fine I changed my tune and went for it. Only issue was it was packed and it took me 1km to get into stride! Still it was nice to be overtaking people from start to finish and not the other way around and still finish at a respectable time of 22:36 and 35th out of 456 runners.

Managed to run 23:08 on Saturday at Cheltenham, lots of runners and very busy, ideal for a PB if it wasn't for the volume of runners. Didn't push it too much due to giving blood the day before and later would find out I had Covid

Was suppose to be going for a PB on Saturday but that isn't happening.

Back at Severn Bridge this morning which was suppose to be a PB attempt. After Covid and the wind this morning I am shocked that I managed 22:21. The wind was raging from the side which meant I had to lean into it and my chest/lungs took a hammering.

Onto the next!

January
27th Melksham [new]

February
3rd Pomphrey Hill (Shadow RD)
10th Cardiff
17th TBC
24th Pont Y Bela [new]

Just had an update to my blog to make it more obvious that it's about running.

Design Change
Name Change
Will have more running content

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Want to be getting back to sub 25 in 5k. Got to 26:00 lately.

Fastest time of the year at Melksham this morning, 21:45, was cold and I wasn’t really pushing it. Managed the first km in under 4 minutes.

New parkrun PB

Took 5 seconds off my PB today at Burnham and Highbridge parkrun. Ran 20:52 (5.01km)

Shame Parkrun have just announced they're removing records

(Congrats that's an impressive time!)

So much brouhaha about that on social media. Meanwhile in the real world nobody gives a gooseberry fool

BTB wrote:Shame Parkrun have just announced they're removing records

(Congrats that's an impressive time!)

Only record holders, you will still see on the results page if you have a PB and your time and everything you are used to. You won't see record holders for age grade anymore and fastest course times. As I won't break any of those records it doesn't bother me.

Another New parkrun PB

Took 36 seconds off my PB today at Marine Parade parkrun. Ran 20:16! Getting close to that sub 20.

Rubix wrote:Another New parkrun PB

Took 36 seconds off my PB today at Marine Parade parkrun. Ran 20:16! Getting close to that sub 20.

Welldone. My fastest was at morecambe - flat and no wind.

I did pacing again today to get another volunteer credit. I walked the last 50m but still finished 10s too fast. I let a big bunch of people pass me, but the 4 people that did finish just after me all got PBs.
I know the RD at another locl parkrun - i might try to pursuade him to try pacing events there too. How hard is it to set them up?

Pacing to 24min on a tough, hilly course, muddy and icy in places. I got 24:05 (EDIT 24:04 on official results now) - pretty happy with that as im out of fast practice at the moment and had been getting 26 usually at tht location recently.

mcjihge2 wrote:Pacing to 24min on a tough, hilly course, muddy and icy in places. I got 24:05 (EDIT 24:04 on official results now) - pretty happy with that as im out of fast practice at the moment and had been getting 26 usually at tht location recently.

Great work thats almost spot on! Not done pacing yet but would like to give it a go.

This weekend I went to Pont y Bala in North Wales. Beautiful course and relatively flat!

Did try and go for a 3rd place but once I knew it was out of the question I eased off a little and came in 7th in 21:07.

Did my first parkrun in 550 days in Saturday at Ferry Meadows in Peterborough.

I'm still taking things easy so I was run walking the way around as per my plan.

Nice one, least you are getting back to it. Ours was called off due to unexpected snow!

Went for a sub 24min today and got 23:25.

mcjihge2 wrote:Went for a sub 24min today and got 23:25.

Nice one!

I am travelling to Roma Pineto this weekend.

Rome was different, was only 14 degrees but it was so humid! mostly a trail path with a lovely view over Rome and St Peters.

Did Longrun Meadow this morning, 80% of the course was underwater and even with yesterday's Half in my legs I still managed a 22 minute parkrun.