Anyone taking part in Park Run?

[ibbydibby]

Just wondering if anyone has done any of these - free weekly 5k runs in various locations round the UK (and 3 in Denmark too!). Have recently discovered one local to me, and have taken part in two so far. Any one else?

Website here: www.parkrun.com

[wohmum]

've signed up, but not done one yet -I'm about to finish C25K so thought it would be a good way to keep motivAted .

Whereabouts are you? I'm planning to do the Black 0ark one in a few weeks

[ibbydibby]

Am in Norwich. Definitely good way to keep motivated. The one here is at 9am on Saturdays, and both times so far I have been back home by 10am, so does not impinge on the rest of the day too much.

What is C25K? Where are you?

[LadyBlaBlah]

I've done the one local to me quite a few times

I always thought there was no such thing as a free lunch..............and haven't quite got to grips with this being a totally free event which is so well organised

[ibbydibby]

YEs, does seem a bit too good to be true. Also impressed by the fact that you can take part in any of them, don't even need to re-register for a different location. For the moment I am hooked (I think) but the weather is ok at the moment - not sure how I will feel about doing it in pouring rain / freezing cold / both! Though the idea of an "official" time is a great motivation for me!

[wohmum]

I'm west London so my local one is nr Slough. Nit sure when I'll do it yet . Have discovered that I'm only running about 2.5 miles, thought I was doing nearly 3!

C25k stands for couch (potato) to 5k, and is a 9 week program to get you to run 5k . I've had a couple of not very good weeks so have redone week 8 twice , need to up my speed and distance!

Definitely like the idea of having a time to beat!

[TheNextMrsDepp]

Hi Wohmum, so this is where you hang out when you're not listening to Raw-bert?!

Just looked at the Parkrun website and there's one less than 3 miles away. I'm going to have to investigate further, aren't I? Just hope it isn't hilly (don't do hills.....).

[fridayschild]

I do these sometimes and they're great. I love all the stats you get afterwards, and how they politely do not tell you when you have a personal worst

wohmum there is one in Richmond Park and one in the Old Deer Park in Richmond - might be a bit closer than Slough?