Parkrunners anonymous

Well done lego, that sounds fantastic!

Hello folks - sorry to hear about the cancelled run karate, hope you enjoyed your very own personal 5k.

nightsky and muddyprints what did you do in the end? Hope you did not overdo it ladies...

Josh did you run this morning with the pacer? How did it go?

As for the rest of you hope you enjoyed the family/rest time OhOne Eau and everyone else Cinnamon, Melliebobs BlathersHalleRunningLouMelanieCheeks and everyone else I have missed had a fabulous run.

It was bright and sunny here in Northampton, and I am super duper happy as I definately got a PB, waiting on time, but the 27 minute pacer was amazing and dragged us all round in clear sub-27 times . I did think I was going to die though....but managed to hang on and collapsed in a big panting heap once i got my token .

First time I've been able to get to parkrun today, and really enjoyed it. 33 minutes, which is a bit slower than usual but I normally run in the evenings so need to get used to the earlier starts.

It is so much more motivating than running alone. Hopefully I can make this a regular thing

My parkrun is cancelled because of the frost I'm a bit gutted as I was going to be child free! oh well off to do my own 5k now

Scunthorpe looks like being dry and bright tomorrow. Unfortunately I'm still injured. DS is going though. I'm a wee bit tempted to turn up and run one lap (1.5 miles)

Fingers crossed for the weather blathers. It is not looking very appealing weather here but we have a 27 minute pacer in the morning so perfect for me to try and get that elusive PB. So better put the down and go to bed!

Have a great run (or paddle) everyone

I don't think anyone is going to be sure that MK is on tomorrow until we get to the lake in the morning. At the moment it's looking promising but it's due to rain some more overnight.

I hope it's on as it'll only be the second time I've run my home course this year and the first time I'll have done the proper route. It feels like forever since I ran at 'home'

There's two near Cambridge and one in Peterborough but I've got a long run planned for Sunday anyway so I'll just give parkrunning a miss this weekend.

Is there anywhere else not too far EauRouge? We are lucky we have very sandy soil but it's still pretty muddy here :(

I'd probably give it a go and be prepared to take it slowly muddyprints, you can always walk if you find it too painful. Better to keep moving I would have though.

Would I be silly to try and run parkrun with possible trapped nerve in neck causing aching shoulder arm and hand?
Waiting X-rays and doctor said do gentle exercise and stop if it hurts.
I missed last week because my neck was painful. Week before I had a rubbish week and stopped twice and have been getting slower and slower lately so I'm worried if I don't go I will lose all fitness I'd gained and be less likely to get back into it.

Tomorrow's parkrun in Huntingdon has been cancelled, the normal course is underwater and the alternative course is getting so muddy that everyone keeps falling over (damn slippery clay soil).

Missed my morning run this morning due to a cold Actually feel much better and hope Saturday will be fine. We have pacers on Saturday, one doing 25mins, might just try...

Sundays a bit rammed anyway so would suit me better to run Saturday BUT it'd be nicer to have company

You could use parkrun for speed, and Sunday for distance?

Glad you finally got your lunchtime run :)
I was thinking of doing 6 miles before parkrun but may now have a running buddy for Sunday and I don't know what to do.

cinnamon. I can't go on Saturday, but have plans for a long-ish run on Saturday afternoon instead.

One of my colleagues I went out for a run at lunchtime today . We were yabbering all the way round, so not fast, but it was great to get out for half an hour. We ran past another colleague who was out for a walk and she said afterwards that we looked as though we were going fast

Nearly parkrun day :)

I quite liked Running like a girl. She has a nice style plus it has lots of useful info. Didn't inspire me to run a marathon though . Nothing would do that.

Has anyone done a Pretty Muddy run? Am thinking of doing the one in Stockwood. Some friends are doing it and it looks more fun than a standard 5k. It looks like it might be fun....

That's where audio books come in handy Eau :)

Lego I'm afraid I'm not going to make it on Saturday after all. A friend has just announced that this Saturday will be his 100th parkrun and asked if we'll all go and run it with him. Can't really say no as he did my 50th with me and well, there'll be another Magic Mile next month whereas he'll only do his 100th once. Hopefully, I'll be up your way again soon.

Cool - applied for it too. I read "Running with the Kenyans" recently which was really interesting (DH went to school with the author) and thought provoking. Quite when I will find time to read is another question

Ooh, thanks, I've applied too. If I win I'll have to make some time to read it. Too bad you can't run and read at the same time.

I've entered too, thanks blatherskite!

That's fab, well done melliebobs :)

I do Preston parkrun or if I'm wanting a challenge Cuerden Valley

10k went brill. Absolutely lashed it down and it was freeeezing and windy. Was my 2nd 10k n knocked 6 mins off my time and finished in 61 minutes. Was made up. Specially when I had to stop to fasten my shoelace

Thanks for the heads up Blathers - I went for coffee with a lady from my parkrun on Saturday and she was talking about it. i've applied as well (though goodness only knows when I will get chance to read it )