Parkrunners Assemble - the new thread that will remind you to "do not forget barcode" and that "you can walk, jog, run or volunteers"

Yes ours is cancelled too. :( I have been so down the last few weeks and l was really looking forward to it. It was supposed to be suffragette themed so I had ordered my sash and rosette!! Hopefully all will be well for next week

I said to DH that it’s the best 33 minutes of my week and he have me a hug and said it would soon be the best 29 and a half minutes if I kept trying. Love DH.

Hope everyone finds something nice to do with the weekend mornings

Just heard that my local Parkrun is officially cancelled this weekend, as are two others nearby.

I expect there will be a lot nor running during the easily beastly Emma

Ooh congrats MelanieCheeks that looks like a fab cake!

I "touristed" to one of the other parkruns in the area I've only been to once before, for variety. I'd forgotten just quite how hilly it is, but I got a new Strava mile PB for coming down the other side of it! Ha.

I've volunteered to be tail walker at my local next Saturday. Given how cold it's looking maybe I'll regret that when I can't really go fast enough to warm up, will have to layer up instead!

That cake looks splendid - and well done anything. More running is fab and a good investment

Flipping freezing today!

But I managed to transport cake for my 200th parkrun, my 100th at my home event.

Well done Anything. More running is good even if you weren't faster over all. You'll eventually build up to more running.

It was cold today. I wasn't fast at all. But the sun was out so I made the most of that.

Congrats on your PB LotsOfPlanets.

I was 10mins slower today but i did manage to jog for 18mins before needing to walk (that blasted hill), and managed to then do another 2 sets of 6 mins continuous afterwards.

Still can't say I enjoyed it but i wasn't dying as much as much as I have done. Trying to focus on running longer rather than speed... Then hoping to improve speed wise!

Morning all. Hope your runs were as joyful as mine.

Pb!

Still slow but pb!

Glorious morning at my local run today, cold with bright blue skies. Can’t wait for next week when we are suffragette themed.

Well done on your first parkrun Anything! I wouldn't have had the balls to even try one in the early days of my (cliche alert) "fitness journey" - as pointed out you've set a target with your first effort and now as you progress you'll see that time come down week by week. It takes time and effort to build up stamina and with every walk-run session you'll add to that. Good luck with all your future runs!

I did my 14th run on Saturday and shocked myself by getting my first sub-30 minute time, I was well chuffed but now I've gone and set that bar I'll no doubt be a bit annoyed every time I take it easier and get a time that starts with a 3, ha. Curse my self-competitive spirit.

Thank you everyone!

I have been doing a beginners run each week for 4 weeks with the local running club, but was surprised at how bad I was on the day.

Still, at least a high time means I can get reductions!

I will persevere and maybe look at c25k too. Thank you all.

Well done Anything. Go back! I'm still at 47-50 minutes for mine, and still mostly walking, but no one cares! Go at your own pace. Do you do couch to 5k? That's a good app for getting you running, building up weekly.

My leg hurt this week - back of my knee. And I hadn't even done any exercise. Last week the front of the same knee hurt. Bad knee! So it slowed me down a bit, but it was a really nice day, no rain!

Brilliant, Anything, and welcome to the club!

You'll get better over time, just don't try to do too much too soon.

And no need to be embarrassed about holding up the tail walker, when I'm doing that role I expect to take around an hour to do it.

Check in here any time for support, it's the friendliest thread on mumsnet

As for me I got a pb yesterday and forgot my twatting barcode. DH believes me though :)

Anything - well done! That’s fantastic, you lapped everyone in bed, zoomed past all those on their phones in Starbucks and got a new pb.

In terms of improving, just chip away at it. Try sone shorter jogs in the week or C25K app. You can do it

Today I did my first park run. It was not great! 471 out of 476 runners and time of 49:04.

I hated every minute of it. Jogged and walked and was embarrassed to be holding up the Marshall on a cold day, but am determined to get better & not quit.

I'm generally unfit & struggle to fit in exercise around the usual work/life/parent challenges.

I tried 3mins walking, 3 mins slow jogging, but had to speed walk the whole of the 2nd lap as my legs were like jelly! Any tips on how to make small improvements week on week? How to approach the run? Whether to bother going back!

Happy parkrun day everyone!

Number 199 for me.....

I did my 13th at the weekend, thankfully not beset by any bad luck (though there was drizzle). Someone was doing their 100th and a whole gang of their friends were running in orange wigs, along with the cake it was a fun one!

Oh, rainbow, hope you were feeling good after all that!

I had an uneventful i.e. Thankfully non icy cancelled run, #198, and 99th at home event. Working on my t shirt and cake plans!

I got on the park run wagon today, i last ran a very hilly course, fell and shredded my hands about 2 years ago. Changed to a flatter course today, it’s summer here and with the new year resolution runners there was a massive turn out nearly 1500. It was too busy TBH spent lots of time trying to get past early walkers. It was also really hot, we start at 8am but that’s actually too late to run in summer.
I had my car keys in my capris in a zip pocket at the back and the weight kept pulling them down - had to keep hoisting them up!!
I also sweated all over my bar code and the scanner wouldn’t scan it - must get it laminated

Very icy this morning - had to take care but still managed to get my usual time even with the dog stopping every so often! It's our 300th next weekend and a Valentine theme - I've volunteered to hand out the finish tokens so it should be fun.

It was the 300th parkrun at our park today, so lots of superhero dressing up, and cakes at the end which made my kids happy. The rain started as soon as we started running, but thankfully only drizzle. Feel good doing it this week, I'm really enjoying it. The only downside is the loss of my Saturday lie in.

Did my home run with DD this morning. The course was flooded last week and it was still very wet and muddy. There’s a short, steep hill at the end of each lap and it was so slippery, but we somehow managed to stay on our feet. Could have done with trail shoes or spikes today.

If there was an award for starting at the front but not paying attention and being overtaken by half the field then I'd win it. Must pay attention next week.

Horrible, damp cold morning too. Could have done with some winter sunshine.

Hi everyone!

I managed to bag elusive letter Y last week at York, but I'm now on the countdown to my 200th parkrun, which will co-incide with my 100th at my home event.