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

I ran the whole thing for the first time. I wasn't aiming for a P.B this time so I slowed down and ran without stopping. Usually I run most of it and walk a little. I am trying to build up my stamina to run 10k on the 2nd of June.
This has become part of routine now. I've been doing it most weekends since October. Really clears my head ready for the day.

Going to my first park run today. I’m a reasonably experienced runner (I run 3-4 times a week) but have never run as part of a group before. Even though I know I can run 5k, I am ridiculously nervous!

Paris!

Wow congratulations. That's a huge achievement well done.
I have met park run tourists at my local park run. They travel around the country doing park runs. Amazing

Hello everybody! I just did my 249th parkrun at my 60th different event in bois du boulogne, Paris. I'll be blogging it shortly.

So.....the big 250 this week! I am beyond excited. This has taken me 6 years.

I've stopped being interested in my run times. They are in the 30s, quicker if I have the dog with me, but it's so not about a fast time.

I've started volunteering at juniors on a Sunday morning, which is a lot of fun and very rewarding.

I am loving the park run. On a good day I do it in 30mins. I voultenteered for the first time on Saturday. It was freezing cold but it was nice. I was doing the times so it was nice congratulating people crossing the line.

I had completely forgotten about this thread until now!

How is everyone getting on?

Ran at my local parkrun on Saturday (it’s my closest but not my ‘home’ run) and completely surprised myself with my time and I was 2nd female (it was a very small field but still taking that as a win!) my best ever finish position.

Gearing up for Birthday Celebrations at my home run next weekend, cannot wait!

Ice cream sounds good! I will be marshalling with ds then hanging over the RD's shoulder to do the results as it's my turn next week!

Any exciting parkrun plans for tomorrow? I'm intending to do a bit of train-based tourism and travel off to a seaside one about 1.5 hours away. Shame the gorgeous sunshine was happening yesterday and today and it's more overcast for tomorrow, but still sounds like an excuse for an ice cream to me.

Interesting blog Melanie . Not much ‘park’ by the sounds of it.
I was wondering if it was going to be our new local one ((West Mids).

I think, if it had been my first experience of parkrun, I wouldn't have been hurrying back. But hey, they can't all be marvellous, eh?

I think you managed to find the positives there. Finding a good parkrun route is not easy!

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Hi,
I’m on my 12th parkrun, 2nd with DS(11). The first one we did 4 min running followed by 2 min walking but I realised he could manage longer so this time we did 5 mins running with just over 1 min walking and it was fine. He really enjoyed it.

Cold miserable day at my park run today. I got another PB 31 mins. Getting faster although I am usually wrecked for the rest of the day.

Oh dear! We have had lots of positive feedback for ours so far - we are in the north of Scotland, hope it wasn't ours!

Brilliant! I did the one that has just started up close to me, and I have many many gripes about it! I usually blog my parkrun adventures, but I'll have to try very hard to say positive things.

Thank you! It went well, think the cafe made a fortune! My daughter loved her stint tailwalking with me, and dh did his first parkrun.

Fingers crossed for a smooth first go!

We have our inaugural Parkrun tomorrow, after it was postponed last week. I am on th committee, will be tail walking tomorrow. Fingers crossed for a smooth day! We are having to run our back up route after logging work has churned up the track we planned to use.

Oh Hi everybody!

I lost you there from my threads, but this is one of my favourite bits of Mumsnet.

And welcome aboard newcomers, hope you will grow to love parkrunning!

I have a spreadsheet ongoing at the minute - I am coming up to my 250 run, which I will want to do at my home location, but I'm also doing madcap Wilson Index chasing and going to Paris for the marathon (not me, a friend), and watching out for ice or wind cancellations....it gets quite complicated!

I hear you @EvaHarknessRose

As of 1pm I’m dead but I’m also pregnant so that doesn’t help.

Talking of which can any parkrunners who’ve run through pregnancy tell me if a downturn in “performance” is normal?

I’m 19 weeks now and have lost 5 mins off my usual time.

Not that it’s a race!

Our parkrun is getting too busy and some people are moaning about congestion and being told to keep right so the left can be an overtaking lane. I'd like to see them figure out how to run it safely without a slower and faster lane .

Well done Ftang. I find I enjoy it from halfway round the first loop.