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

I did my first ever Parkrun today - very proud of myself! 36:09, managed to run most of it with a couple of 60-90 second walking breaks. Did Clapham Common today, going to try to do Tooting next week - the nice man who sits next to me at work is doing every Parkrun in Greater London and he convinced me that it would be a fun thing for me to do.
Friday evening as we were heading out he got me to promise I'd do it and not to let him down so I'm really looking forward to telling him on Monday! Silly really, but most of the battle was deciding to do it and getting there. Once I started it was (comparatively) easy.

I guess it shows we are trying hard 😁. Well done on your amazing pb.

I don't know EvaHarknessRose. I have done my 12th park run today and I am still exhausted on Saturdays. I do boot camp twice a week too.
I got a PB today. 31.47. I don't think that will repeated next week.

Hi thanks for this thread I have been lurking . I have just done my 4th run, really enjoying Parkrun of course. I'm a slow (very slow) and steady runner. The only thing is I have felt really wiped out all day Saturday the last couple of times. Please tell me that will improve? I don't run in the week but I do other exercise.

I love being the tail!

Hi, I've just found this thread and I'm new to parkrun. There was never one near enough for me to go to then a new one started locally at the beginning of November. It was the 10th one on Saturday. I've missed one as we were away but I've run 7 and volunteered at 2. I'm going to be the tail walker this week. I love it and have realised what I've been missing.

Hi, I posted before about doing my first Park run. Still at it, I've done about 16 now I think. I still can't jog all the way yet but every week I jog more and walk less. I seem to be stuck at 34 mins but I am happy with that for now anyway.

Signed up for a mini marathon in June, so using this as training. I am hoping by June I will be able to jog the whole 5k. Not too bothered about time.

I did a NY double and the second event, at my home park, was crazy busy - over 900 people which is twice as many as we usually get. I had to queue to cross the finish line and get a time, not a lot of PBs around I shouldn't imagine! Volunteers all did a fab job, glad my timekeeping has only been on much smaller weeks though ha. Great way to start off a new year of parkrunning.

Welcome back Halle and well done on the 100th!

Nbee welcome to the wonderful world of parkrun! Fantastic that you ran all the way and fab time.
Strong I love volunteering as much of not even more than running at parkrun. Glad you enjoyed your morning.

I volunteered and ran this morning then jumped back in to volunteer on barcodes as we were swamped.
Then made a mad dash to do my second parkrun for the NYD double where I ended up offering to step in and barcode scan again as they were also swamped.
Thank goodness for the volunteer virtual app.
Great way to spend my morning.

I volunteered at my local parkrun this morning and loved it. I used to volunteer more than run, but didn’t in 2018, so was great fun to be back cheering everyone on this morning. Lots of new runners too, and a really happy atmosphere

Did my 1st ever parkrun today 😊 Kept running the whole way round and did 32:26!

Thanks Standing. Now my husband wants to parkrun so may take a while to get to 250.

Many years ago I started running parkrun and used to post on here. I did my first 50 in just over a year but took just over 3 years to do my next 50.

So now I have done 100 runs and 24 different events. I am not sure if any of the original gang are still on here.

Yes I did do a Christmas Day Parkrun alongside 866 others! It was crazy but pretty special.
The most Iv previous ran alongside at a parkrun is 400 so this was a whole new league!
Was great to see friends and I didn’t feel guilty about stuffing my face with chocolate!

Glad to hear a few of you also made it out.

Looking forward to the NYD double now, and a wee bit of volunteering added in.

Anyone got any parkrun goals for 2019?

My local run is in North Wales but we're visiting friends in Glasgow this NY. Very tempted by the chance to run in a new city and maybe even two in a morning. Any Glaswegian runners care to share their preferred courses?

Congrats to festive parkrunners! I visited some close to my family over the festive period, bit muddier than I'm used to. I'll be back at my local for some volunteering this weekend then it's the New Year's Day double on Tuesday!

Yep I did my local Parkrun this morning and got a Pb for the year

I did. Closest ones weren't running, so I did a spot of localish tourism to a lovely Parkrun (which was much more reachable today what with clear roads and no parking restrictions). Brilliantly friendly (mince pies and cake from the regulars at the end) and I ran a nice time on a hilly course.

Great way to start Xmas, and (allegedly) to counterbalance all the sweeties later in the day (currently flat on sofa, with fudge within reach)

We did running, did you go?
Not too shabby times either. No PB's but considering I was chatting and it was busy I did well. Maybe I'm finally getting better .

Anyone doing a Christmas Day run this year?

I had an awful run, slowest Iv been I think since June.
It was to cold and I just couldn’t breathe properly. Thankfully a friend caught up with me and got me round the route.
I normally hang around and help tidy every week but I headed for the cafe as it was so cold

The weather on Saturday was atrocious wasn't it - we had freezing rain and gusting strong winds, the fish sign blew halfway down the park at one point! I was doing my 50th (woo-hoo!) and it wasn't that conducive to people hanging around and eating the cake I'd brought...

The runners had the easy part today.
I felt for the volunteers standing in the cold rain. The woman handing out finishing tokens with no gloves deserved a medal.