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

I am aiming to get sub-30 by the end of the year....and get back intp the age rated 50%. We can do it!

Currently between 32-33 mins...a long way from my super fit PB of 26 something of a few years back!

Well done for getting out a run again. I can be so hard after a break that’s for sure.

This time of year is my PB time as it cools down and the conditions just work for me. Maybe it will be the same for you and you will get that sub 30!
Keep an eye out on any pacer events your parkrun may put on as that can help as well

Mine was awful today - combination of holiday and illness meant that I’ve not run at all for 4 weeks . Found it really hard and came in at 1 min 7 secs slower than my PB of 4 weeks ago 😬. Still, today was about getting back out and getting round so onwards and upwards! Still hoping for sub 30 by end of the year - literally 29:59 .

How was everyone’s run today?

Was warmer than I expected but I somehow managed to smash out my fastest time this year and only 15 seconds slower than my PB!
The hope is there that I can match or even better beat my PB is now there again!

Well done everyone! I touristed to a semi-local parkrun I haven't visited before, it was a grassy course versus my usual fondness for paths so that was something a bit different. Nice run around in the sunshine. Then on Sunday morning I went and did the Severn Bridge 10k in the most atrocious heavy rain and got completely soaked to the skin even before the race started! Running between Wales and England on a closed motorway bridge? Great fun!

There's a parkrun partially across the Severn Bridge just started a few weeks ago - on the pedestrian section not the motorway itself, will have to tourist there sometime soon...

Thanks gold and sinking, it was great to finish it, there were some hard bits and luckily there was no one near to hear me saying "come on drop, you can do this, you are strong, you can run"

29 minutes is amazing gold well done

Well done gold, drop and sinking amazing achievements.

I finally done my first bit of parkrun tourism even though Iv been doing parkrun regularly for two years!!
I did enjoy it but I don’t think I will be touring all that regularly, like the familiarity of my ‘home’ run.

Well done DropZoneOne! Great achievement, especially on a tough course. I graduated C25K a couple of weeks ago too and have just done my second park run. Aching muscles are slightly better today than they were after last week's park run :)

Congratulations! That must feel awesome to surpass your goal

Can I join? I'm on my last week of C25K and my goal was to run my first Parkrun today in under 40 minutes. I managed a 5k this week at 37 minutes but when I arrived at the park, I realised it was quite a tough course with lots of ups and downs! I'm not very good with hills, so I'm very chuffed with 36 minutes.

It was SUNNY for us today. We are in one of the colder parts of Australia and it has been dreary and mostly rainy for months. I managed to beat my PB AGAIN; I managed to get sub 30 min last week and got 29 minutes today! I am so bloody proud. For the FIRST time my age ranked score was above 50%!

I was so out of breath at one point that someone tapped me on the shoulder and asked if I was okay, but I continued.

I was crap at sports all through school and teased because of it; I never knew that I could do anything like Parkrun. My body is strong and capable of so much.

Morning all! Hope it stays dry wherever you are.

Off to regain my regionnaire status today.

I've been listening to that "Free Weekly Timed" podcast that's been going a few months now, it's quite fun - a mix of features and interviews with volunteers and parkrun ambassadors, people email in with stories and shout-outs and the like. One of the hosts is a very keen parkrun tourist and seems to have been everywhere, it's inspiring me to try to go a bit further afield than the handful of different runs I've done.

Nerd alert: it's 29 minutes long which is the average length of a parkrun!

The only time we ever get pacers is the twice-a-year occasion when a nearby triathlon club takes the whole roster!

Yes, it counts as a volunteer credit too, so we usually have plenty of takers.

Our parkrun never has pacers, which surprises me as it's huge.
I've ran with pacers at Exeter and got my best time when I accidentally followed the 25 minute chap thinking he was the 30 min pacer.

I've signed up for parkrun and have a shiny new barcode waiting for it's first outing. Just working my way through C25K and I'll be joining you. Just here for the inspo atm.

Wow! That's really cool! But yeah, we Norn Irn people all know each other ;-)

We are off to the States in a few weeks, and I'm very tempted to do the new New York-ish run that's just started. It requires a 7am train but I think I can manage.....

Thank you, Melanie - it's a very welcoming thread. I've just been reading your blog, which is really inspiring. I come from NI orginally (Coleraine-ish) and my Dad comes from Castleblayney. Small world

Everyone welcome here!

Well done on your first parkrun, and that's a great first result!

Can I join you all? I just did my first ever parkrun today, having graduated C25K a couple of weeks ago. It was ace, but I'm shattered and have aching hips, knees and muscles now. So pleased to have run 31 min

Ah pacers, that's the word, thanks Melanie.

Those running to specific times are pacers. My home Parkrun does this on the last Saturday of each month.

Parkrun servers are down right now - too much traffic!!

I had a good one this morning, back at home run. Garmin put it at a PB, but I think I clicked the button only when I started moving, not when the front-runner's did, so I think my official Parkrun time won't be