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

Just got back from our park run. It was their 4th anniversary so they had marker runners for times to finish in (I don't know the correct term!). I was running with my 2 children and our aim was to beat the 40 minute lady, we tried to catch up with number 38 but we didn't make it but really happy to finish in under 40 minutes.

Well done Goldo!

I've missed teh past 2 weeks as I was away doing a dance exam (but I passed, so that's all good)

So today I'm attending a new one in Norn Irn.

I'm jealous of those of you with warm weather; at the moment ours is never above 2 degrees.

I achieved one of my biggest goals today; getting below 30:00! I actually manage to knock a minute and a half off my previous PB. I actually cried when I realised.

Who knew that new running trainers would make such a difference to my running . I've never spent proper money on them before, my new Saucony trainers were £120 and worth every penny. I figured it's cheaper than sports physio on my increasingly middle aged body.
Looking forward to this weekend. It might be the first cool parkrun I've done for a while.

My local was very busy this week, a couple of hundred more people than usual because a few of the other local-ish ones were off for various reasons. Meant the first lap was pretty slow while everyone was bunched up, but there were a good dozen or so four-legged runners and doggo spotting is one of my fave parts of parkrun so I was happy!

Morning everyone - can I join in?

Pretty new to parkrunning, think today was my 10th or so. After weeks of boiling hot Saturday mornings, really enjoyed a wet and cool tourist parkrun in North Devon today.

I was a tourist today, and managed a good (for me) time on a pretty course. And ticked off another letter.

Are many others touristing much during the hols?

Very warm where I was yesterday - but a lovely atmosphere and a rousing poem at the start!

I was quite slow but importantly didn’t walk so all good.

I did my third in three weeks today. 36:29, 35:36 and today 35:02, so I’m really pleased. I’m aiming to get to 30:00 by the end of the year.

How was everyone’s parkrun today?

I was very glad to be timekeeping rather than running today. We had lots of milestones with lots of cake and a visit to the beach.

Well done all, it was very hot for running! I was pacing ( we do this last Saturday of each month), and I'd chosen a sensible jogging pace to do, whcih was wise. No dog, also wise!

It was a hot one on Saturday, I touristed to a relatively new run about an hour away from me. It's partly on the fields of a sports college so there was the luxury of being able to have a shower and get changed afterwards! My local doesn't even have toilets after the council closed them earlier this year. Anyway, nice to check out somewhere different. Hope everyone else had a good weekend.

We had the Co-op too, with freebies and discount vouchers.

Is this going to mean we're all going to need new hi-viz jackets, to reflect the new sponsors?

How lovely Avon - hop aboard

Hello. Can I join this thread, please? I completed C25K a few weeks ago and did my first Parkrun in 6 years on Saturday. I was just hoping for my time to start with a 3 and not to be at the back. I got 36:29, which is exactly 5 mins slower than my Parkrun from 2012, so I’ve got something to aim for . My plan is to do two 2.5K runs during the week then Parkrun. Very hot today but I managed to get round, slowly!!

We had the Co-op at my local on Saturday - they're one of the national sponsors of parkrun and seem to be doing this thing where they travel around in a van giving out hundreds of "recipe boxes" with some food and vouchers and a recipe booklet at different parkrun events. Ours had some wraps, a tin of chopped tomatoes and bottle of olive oil. Plus a £3 voucher. Not to be sniffed at - thanks Co-op!

Tried that already.

I've just done the blog without, and a note that if I get further pics they will be added.

Castleblayney

melanie can you go directly to that parkrun’s Flickr page and see if the photos are there incase they have just forgotten to post a link to them on the Facebook page?

Very annoying for you. Fingers x they appear.

Can I have a bit of a grumble here?

As I said, I did my 50th place last week. I blog about all the parkruns I visit, and try to include lots of photos. I took SOME myself last week, but I knew they were taking plenty, and was hoping to do my usual grabs from their Facebook page. Except they havent posted them. I even messaged midweek to ask, but havent had a reply. And they have just posted up TODAY's pictures!

I've been holding off on publishing the blog until I get a full set of photos, but it looks lke that might not happen.

Oh well, first world problem and all....

It was a warm one! My home venue was cancelled due to another event, so I went to my nearest next one, which I've done a few times before. It's a nice but hilly course through a forest, which was welcome given the sunny conditions. They were also having a C25K graduation, so numbers were high. With a dog, I had to start at the back, and it was 40 seconds before I crossed the start line!

Happy enough to finish with a smile, even though my time was rubbish.

Always better to just show up. Well done goldopals

I had ds and his friend this morning and they took it in turns to sprint and lag. Complete pita and felt like the longest 5k of my life. Still next time it will be DH’s turn to have them.

How'd you all go today? I had a shocker; recovering from a bad cold, after yesterday off work and managed to finish! I'm focusing on that rather than my worst ever time of 36 minutes

Well done Melanie and mushy. I had a shocker on Saturday- pb the previous week so for cocky and started way too fast (FYI still slow- fast for me!) and ended up having to walk to catch myself. Lost sight of the pacer I was aiming to stick with :(. Still good to learn and you can’t pb every week!

Congrats MelanieCheeks, that's some amazing touristing! I was away from home at my parents' local, second time round the course and knocked 90 seconds off my previous time for it so was pleased with that.