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As the last thread was filling up, here's a nice new one for parkrunners old and new

All parkrunners are welcome here!

Kristina

Damp here too

Despite the damp, it didn't rain and the sun even peeped out by the end.

No PB, but I enjoyed my run

We got wet but not too bad, I managed a sub 27min which I was happy with as I took little dog and we had one poo stop :)
But I have sore big toe :(

Well done OhOne and Cinnamon.
I was not feeling my best this morning but decided to pr for kill or cure
Unsurprisingly turn out was much less than last week, but I made a friend today.
I think my time was sub30, I had to walk a little bit though. Was v blustery and chilly, but we dodged the showers.

Well done Thursday, Ohone and Cinnamon
It was a bit damp and boggy in Lancashire, but I got a pb
30.10
I really felt like I could have got under 30 today, but, progress I suppose. Haven't been able to get out this week as dh away and dc off school. Next week 29 something will be mine, oh yes.

Slow one for me as I was having a lovely, chatty jog with a friend. It was lovely.

Then I stuck around to process the results with the ED afterwards so that I could go through the process myself rather than just watching. I have never felt so relieved to get that parkrun results text and know that it had all worked! Going to run with my running wife until she gets to her 100th parkrun in early June and then volunteer to do number checking one week. Once I've got my head around that I think I might be ready to take it on myself!

Results not withstanding, I was on a proper runners high this morning...until I got home. DH has decided that I run too much I think it's more that he's tired from starting his new job and not keen on being on his own with the kids while I run but he made me feel so guilty - and so angry

That's sad blatherskite! My dh is very supportive but does make the odd sarcy comment now and then which annoys me. I think it helps that he is a keen power lifter and spends around 4-5 hrs a week training in his gym in our garage and then has a website which he updates regularly so he understands how important running is to me. Not to be controversial but they are his children too, are they not?

They are his children yes.

The argument started that I wasn't spending enough time with the kids....

DH's new job means that he is gone from the house for 12 hours a day 5 days a week and he's been looking at rooms to rent so that he can stay away a couple of nights in the week too. I am a SAHM so bar the 15 hours a week DD gets at pre school, I am with one or both of the children all the time. I even took them on holiday on my own over half term as DH refused to postpone starting his new contract so that we could go together. I do as many of my runs as I can during the day and don't leave for evening runs until 7pm when the kids are getting in the bath ready for bed anyway. The only time it really impacts on family time is weekends when I go to parkrun for 3 hours ish on a Saturday and the occasional week when I will do the longer club run on Sunday for a couple of hours.

So then he decided that we we're having enough family time....

But I happily dropped parkrun a couple of weeks ago to go to my niece's birthday party and have skipped weekend runs before to do stuff together. What I refuse to do is miss the runs I love so much just to stay at home doing nothing in the name of "family time". I really don't understand how that would make anyone happier. The kids enjoy having 1 on 1 time with him and I feel better for having been out and run and socialised with my friends.

DH isn't a very social person and doesn't tend to go out a lot whereas I really enjoy seeing other people. I think he's just grumpy because he'd rather I was there all weekend to do the childcare with him but I need some time out too. Running keeps me fit and healthy and helps keep my depression in check as well as providing me with a huge group of friends. He was running too which helped but he hasn't been out at all since the half marathon really - through choice not circumstance - and is forgetting how good it feels I think. He always refused to run with a club anyway so it's like he doesn't really get it.

The other thing is, if you are keeping up the running, you're fitter and better able to get the household management sorted Monday-Friday. That is what I am finding, that I need the exercise, and running 5k is quicker (and cheaper) than burning the equivalent calories swimming or ambling around the countryside, I find.

Blathers

I do wonder if this might be DH's clumsy way of saying that he misses you (and will miss you even more if he starts staying away). And as you say he's tired and probably a bit stressed with the new job, and maybe a bit guilty about being away so much. I see on FB how much you do with those lovely children of yours, and of course you need some time to yourself to do your thing/get out and socialise. I share your view that family time is great if you are having fun doing something together but pointless if you are just hanging out at home.

I get annoyed with weekends where we all hang around the house doing our own separate things and not really doing anything together but dh doesn't like going out at the weekend as he's away from home all week. I would be happier to be home all weekend if he interacted more with us, rather than zoning out on the laptop.

My comment about them being his children too was more of a he should be happy to have them on his own rather than asking if they were actually his children

Mine love Saturday mornings, dh is rarely out of bed, the boys play with toys or on the playstation in their jarmies, I give them a little pot of cereal before I go and we have a lazy breakfast when I get back but I am usually gone between 1hr 15 and 2hrs so not quite as long. Perhaps you need to point out the time with the kids on his own is great for them and that it will be different from when you're together as a family and reinforce just how good for you running is.

It might be OhOne. I think he annoyed me so much because he presented it as me not spending enough time with the children when actually, I think it was more to do with not wanting to be left with the children so much. I'm actually beginning to look forward to him being away as he might be a little less grumpy and a little more fun.

I wasn't sure cinnamon but on MN it's sometimes best to clarify these things He was making out that I spent a whole day of the weekend running as I leave early in the mornings and it can be lunchtime by the time I'm home, showered and ready to do something else. A little dramatic I think! Although even if it's true, 1 day over the weekend and the odd bathtime doesn't seem like a huge amount to ask.

Didn't get too wet this morning but the wind was coming from a direction where it pushed you back down the worst bit of hill. Knocked 40 seconds off last week, but still not as good as last year's PB.

On the plus side, went to a shopping outlet this afternoon and found Adidas Boost running trainers for £59 instead of the £110 my local running shop wanted.

first time in a few weeks i have run with out the children and was hard ! unfortunately i think i have hurt my self as i had to pull out of todays 10k with back of leg pain had to hobble back to the car very embarrassing . so no park run for me for a while .
hope you all had a good run .

Amazing bargain thenightsky!

Hope you're feeling better soon eatpuddingdrinkwine :(

So apparently there is now barkrun, you enter it as your club and can compare to other dog runners at parkrun :)

Just back from trialling the new Buckingham parkrun. It was lovely. Probably the only time I'll come anywhere near 23rd too :)

Well done blathers

Thanks. It's a fairly flat course which definitely helped as I wasn't too far off my PB and I had pretty much resigned myself to that PB being unrepeatable! Looking forward to doing the run for real in a couple of weeks when it officially launches.

I have also given up on trying to beat my PB, it was on a completely flat course whereas my local one is very hilly . Well that's my excuse anyway

I haven't quite given up on it yet as it was only a few weeks ago but I'm under no illusions that I could do it without the pacer to keep me going - for now....

My speed does seem to be slowly returning so assuming I can get that knot in my calf to go away again, I might have a hope of turning this year around and making some progress

parkrun tourism for me tomorrow. I'm going to Conkers. I've managed to convince one friend to run it with us - his first ever parkrun! - and am meeting 2 more in a pub for brunch afterwards. That is definitely the best way to start the weekend

We've had a conkers runner at our parkrun :)

it is our 2nd birthday parkrun tomorrow so definately going to try and be there

Parkrun is easier without a hangover. Fact.