Parkrun newbies and trying a sub 30 - keeping each other motivated! 🏃‍♀️ 🎉

[Lemontreeinthecity]

Hi
Starting a new thread for those who are trying to achieve a Parkrun sub 30…and newbies to parkrun….and also experienced! Basically all! 😊

Im trying to get a sub 30. I’ve been up early and done the parkrun route before the kids get up!
Time was 31’32”
I felt like I was wearing too many tops and was getting hot 🥵
But I didn’t stop and ran the whole way.
anyway here we are!
im hoping to beat that on Saturday.

over to you….

x

Frustrating parkrun this morning as I messed up my watch at the start so didn’t get a proper Strava time but ended up running my 2nd fastest 5k and got my “official” parkrun PB this so I’ll take that.

I was focussing on my 10k race in September but with one eye on starting marathon training in winter I’ve booked a half marathon for the end of October so concentrating now on building up the miles without aggravating my over sensitive IT band.

Did you do parkrun this morning @Lemontreeinthecity? Any closer to your goal? It’s hard with the heat not properly dying down, full sun round 90% of the route this morning 🥵

I’m under strict instructions from the physio to run a maximum of 5k once a week, SLOWLY. So a chatty one with a friend this morning.

Though it does make the actual running part more enjoyable, I do SO miss the buzz of chasing PBs and pouring over the stats afterwards 😭

31’22” on Saturday, it was warm 😊
determined to keep going - stats show I started with 34’45” a few months ago now down to 31’22”
Absolutely determined to nail the sub 30😊

This is fabulous. If you can do that in the heat, you will be flying in the autumn 🤩

Brilliant! Agree that once it cools down it will start feeling much easier and will smash that 30 minute time!

Hello, just joining the thread as I’m trying to get back into running after an 8 year gap! I did a lot of park runs and was generally quite fit in my 20s - my PB was 22.40 - but I had 2 kids, life got in the way, I’m now 39 and my last attempt was 33 minutes - very depressing! I’d love to get back into it and sub 30 is my first (ambitious!) goal.

Hello, this feels like a good thread for me! I only started running last year but have now done 60 parkruns. I’ve gradually improved my time from 41 minutes to about 34.5 but seem to have plateaued a bit. I’m training for a half in October which is seeming a bit unrealistic right now, but it is getting me out running three times a week. I’ve got a runna plan and it’s always telling me to run slow ehich is fine with me, but I feel like I’ve got into such a habit of running slow (especially in this heat) that I’ll never get my parkrun time down!

Welcome to all who have just joined…I know it’s still hot but if anyone is doing parkrun on Saturday …hopefully we all get a good time …and of course enjoy ☺️