Saturday = parkrun, or as I could call it parkWALK ! Not too far to cover this week, only fourteen miles so after subtracting parkWalk left me with eleven or five and a half each way. The parkrun that fitted that criteria was Oaklands near to The Swan at Yardley. At one time The Swan…
Kev Walks
Another Saturday, Another parkrun
I received a package on Friday which I eagerly ripped open to reveal my long awaited parkrun 50 T-shirt. Obviously, I had to try it on and take the obligatory (if poor quality) selfie. The following day, being a Saturday, meant that I could wear my trophy top to parkrun – but which one ?…
Yeh ! Fifty !
At last, finally, and about time, after eleven years, I have completed my fiftieth parkrun. Back in 2010, I ran (back in the days when I ran) my first parkrun at Brueton Park in Solihull finishing in a time of 21:32. A few runs further along and I achieved my all time best time of…
Parkrun 49 and other stuff
After a few high(ish) mileage weeks, this week was a low mileage, recovery week. After the hard work the body is given an easier week to consolidate the gains made. Most of the week’s miles were accomplished with just walking the dogs locally. On Thursday, I took Misty for a four miler around Water Orton,…
Route 66 – Half Way
After I’d uploaded today’s twenty eight mile walk to the End to End Route 66 website (LINK) I realised that I had just passed the half way point. This was later confirmed with an email from the organisers and a link to download my ‘postcard’. Strangely, for a postcard allegedly from the States, it has…