Parkrun is a free, timed, 5k event that takes place every Saturday morning at over two thousand locations in twenty two countries. The programme started in 2004 as UK Time Trials before being renamed parkrun in 2008. I came across parkrun, doing my first run (yes, I used to run in those days) at Brueton…
Kev Walks
No Spitting, No High Fives
Sixteen months since being suspended because of COVID, parkrun in England restarted this Saturday. A work colleague told me that he would be doing Sutton Park’s parkrun this week and I agreed to meet him there. My training plan called for twenty two miles this Saturday as as parkrun is only three miles (3.1 or…
Mid-Week Back-to-Back
Most weeks, I try to arrange my work so that I am in the office on Wednesdays and Thursdays. I am also in some other days but I aim on being in mid-week. This week, I drove into work on Wednesday morning and after work walked the almost direct route to meet the other half…
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The ‘heatwave’ continues. The dogs gave me a wake up nudge around half four but his was fine as I’d planned on getting out early to beat the heat. Even at this hour, it was already around 18º so I took the hairiest dog (Gabby) out first. Technically we were up before the sun (05:08)…
Scorchio !
Maybe not quite that hot but the last few days have produced temperatures of around 30º C. Too hot in the day for the puppies so I’ve been taking them out first thing in the morning when it’s still rather warm but not too hot for them. Apart from the doggie walks, I took myself…