After leaving the car at work yesterday, I really had to walk into work today. The plan called for just seven miles so the most direct route would suffice. Nothing too exciting but I did witness an impressive sunrise and with clear skies some long shadows preceded me. I arrived at work after a short…
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Parkrun #47
After a pretty ropey start to the week, I tried to pull it back together later with a couple of dog walks on Thursday and Friday. Saturday called for twenty four miles. Well, I had to do a parkrun (see previous post – LINK) and, obviously, tag a few miles on either side. This week,…
Incentive
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…
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…