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…
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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…
Perry Hall parkrun
Going with the plan that I’d hatched earlier in the week, I was out of the house by a quarter past six walking to Perry Hall Park to take part in their parkrun and my forty eighth parkrun. I had planned on a walk of around eight miles and being early opted for less scenic…
Back to Work
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…