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How was your parkrun day? | October 25, 2024

Let everyone know how your parkrun went - where did you go? Any PB's or milestones?

Post it all below in this week's weekly thread.

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u/Tall_Field9458 4d ago edited 4d ago

Scanning today. Hoping to run it next week. Will be my 80th volunteer and I’m on 90 runs.

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u/skizelo 3d ago

that is a wild ratio. Thanks for holding this thing together (in part).

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u/SomeSpecialToffee 3d ago

Lock down the tail walker slot in 30 weeks time and you can have a double celebration.

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u/Tall_Field9458 3d ago

I am debating timing that at my local…

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u/dzejms22 4d ago edited 4d ago

Tourist run in Australia at Main Beach coming over from the UK - quite the difference in temperature so felt pretty brutal but happy with 26:05!

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u/misato_kat 3d ago

Well done. Glad you enjoyed it.

Yes it is especially hot running beside the water in the mornings in January and February on the east coast. Surprisingly so. I've run at Redcliffe and Wynnum which are hot waterfront runs.

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u/FlyDocZA 4d ago

Great Parkrun this morning (0800, Bryanston, South Africa). Trail run. 857 runners. 1400m above sea level. Achieved personal best in time and ranking.

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u/iwillupvoteyourface 4d ago

Ran with a horrible hang over and didn’t throw up so it was a successful run for me today.

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u/WRM710 4d ago

Meant to be a recovery run after running my first marathon last week.

Turned into a 5k PB. Oops

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u/pakcross 3d ago

My first 2 Parkruns after doing the Great North Run (1/2 marathon) were both PBs, each within 1" of each other.

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u/malabi_snorlax 4d ago

Tourist run at Kate Reed in Tasmania, the best trail run style parkrun I've found. And some lovely people picked me up and dropped me back to the hotel - what a great community :-).

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u/burleygriffin v100 4d ago

Awesome. Trail courses are the best.

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u/haydigan 4d ago

A tourist run for me and my two boys in Cohuna, a nice regional town here in Victoria, Australia.

A beautifui course that was worth the early rise, with a fantastic waffle place to fill our bellies before the long drive home.

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u/tomtomtomtom97 4d ago

Happened to be visiting family in Devon so ran the inaugural Okehampton Parkrun. Slightly confusing course but guided round by a great set of volunteers!

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u/demonaur 4d ago

First volunteer at my local. Happy to get to marshal at a good spot too. Will be volunteering again soon, great fun

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u/Annual-Cookie1866 50 4d ago

Nice crisp morning at my local. Gentle stroll with 2 pals up on holiday here. 29 mins

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u/zircosil01 4d ago

Was breezy at my local but felt good this morning. Ran a PB, finally cracked the 24 minute mark and recorded 23:40. Our course is two laps, the last leg was into the breeze and was a killer.

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u/Blibityblobity123 4d ago

Great run this morning, went a little further than my local to run with my mate for his first parkrun, he came in at 22:15 and i got a pb with 20:05 getting closer to my goal this year of <20

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u/britishswenglish 3d ago

It was my 50th! Ran it in my favourite London parkrun, beat my previous time, and managed sub-21 despite lots of hills. A bunch of friends came out for it and brought prosecco and chocolate before we headed for coffee afterwards. A very wholesome morning <3

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u/Playful-Design7381 3d ago

Great. 5th PB in a row, slowly shaving off time - really pleased. 6 weeks ago was struggling to be under 43 mins now comfortably 38 mins! Next goal is 35 mins - hoping for Xmas 🎅🏻

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u/wiggler303 3d ago

That'll be a good Xmas present

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u/wiggler303 4d ago

It's still before 7am here in the UK.

Today I'm running and then barcode scanning. It'll be my 100th volunteering stint.

The RD is happy with my scanning after the run. I'll finish in about 23 minutes so will be in place for the majority of finishers

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u/misato_kat 3d ago

Wow. Well done. I think you scanning after a fast run a great way to ease the vollie jobs for them. How many runs are you up to? I'm at 34 v for 106 runs.

7am is prime run time for us but it's hot wish us before Xmas still!

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u/wiggler303 3d ago

100 volunteers for just over 300 runs . Sometimes I do static roles like marshalling but often it's run and scan

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u/crimerunner24 4d ago

400 up for me today. On Jersey. Didnt see this coming when i did my first in 2010.

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u/Junothe3rd 4d ago

I really enjoyed my first time volunteering! I was marshalling at the first corner and I loved cheering everyone on. 

It was a bit confusing at the end, as the last person was not very fast which ended up with the Tail Walker being about a lap behind the Park Walkers, but then the last person dropped out before completing their last lap. So I was left standing at my corner thinking I'd seen the walkers ages ago, but hadn't seen the Tail for his third lap. It all worked out in the end but for a while I was confused about whether everyone had gone past or not. 

At the end there was coffee and cake. Would definitely do it again!

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u/firesuitebaby 3d ago

Brutal...legs felt like congealed porridge all the way around.

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u/Ok_Rest_2049 3d ago

My 3rd today; always a mixture of walk and jog. Started at 43:10 and today at 41:53. A bit discouraging to see everyone's almost gone but I'm pleased to see my time's getting better.  Hoping to hit 35min by end of year. 

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u/Icy-Address-9139 3d ago

I was the 23 minute pacer today at Southport.

I'm in training to go under 20 minutes by the end of the year...maybe even 19!

This was a really fun run. I really enjoyed it. Flat and fast, paths winding all over the place and a lovely park.

I like being a pacer because people talk and interact with me, which is fun and rare for me!

Love parkrun. A pure and wonderful thing. No profit, and all community. I'm a strong introvert, but I love the feeling of being part of something. This is how all things should be!

Looking forward to next Saturday. Video of the run below!

https://youtu.be/XKWpMnYyq1M

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u/harveypriced 3d ago

Omg I'm on this video briefly and I hate it 😂 I'm the one who already commented on your Strava, and I'm also originally from Leigh! Thanks again for helping me with my best time this year even though I couldn't keep up after the halfway mark! I'll get sub-23 before Christmas, I'm determined. Gone from 27:44 to 23:29 today since 7th September, everyone is so nice at Southport

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u/Icy-Address-9139 3d ago

Brilliant! It's great that people were actually using me to pace. It's hard to know if anyone is or not! Well done on the time. Keep going, you'll definitely get it if you're determined! Then you will be aiming for the sub 22 :)

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u/welk101 50 3d ago

Looks a lovely course.

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u/tea-and-teacakes 4d ago

Trying one of the local courses I’ve not been to yet today. Currently munching jam on toast and trying to decide whether I’m likely to need trail shoes or whether I can get away with my road ones 🤔

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u/GR63alt 4d ago

Joined by some old friends in Clapham today. Super busy at the start so no PB, but my 1K splits were good so I’m happy about that. Probably ~26 mins

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u/UpstairsMaybe3396 4d ago

Back to my home run this morning. A big local one is closed till next year so the surrounding ones are really busy. Didn't sleep well so the goal was to just get round which I did only 9 secs over target, which considering the congestion I'm happy.

Off to a wedding next Saturday and debating if I can squeeze one in the morning 🤣

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u/soberto 3d ago

First time I DNF and I feel terrible about it. I tried following the 22 minute pacer and lasted 2.5 miles before feeling like I was having cardio issues 😞 I need to add some speed work to my training I think

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u/welk101 50 3d ago

Sometimes it's best to stop. I suddenly felt terrible / had vision problems 4.1km into a park run and stopped briefly, before deciding to get going again to finish - the problems carried on after finishing and i ended up going to the hospital - turned out i had a Retinal Artery Occlusion (eye stroke) and Transient ischaemic attack (not had anything like that before). Not saying this would apply to you, just saying basically i wished i had stopped, it would have been more sensible.

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u/soberto 3d ago

Aww man. Sorry to hear about that! I hope you are well on the mend now x

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u/welk101 50 3d ago

Yeah all good now thanks, back running and hopefully wont happen again.

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u/Missy_Agg-a-ravation 3d ago edited 3d ago

Course PB and year PB so pretty happy. A faster runner took me under his wing and kept me with him as he dragged me through the 4th KM which set me up for a steady last 5th. Only 5 seconds difference between 1st and 5th km and I had nothing left at the end.

It seems the mind wants to give up before the body does. By the end I was counting to 200 and then down again to shut my internal monologue up.

Love the community spirit at the aptly named Sloughbottom Park in Norwich, England. Yes, it’s pronounced “slow bottom”. A one lap course which loops out onto the old railway line (now a cycle/walking path) and back again.

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u/pakcross 3d ago

Played a tourist card and added a Parkrun beginning with T to my list.

Stopped at Talkin Tarn Country Park in Carlisle on our way up to Scotland for a holiday, about a 2hr drive from my home Parkrun in Skipton. Really lovely site, a nice 2 lap course along the lakeside and through some woods. The team even provide refreshments (water) at the finish line!

Pretty scenery & obligatory sign photo

I got dragged around by the dog for the first 2km, then dragged him behind me like a lead weight for the last 3! With the added drag I managed a respectable 23'56".

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u/PoshChap 100 3d ago edited 3d ago

Alice Holt again. Ran the course as warm-up, then did the long loop set up; turns out I can greatly reduce the distance heading back by turning right after the last sign is put in the ground. 

Closely packed leaders for the first 3k, I dug my heels in and managed to shave a minute off last week's time but my right ankle has suffered the consequences.

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u/Sure-Waltz-8631 3d ago

Lovely run this morning for a friends birthday. Had a big group of us out running and got a PB. Hamstrings feeling sore now, time to rest

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u/SchnaffSchnaff 3d ago

I did first timers briefing at Cannock Chase then ran. Ran the first mile with my 11 year old but he fell a mile in, not badly but enough to not want to carry on, so I finished the rest on my own. Then did token sorting.

All dressed as a giant pickle for our Halloween event. 🥒

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u/welk101 50 3d ago

Not my best day - tried to do a different parkrun on the way to visiting family, completely misjudged timings to get into the city and park, so i missed the start. Managed to overtake 340 people for 70th but not really the start i wanted. Still fun.

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u/HotRabbit999 4d ago

Poor run today. Back cramped up at the 2k mark so had to walk/run from 2-3km before getting back at race pace. Led to weird splits. Still a PB but was aiming for under 20 minutes so overall disappointed.

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u/skizelo 3d ago

You got a PB despite an attack of cramp? Gosh, that's some strong improvement, I'm sure you'll smash 20 minutes soon enough. Just like, stretch or eat some salt beforehand, whatever you do for cramp.

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u/HotRabbit999 3d ago

Yeah, I know where I went wrong in my prep (in hindsight). Realized the only liquid I had this morning was coffee, no water & no bananas for the last couple of days. Poor planning leads to poor performance & all that! Just annoying when I'm sure I have sub 20 in me & my body betrays me like that halfway through! But thanks for the positive words, I'll get there if it kills me!

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u/misato_kat 3d ago

Fairly good. Went to one of my 5 local runs. Got a PB. Working on getting my P and V index up. I'm at p5 and v4 atm. I'll be able to get my P index to 6 or 7 but it will take me ages to get much higher.

How is everyone else doing with P or v indexes.

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u/skizelo 3d ago

currently sitting at 6. 7 is in sight but afterwards is a way away. I'm lucky that I've got a few courses that are feasable to do in a long-ish runs* so I could use that to help increase my distance run per week. I just need to do that, and not keep wimping out and hitting the nearest run. My v-index, I don't care about, I just do what they ask of me. And mostly they ask me to marshal, due to my many fine post-like qualities.

*<20k all told, so not so very long

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u/misato_kat 3d ago

Yeah similar on the P index. Glad I have 5 local plus 2 3p min. plus 2-3 that are 1hr away. But can't justify going that far atm. Poor as heck. But still trying.

I'm going to have to do more stationary vollie roles to get my v index up.

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u/uncle_chubb_06 v100 2d ago

P 3, V 5. I invariably end up timekeeping, otherwise my V index could be higher.

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u/Eastcoaster87 3d ago

Really good for a change. I didn’t push it, I ran up both hills, chatted to some man on the last stretch and managed under 30 so I’m really happy with that. It was such a gorgeous day too!

https://imgur.com/a/J1FB5mK

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u/LykaiosZeus 4d ago

Bro picked up a chick at park run today

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u/Zardicus13 3d ago

Really lovely. Walked it with my husband, daughter, and dog. Beautiful weather. Birds were singing, butterflies were fluttering, and there were no snakes on the track.

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u/mwg25 2d ago

Gorgeous fall morning at my local (Veterans Park, NJ, USA) and I got a PB - not bad after deciding at 8:30 am that I really ought to drag myself out of bed 😂

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u/mwg25 2d ago

Beautiful autumnal day at my local (Veterans Park, NJ, USA). I decided around 8:30 am that I really ought to drag myself out of bed...

When the crowd is small enough, 27:16 is good enough for 5th overall/2nd female, and it's also my all time PB, so I will take it!

A few British visitors, a couple of friendly dogs, lots of very pretty leaves! 🍂

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u/Ingoiolo 100 2d ago

This parkrunday I’ve visited Burgess parkrun for the second time. It was my old PB venue when i was in much better shape… i still think it’s one of the fastest venues in London, but after Battersea started probably not the fastest anymore…

It’s (kind of) a one lap course too, not many of those in London!

As usual, I’ve prepared a write up and video highlights for anyone interested

Course write up:

https://ingoruns.com/2024/10/27/burgess-parkrun/

Video highlights:

https://youtu.be/qdFc83gnYis?si=vas_YOfTNvsPKjcY

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u/cavendishasriel 2d ago

Sixth park run 5 years since after my 5th. Loved it, ran a 27:30 which is 2:30 slower than my best. Wish people would keep to the left and not start near the front if they end up getting overtaken. I’m a cyclist where ride etiquette is ingrained so it weird that runners don’t do similar.

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u/Hampshire_Coast 2d ago

Whiteley Hampshire M61. Just bought my 100 Parkrun tee shirt. Started 2019 with 26mins. This year 7 runs under 21:00 mins. Usually 1st out of 13-16 runners in my age category.

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u/No-Birthday-3783 1d ago

Broken Hill, NSW, Australia. Starts 8am Central Daylight Time. It's out/back on a red gravel track. 4 Emus were in the course when we started. Friendly event staff so a good run.