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parkrun - no excuse not to try - unless there's no event near you

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Copepod

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There's plenty of time for anyone who has never tried parkrun before to find their local event, register and print out a bar code to take along tomorrow morning! 5km, timed, same place and time every week, free of charge, informal, all welcome, no need to run the whole distance.

parkrun really is for everyone, which is why I've started this thread in General Messageboard, not Sports / Exercise. If you're a bit uncertain, you could volunteer once or twice to see how the event works, before running. Regular runners are encouraged to volunteer 3 times a year.

See http://www.parkrun.org.uk/events/events/ for 5km events

There are also 2km runs for 4 - 14 year olds only, on Sunday mornings - see http://www.parkrun.org.uk/events/juniorevents/

Personally, I'm trying a new venue tomorrow, as one started last week within cycling distance, so it's worth a try. I'll probably return to my current home run next time, although it's a bit further away, it helped me to meet new people when I moved to a new city 18 months ago.
 
New venue had advantage of being within easy cycling distance, with no major hills on road, but run itself was a bit boring - 4 laps of a circuit round a park and playing fields, which had far too much dog poo on the edges, where we ran.

Apparently, 21,000 milestone T shirts are due to arrive at Southampton docks on Monday, so I hope that includes my 50th T shirt, earned at Easter. How many other forum users are expecting milestone T shirts? These are for 10 runs for children; 50s, 100s and 250s for all.
 
Must admit, although I would like to do parkrun regularly it hasn't quite fitted into my schedule yet. I tend to either have Saturday as a rest day or my 'long run' day, and as I'm restricted in the number of runs I can do each week without risking injury, I've not managed a parkrun yet! 🙄 The original Southampton one was too far away fr me to get to. The current one is a couple of miles away and I have considered running there and then doing it and running home, but again I have a preference for running very early (5:45 this morning), so 9.00 is a bit late for me.

So, are those reasons or excuses? 😱 😉

For those new to running, how about combining parkrun with the NHS 'Couch to 5k' program?

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k.aspx
 
What do you mean Copepod 'NO' excuse?

I can perhaps agree that a number of excuses for not exercising are feeble in the extreme and I suppose that if it were a reasonable excuse it stops being an excuse, it becomes a (valid) reason?

So if you have a valid reason that's OK ! LOL
 
Sadly no running for me, but I have forwarded the link to a couple of friends who are doing the couch to 5k challenge. One is struggling solo running so thought she might enjoy a bit of company 🙂
 
Yes - wish they'd invented it when I could run !
 
Reasons are different to excuses, of course. No need to run all the 5km; walking or jogging are fine. Or many injured runners volunteer to keep contact. No cost. No commitment to turn up.
 
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