Parkrun Revisited

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So close Chris! 😱 Was he already in front or did he sprint past at the end? 🙂 Excellent time, and probably about 10 minutes faster than me at this current time - and I'm still a 'youngster' (3 weeks to go 🙂 )
 
He was ahead of me, I couldn't have caught him I had completely emptied the tank and had absolutely nothing left.
 
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I now realise that I will never do a sub three hour marathon. I ran 3 miles pretty much flat out at a slower pace than would be required to achieve it.
 
Chris Hobson said:
I now realise that I will never do a sub three hour marathon. I ran 3 miles pretty much flat out at a slower pace than would be required to achieve it.
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This is what has always amazed me about the top runners - they make it look so easy, and make 6 minute miles look positively pedestrian, racing past really good club runners whilst doing 26 sub-5 minute miles 😱 In fact, I think the top race walkers can do around 6-minute miles 😱 My best marathon time was 3:38, but that was over 30 years ago 🙂
 
I like this idea, I think I'll have a go. I wanted to do the Great North Run last year, signed up, paid my fee and everything, but when it came to the day I had been unwell so on doctors advice I gave it a miss. Still went up to Newcastle to watch, as my son and daughter were running, and I thought to myself.... I could have done that, some of the runners were much more unfit than I was. So I've signed up with Parkrun, got my barcode, and decided to give it a try at my local event. If I get round in under 40 minutes I'll be chuffed to bits, as I haven't ran in years.
 
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I like this idea, I think I'll have a go. I wanted to do the Great North Run last year, signed up, paid my fee and everything, but when it came to the day I had been unwell so on doctors advice I gave it a miss. Still went up to Newcastle to watch, as my son and daughter were running, and I thought to myself.... I could have done that, some of the runners were much more unfit than I was. So I've signed up with Parkrun, got my barcode, and decided to give it a try at my local event. If I get round in under 40 minutes I'll be chuffed to bits, as I haven't ran in years.
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Good luck @conundrum ! 🙂 Let us know how you get on 🙂
 
I volunteered at the local parkrun last week and it was a fabulous experience, and I got home in time for my shift at work.
So I ran 5k this morning in 37 minutes (according to Strava) so will aim for my first parkrun in a fortnight’s time. I’ve checked last week’s results and I would have been about 377 out of 440 so I shan’t be too embarrassed!
 
Just finished my first ever ParkRun this morning:
Great Cornard parkrun results for event #245. Your time was 00:45:58
I think I was last, but at least I got round, first run in about twenty years.
 
Not a brilliant time that is true but if you start to run regularly you tend to keep getting new PBs quite regularly. This makes you really feel as if you are getting somewhere. You will be amazed at how much you can keep whittling away at your best time. I'm now about ten minutes faster than I was when I started doing parkrun, despite being four years older. Over such a short distance I like to think that this is quite impressive.
 
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Not a brilliant time that is true but if you start to run regularly you tend to keep getting new PBs quite regularly. This makes you really feel as if you are getting somewhere. You will be amazed at how much you can keep whittling away at your best time. I'm now about ten minutes faster than I was when I started doing parkrun, despite being four years older. Over such a short distance I like to think that this is quite impressive.
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Well, dammed with faint praise, eh? LOL. I think to go from absolutely zero running to finishing a 5km Parkrun is an achievement in itself. The first step is the hardest, and by that I mean actually turning up at one of these events.... I'll be there again on Saturday, and hopefully all of them till Christmas, and I expect to bring the time down a little.........but not by much. If I can get it down by 10 minutes by the New Year I'll be chuffed.
 
That would have me beat in an odd kind of way, it took me four years to knock off ten minutes. Also running 5k from a standing start is impressive, I found the early ones tough and I had already built up some fitness by cycling.
 
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Finally did my first parkrun this morning and got round in just under 37 so am well pleased! I think I was 4th in my sex/age group, but haven’t checked how many there were. Probably 4! Overall I was 496th out of 586, so definitely not embarrassed.
And got back in time for my shift in the cafe. Not sure that was such a good idea as on my feet throughout and a bit tired now.

Still not got the hang of blood sugars though. I am using tbr of 70% for 2 hours and my result immediately after the run was 11.3. Now 4 hours later, down to 5.1. I think I need to study Matt Cycle’s thread to get some ideas. Maybe extend the tbr further.
 
Well done new park runners. If you take part on a regular basis, you should be able to score regular new PBs to begin with. These are great for keeping yourself motivated.
 
I've completed 5 ParkRuns so far, and each time I've improved my time a little. And when I say 'a little' I mean by about thirty seconds or so each time. I'm always well at the back of the field, one of the last ones to finish, and I find that hard, as in my youth I was fit as a butchers dog, but now as a fat old man I struggle to get round. But I turn up, and get a little bit better each week. My goal is to get under 40 minutes by Christmas...
 
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I've completed 5 ParkRuns so far, and each time I've improved my time a little. And when I say 'a little' I mean by about thirty seconds or so each time. I'm always well at the back of the field, one of the last ones to finish, and I find that hard, as in my youth I was fit as a butchers dog, but now as a fat old man I struggle to get round. But I turn up, and get a little bit better each week. My goal is to get under 40 minutes by Christmas...
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Stick with it Steve, you'll get there, still a few weeks to go! 🙂
 
Did my second park run yesterday in torrential rain and wind. Got through in 38 minutes or so, so slower than my first. Was thrilled to be told I came first in my age group.
But then I checked and I was first and last - the only one there! Obviously all the oldie females don’t go out in the rain. Apart from me of course

Will try to improve my time next time
 
Barbie1 said:
Did my second park run yesterday in torrential rain and wind. Got through in 38 minutes or so, so slower than my first. Was thrilled to be told I came first in my age group.
But then I checked and I was first and last - the only one there! Obviously all the oldie females don’t go out in the rain. Apart from me of course

Will try to improve my time next time
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Well done @Barbie1! 🙂 Don't mind the rain, personally, but when it's coupled with strong winds it becomes such a battle 😱 :(
 
I did the parkrun at Hull East Park last week as part of my build up after having a deliberately lazy Xmas. I ran it at a gentle pace as I'm not fully fit at the moment. The resolutionaries were out in force, there were nearly seven hundred runners. Sadly, we also received the news that Gill Tremere, the founder of the East Hull parkrun has died. I only knew her as the lady who said on your marks-get set-go, at the beginning of every run and only became aware that she was the person who established the East Park run after she died.

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I didn't do the parkrun on Saturday 12/01 but I checked the results page and saw that the number of runners taking part was 705. I'm not sure if that is a record but it is the highest number that I am aware of. There is to be a memorial run for Gill on the 19th, Liz and I are going to a running show at the NEC on that day so we won't be there. I would really have liked to attend but I have to accept that I can't be in two places at once. I would expect that there will be a record number of runners next week.
 
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The East Hull parkrun website states that the run on Jan 12th was only the second to have more than seven hundred runners. The total on the 19th was 854, a special turnout for Gill.

Meanwhile we had fun at the running show, the girls bought some new shoes, I bought some knobbly lock laces. I wore my Outlaw Triathlon hoody and met four other people who were also wearing one and so struck up several Outlaw based conversations as a result.
 
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