Another week, another trip to Town Moor. According to my logs, I’ve not done the same event so many times in a row since early 2018! It was another tough run in the wind so my result was seven seconds slower than last week, but still consistent. Hoping for SB weather again next week.
One more run on the Moor planned next week and then we’re a bit further afield again.
Following my discovery of the black K-series homage phone box in Middlesbrough, sparking a memory of the one in Bradford, I realised I was also running past one with my running club every Sunday!
(Coordinates 54°97’21.4″N, 1°61’71.1″W.)
Still not got round to researching these, but I will!
It was lovely to be at the celebratory 700th Town Moor parkrun, especially as (a) it was Easter weekend and (b) it’s still the two-lap course 😀
I did step up the effort level a smidge this time (aided by nylon plate shoes and the fact that it wasn’t blowing a gale like it had been the weekend before; Storm Dave was yet to arrive in Newcastle), but I was pretty surprised at the end to find I’d taken two minutes off my time from the previous attempt! Still a long way from PB shape but we’ll keep chipping away.
Broke my streak of weekly improvement at Town Moor today, but given the high winds I’m not too fussed. Keeping a consistent effort week on week.
Expecting to be back on the Moor next week to celebrate the big 700th event!
All of these parkrunday posts are going to look the same for a little while. I usually rotate my parkruns even when staying local, but I’m finding that the temporary Town Moor two-lap course is really useful for measuring my progress while I’m coming back from injury, so I’ll be doing it for the foreseeable.
It was my 300th parkrun, so it was nice to celebrate one of those interim unofficial milestones! It was also nice to run in short sleeves – spring has been good to us so far.
Another week, another Town Moor parkrun, because I am enjoying the temp course so much. Still a very long way from full fitness but I was about 40 seconds faster than last week for the same perceived effort. Gradually pulling it back. Gradually.
It’ll be my 300th parkrun next week. I may well be on the Moor again!
Across the road from last week’s phone boxes, I also found one of these more modern black phone boxes (as previously seen in Bradford) that pay homage to the original K-series design!
(Coordinates 54°57’62.3″N, 1°23’39.9″W.)
I’ll need to do some more research on when these ones were installed!
