Tag: parkrun

One of the things I try to do once per month at parkrun is work on my p-index (current p-index is 6, meaning I’ve done 6 of my parkrun events at least 6 times each, and I’m now working on getting it to 7), which at the moment means a trip out to Denton Dene. Thankfully Geth is a big fan of this parkrun, and I quite like it too – there are a few hills but it’s a nice fast course!

As I’m still recovering from last weekend’s ultra I decided to take parkrun as it came. I started off at the faster end of steady and gradually progressed so that I could turn my legs over a bit in the last stretch. It felt great after so many months of easy parkruns and I’m really looking forward to giving it a good blast once I’m properly speed training again!

A milestone next week… and a special place for it.

The original plan was to be away this weekend, but plans changed during the week so I managed to grab a last-minute slot on the Town Moor parkrun International Women’s Day pacer team!

I was pacing 34, which I haven’t done for a while, so I did my pace research and managed a fairly steady run. Came in at 34:02, which is not bad, though I did have to sprint slightly in the last 10 seconds as I’d slowed down a bit too much!

Not parkrunning next week due to a rare Saturday race. I’ll be back the week after for my penultimate run before my milestone!

Jesmond Dene is my home parkrun and my favourite. Geth and I did the inaugural back in 2019 so I like to make sure I’m there for any milestones if I can be. Lovely to see this beautiful parkrun reach its 200th event today!

Another easy-ish 30 minute run. Looking forward to getting some speed up again after the ultra is done.

A little further afield next week.

I’m trying to do a new-to-me parkrun once per month in 2025 as that will get me to 50 different locations by the end of the year. This month’s visit was relatively local as we didn’t go away anywhere (a good thing after so much travel recently!).

I researched my first eight NENDYs (nearest events not done yet) and sent links to Geth so that he could choose one (this will be the strategy for all upcoming months where we don’t have a trip away). He selected Prudhoe Riverside, as we’d run along part of the course just a couple of days ago when doing our latest recce for our upcoming ultra.

The course is two laps around part of the Spetchells, which is basically a big manmade lump of chalk from WWII. It was fun running on a chalk trail, though I imagine it would be a bit more challenging after a lot of rain!

We took it easyish for around 30 minutes (this will be a theme until after the ultra) and generally enjoyed the springlike conditions.

We will most likely be back to more familiar environs next week for a special celebration (fingers crossed!).

I had hoped to do a new-to-me parkrun this last weekend, but Geth and I had a bit too much on, so plumped for an easy trip to Rising Sun instead. Yet another Saturday taking it relatively easy in 30ish minutes, as we had a (short) race to do the following day!

I will definitely get round to that new-to-me parkrun next week, as one of my 2025 targets is to do a new one every month.

A slightly damp morning but the rain stayed off during parkrun and it was fairly still too. A good day for pacing 30 at Town Moor!

Kept a few people on target for the first couple of miles and they were all able to sprint off during the last bit. Really enjoy pacing 30 minutes as so many people are aiming for it.

Possibly a new-to-me location next week…

Another lovely parkrun morning. Clear and cold but not frosty, so the only slippery bits of Jesmond Dene course today were the muddy patches. Lots of friends there too as Town Moor was off!

Geth and I took it easy for 30ish minutes, which was the perfect start to a quiet weekend.

Probably back on the Moor next weekend but we’ll see!

A trip over to west Newcastle today to keep working on the p-index!

All remnants of yesterday’s storm (save for a few twigs on the ground) were gone and it was a beautiful morning for a parkrun. I decided to push it a bit to see how recovered I am post-Dopey and came in at 25:33.

This is a couple of minutes slower than my PB at the moment – I reckon this is due to other winter-related factors in addition to recovering from the challenge – but it was really nice to put in a bit of speed after over a month of slow/steady running.

Might be somewhere new to us next week, might not. The nice thing about being at home is not having to decide until the last minute!

Following our adventures in Disney World, Geth and I returned to the more familiar environs of Town Moor parkrun today!

We had been annoyed by Florida being colder than we expected, but going out the door at 8am to scrape ice off my car so that I could drive to parkrun reminded me what cold really is. It was a frosty morning on the Moor! Absolutely beautiful but pretty chilly, though we did warm up when we were running. Took it easy for 30ish minutes today, and it was lovely to catch up with friends and tell them about our adventures. We even met a runner from the visiting Bournemouth AFC fan group who’d also done the Dopey in Florida last weekend!

Next week isn’t finalised yet but it’ll be another local one! No more travelling for a while…