Tag: parkrun

Another scenic plod round Jesmond Dene today, though a lot slower than last week – I’ve still got Thursday’s twelve-miler in my legs.

Back for event #50 next week, which should be nice – with the hiatus it’s been a long time coming.

Third parkrunday in a row at Jesmond Dene and second parkrunday in a row running it. A minute and a half faster than last week, which is not bad! It’s a difficult one to pace but I’m starting to remember how to do it.

It was the International Women’s Day celebration at parkrun today so it was mostly female marshals on the way round. Geth usually marshals but was doing post-event close down instead today, so I went home by myself once I’d finished in order to get warm!

Another attempt at Jesmond Dene next week – we’ll see how it goes.

First non-volunteer run at Jesmond Dene since… actually, I don’t remember! I tailwalked there last August, and ran after giving the first timers’ briefing in February 2020 just before the hiatus… but the last time I ran there without volunteering could well have been December 2019. It’s a tough course hence why it’s my usual parkrun for volunteering at!

However, as Geth is now volunteering there every week, I’ve decided to take the opportunity to spend a couple of months tackling the Dene’s hills again. Maybe I’m just doing more hills in general these days, but the course was actually really enjoyable and not as tough as I remembered.

I also hadn’t realised how much I had missed that sprint finish during the last half mile down the hill. Makes all the earlier climbing worth it… sort of.

I’ll give it another go next week. Might push a bit harder during the early sections!

It was Geth’s last parkrun as a runner for a while (he’ll be volunteering instead during his marathon training block) so we went to Town Moor in the hope that he could have a good whizz round. Unfortunately it was a bit too breezy for fast times today (though nothing compared to two weeks ago!), and I was taking it easy due to a slight twinge anyway.

Due to chatting to friends at the end I forgot to take a post-parkrun selfie today, but I did take this shot of our much-appreciated heater when we got home.

Town Moor and Jesmond Dene parkruns were both off this morning so Geth and I took the opportunity to visit Leazes again. I thought I’d just plod today, but actually managed my joint second fastest time since the restart! So much better than the last time I slogged round that course in late September, when I was knackered from the sharp end of marathon training.

Next week is Geth’s last parkrun as a runner for a while (he’s going to be volunteering every week during his marathon training block) so we’ll need to mark it somehow.