I have only done one of the Parkruns before but I would like to make them more of my training schedule. They are so well organised and the volunteers that make the event happen every week are up early every Saturday and ensure the race is timed to perfection and safe for all runners taking part.
This was a new addition to the now 400 Parkruns that take place every Saturday in the UK and my running coach Laura Turner had been asked to start the race off. I went down to support and there was a great atmosphere from both runners and volunteers alike.
I was amazed that there were around 180 runners with some of them having run 50, 100 or in one case 252 previous Parkruns. Very impressive indeed! Apparently it is quite "the thing" to run in as many inaugural ones as possible so no surprise it was a big turnout.
The route was one lap around the park and was pretty flat so I was very pleased with my result of 3rd place in a time of 17 minutes 53 seconds which is a new PB for me. It must have helped having the added pressure of your coach being on the sidelines so despite the toasty conditions I sweated my way round in record (for me) time.
Thoroughly enjoyed it and I will be back there and would recommend heading to your local Parkrun sometime soon!
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