Right, own up, who is it?
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I didnāt run yesterday as I was busy on the kitchen but Mrs FP aged up to 50-54 on Saturday and did a PB of 25.55! 
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My best was the Parkrun in Windhoek
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Congratulations Mrs FP 
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Back to the tourism running today, lots of local events cancelled for ice so I went to one on the coast which was mostly on track/trail. Slightly bigger field with the cancellations as they normally only get about 40.
It was cold but the course was fine, I however wasnāt and struggled all the way! Legs were heavy and just felt laboured. Anyway, got round in 21:30.
Quite pleased I didnāt do the 20 mile race given how hard that felt. Strange how you can go from feeling good to crap in a week 
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New all time PB at the local parkrun today with an 18:15, taking 6s off the time I set almost a year ago. It would seem I peak in March/April! Being a year older this finally pushed me over 75% age grading. Also happened to be the first finisher, for first time on the local course (previous best was 3rd).
Went sub-19 last week in Minehead having spent the day before on the booze and throwing up at 3am, so wanted to see how I might do with slightly better prep. Saying that I had breakfast and a milky coffee an hour beforehand and ended up going with the Vaporflys rather than my preferred Alphaflys. Warmup was very short, well under a km, so not sure that was perfect. Conditions were good; cool but not realy cold and very little wind. Ground was wet and a tiny bit slippy.
Taking to the start line I recognised most of the runners, and none were seriously fast, the strongest competition would probably be @JibberJim , but fortunately for me he was taking it easier this week. Took the lead after about 200m and then realised I was in for a painful morning as couldnāt turn down a chance for the āwinā. A 3:25 first km was way too quick and Iām sure I paid for that, following that up with 3:35, 3:47, 3:45 & 3:40
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I way over-dressed even for the easy running I was doing - part of that was the rain radar which showed rain coming in and I didnāt want to risk it - it fizzled out before it hit us - but it actually felt a lot warmer than the 0 on the temp. So I was really hot by the second lap and ended up going even easier on that one. 19:03 for me, which was also enough (uncharacteristically) for the Age Grading win.
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Well done
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Good work buddy!
You just know that 17.xx is now calling!!!
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Just needs to visit a fast courseā¦ like I dunno, your local one.
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day trip to Cardiff? 
Watermead (Leicester) is meant to be rapid!
Long Eaton is also quick.
Stretford is stupid fast (800m on a track) - so if the above two are quicker 
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And short! Yes youāll get a PB but I never understand why they donāt make the distance correct when it starts and finishes on the track.
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Ha ha ha 
By 170m. Every time. 4.83km.
but theyāre adamant it is wheel measured and that itās just the GPS cutting out under the short section of trees and cutting off the dead turn on each lap.
Iāve had my watch set to āevery secondā recording when running there and itās still the same.
I agree with you, that itās certainly short.
But the organiser says something else 
Wilmslow was 50-100m short, but theyāve moved the cones up the hill ever so slightly on each lap, which has made it >5km every time Iāve done it this year 
Our only problem is the backmarkers with it being a 2 lapper. Bridge at 4.5km is a right pinch point.
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Same at Stretford.
And wilmslow.
Northwich is a good one, but slow.
I enjoyed Delamere, too (just not the NYD vomiting mid-jog 
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Incredibly, a guy set a ātop 10 parkrun timeā this last weekend at Phoenix parkrun. Itās a 2.5 lap one with the same hideous hill 2.5 times. It really is an impressive achievement.
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Blimey I have done that one a couple of times and it isnāt what you would call fast at all.
That hill and running along the canal section the ground is rough as well.
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Parkrun on a track? I hope they arenāt using Lane 1!
Use whatever lane you like?
If theyāve āwheeledā it in Lane 1 (racing line), then I canāt see the issue?
Hereās the offensively short parkrun in question (track in bottom left)
And yes, Iāve absolutely cherry picked this one 