I think I finished 800th today.
I did though leave my gaff at gone 9 though 
Glorious morning here, had to pop up to the post office to get a bb tool they couldnāt fit through my letterbox and just knocking a flat white back
Had fun weaving through the tail end of the field, I think the winner ran a 13:**
Did you nip into the Nike outlet at Cheshire Oaks while you were there? 
Iām in the car park now 
itās already busy!
Haha you can never have too many pairs of trainers 
A guy who used to be in my running club just ran a 16m14 park run at Poole
mentioning it because he joined the club maybe 10 or 12 years ago and was pretty average, maybe a low 40s 10km type of guy. But has just got faster and faster every year.
Think he hooked up with a more serious club a few years back and has been doing some really impressive stuff in training (rather than bimbling round the rural bridleways for an hour before convening in the pub, which my old club specialised in).
GET IN THE QUEUE!!!
Did you get owt?
Albert Hall tonight is it?
I saw Bernard yesterday
Opens at 9am on Saturday. Need to give parkrun a miss to make the most of the early start.
There was a quick local 5k race last night with quite a few people from my club smashing PBs (one went 14:54 and 3 were sub-16), so was feeling rather inspired this morning and went off rather quick. Was sub-18 (and well inside PB) pace for the first 2km, but after the hill to finish the first lap decided it wasnāt happening and I didnāt fancy really suffering so backed off.
No, managed to resist the T2ās but might have a mooch in Rapha later
Are you some kind of celebrity stalker 
yeah, back for Substance tonight 
Supposed to be giving blood later though!
Youāve just reminded me, I did that on Wednesday, maybe trying to smash out a PB today was a bit too soon?
Iād say so, usually 2 weeks at least before I feel alright at hard effort, steady pace is usually fine though.
Did Burnham with LO, her 50th. 24.22
Gave blood 
, now got a legit reason for being crap for a fortnight
After passing you a few hundred mās from the finish, I then heard this fast finishing sprinting behind me with 100m to go, and felt I should keep you behind - only to get to the finish and find out it was some other bloke sprinting from who knows where!
I took it easy and ran a very even pace, actually pacing a guy going for a PB (I found out, after I apologised to him for cheerily thanking every marshall and the fans lining the course) and he beat it by 2secs. Iād run 4.5km there and totally over-dressed, and still feeling ropey enough that I shouldnāt push it.
Having failed at my own PB attempt yesterday, back at again today with the eldest. Heās not been close for a while. Without the sun out this morning it was much colder than yesterday.
As we approached the km marker I got my phone out and checked his current PB, which was 13:50. The km flashed up almost exactly 7:00, so I knew it might be on with some gentle encouragement. My main aim was to stop him doing the sprint then walk technique and try to pace more evenly. He smashed out a negative split and took 10s off.
Well done young Ash!
Sounds like the replacement parkrun to my local one that couldnāt get permission again after Covid is starting this weekend.
Itās actually where I do a lot of my running at the walkway 
, itās an out and back and quite narrow though so if they start getting big numbers it could be busy.
Think Iāll pop along this weekend
Looks like itās also the letter W for my sad alphabet challenge and an event 1!
what letters are you missing? I guess X might be a tough nut to crack, unless maybe you bend the rules a little & pop down to GBās livestreamed localš¤
Yes I think itās a given that Exmoor is as close as you can get
Youāve also got to go to South Africa, Poland or Zillmere parkrun, Brisbane to tick off Z
W isnāt too bad for me to tick off, Iāve just got to get over to Wimbledon and there are quite a few I can tick off all In the local vicinity - canāt be bothered to travel further than Bushy though
Thereās no Xās anywhere so itās only 25.
Iāve still got to get,
I
U
W - hopefully this weekend or soon after
K - Keswick is my closest
Q - a few queens in Glasgow and Belfast!
Y - York is quite close
Z - this involves going to The Hague or Poland!
Thereās a few Iād and Uās in the UK but theyāll be a holiday job
