24mins for me this morning.
Back at the GP a week on Monday.
Legs say “yes yes. MOAR” (like more, but with a roar 
)
Lungs say “No, no, no” 
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28 mins with LO as per the training thread. It felt like we were walking 
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Left my front door at exactly 9am 
Had a really good run actually, would have got progressively faster with each km but either switched off or dealt with too much traffic on km3
Officially over 30 minutes but I probably ran a low 22 which is pretty pleasing for perceived effort.
New watch is telling me I’m ‘overreaching’ 
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I got to the new local parkrun today, I knew it was going to be very wet and boggy after all the rain we had last night and was smiling a bit when I saw quite a few with fast Nike road shoes on 
Legs were absolutely empty and after the first K I was struggling to hold 4:25K’s, but lots of that included the worst parts of the course with quite a lot of puddles and boggy bits. Slightly improved in the last K. Came home in 21:38
The course will improve when it’s dry and I’ll have better days, I knew I’d be struggling still.
Was talking to the RD’s partner afterwards, as expected they’d hoped to keep it quiet for the first few weeks as it’s not a particularly big venue or track, but then it appeared on the parkrun blog site this week, so 50 runners turned into 400+! But at least they know probably the worst case. I’d expect it to be nearer to 200 and less during the winter once it’s established.
If I run over the fields it’s only about 5K from my house.
Anyway, letter W also ticked off now and an event #1 
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Totally forgot that I was picking up a Prime today at the local parkrun. Lucky the weather was good otherwise I would have sacked it off to protect the lungs/chest. Actually probably best I did forget as going out in rain would not have been the healthy option.
Also totally forgot I was meeting people at the bottom of the hill, walked back up to the top before remembering so had to run back down again.
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Yes, I got a Fibonacci as well
I’m guessing they’ve got to be different events, e.g. I can’t use this event to get 2,3,5,8…
That’s usually the case.
Fibonacci you say. here ya go sir
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You have prime’s at parkrun? that seems like an awesome idea, get even more people going off way too hard to win the meat prime or something, local businesses sponsoring it etc. Feel like cycling works better for it though, as it’s still going to be the fast folk winning!
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Sub 18 on one of my locals. Felt pretty strong all the way round. Couple of people sprinted past at the end. Do you all try to do sprint finish? I tend to opt out but it’s probably good practice.
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Oh, and my parkrun 18:59, just ran around, thought I was going faster as I was, as one of the other regulars caught me up just near the finish and I felt I was around the 18:45 pace which I knew was around his PB so I tried to give him a pace and a carrot into the finish, only to find we weren’t at all.
Guess I’m more out of shape than I thought if my pace/effort feeling is off.
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Nah. I leave them to it at the end.
I sprint the first km instead
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This is the TT way
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This is the TT way.
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Tim Grose has updated his list of parkruns listed by difficulty: Content Item
He’s changed the calculation which has resulted in a few to shift around. “Local” (stretching the definition quite a bit, about an hour in the car?) to me it’s put Chipping Sodbury (95) ahead of Severn Bridge (102).
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“Since parkrun restarted after lockdown”
AKA; since everyone went out and bought £250 shoes and got a minute faster overnight
Long Eaton has overtaken Stretford 
Stretford is rapid, but the dead turns do take it out of you - but there are no real “guns” at that one. Even I’ve come Top 5 a few times, whereas I’ve zero chance of a Top 10 at Long Eaton, as all of the locals seem to be ex-Luffbra sub-15 runners.
@mw22 also says the bridge(s) is a real pinch point and can slow you right down there.
My local is 385th with a 2.4 
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For anyone 18-20mins you only get possible issues on the 4th time over. Imagine the rapid ones get traffic on 3 and 4.
I just can’t seem to run around it fast regardless of traffic.
Might be having a go this week.
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no pinch points when you’re winning
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There is, isn’t there?
Even at Stretford and Wilmslow, it’s a two lapper and you get stuck behind slower first lap folks and the 20-22min folk coming the other way, so you’re forced to run through the middle, which is super annoying for everyone!!!
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Don’t go bringing logic into this
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I was listening to a Trail and Error podcast today and Tristan Stephenson said his local Parkrun is meant to be one of the hardest but I didn’t catch where it was.
He said it was in National Trust grounds and it’s basically 2.5km all downhill and then 2.5 all uphill 
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