Parkrun

In the YouTube video Tim gives a brief review of the top and bottom 5. I recall one seemed a bit like you describe. The hardest couple seemed to be mainly on sand.

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Is he Cornish by any chance?

Could be Lanhydrock, that’s pretty hilly

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He’s Cornish in the way I’m Australian, you wouldn’t guess from his accent🤣
But yes, he lives down there somewhere. I think he runs whiskey bars in London or somethingšŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø

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Ben Parkes did one on sand which he said was hard . Might have been Yarmouth?

Woolacombe looks bloody tough

Does Woolacombe take in that big dune next to the beach? That would be awful

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I think it does close to the end, ouch!

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I’m surprised Widnes is above Stretford.

I can confirm whinlatter is pretty hideous. But very beautiful.

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Wepre, 747/760 :wink: .

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Spotted that one :scream:

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I’m pretty sure that Ben Parkes did Great Yarmouth (rated hardest) and on the same day his girlfriend did the easiest which at the time was Victoria Dock I think, but that’s now moved down the list quite a bit using the new calcs.

I guess there are so many variables, but it’d probably be good to have a list based upon summer and winter months as some courses are huge effected by the weather, and many have alternative winter/bad weather courses.

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Yep, they show that in the video. He’s used clips from various YouTube runners, think that one was from Harry Morgan from Jog On.

I’m outing myself as a bit of a YouTube obsessive here aren’t I.

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It’s a tough one!!

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Still got 2 in the top 33 locally

Edit: and 6th slowest

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I am as well. I really like Harry Morgan’s channel

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DRAMATIC MUSIC

I watch…

TRIBAL DRUMS

…the…

TRANSITION

…occasional…

CLIFF HANGER :mount_fuji:

Too much :performing_arts: for me! Jog On.

My local courses are both in the bottom 50

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10th anniversary of Winchester today. Lots of cake. LO proud of her shirt

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Crap one for me. 25:03 :sob::sob::sob:

Legs fine. Heart fine. Lungs screaming.
Asthma really bad.
GP on Monday for some new drugs :white_check_mark:

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Disaster for me. Pulled out after 400mtrs with. a tight calf. LO ran on her own as she’d left Mum for dead already :rofl:

Looking very unlikely that my 50km on May 1st will be happening :cry:

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Actually made it on time but plodded round the first couple of kms before getting progressively quicker - 20 minutes or so, then did another mini loop topping my run to just under an hour. Coffee now then a ride later!

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I got asked to pace 20.
According to the garmin as I was running around, my times at the km’s were:
4:01
8:02
12:02
15:59
And I crossed the finish line, taking it very easy down the finishing straight in …
… 19:33

So erm, yeah, not great pacing, didn’t stop anyone making it I don’t think, the guy I talked to at about the 800m mark who said he’s tried going with the 20 pacer before and never made it crossed at 19:52, so hopefully I did okay - still a shit job.

Not actually sure where the garmin got it so wrong, seemed just consistently out even now.

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