That was HORRENDOUS pacing! 
I hope you had a 60mph tailwind at the start?!
3.23 and 3.26 opening kms!
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Lol
17.59 on the watch but official time is going to be a few seconds slower as only started watch when crossed the start line
Donāt care, Iām taking it all the way to the bankā¦ Been chasing a sub 18 for years 
Cardiff must be about as fast a course as they come, good surface and only 4m elevation, single loop along the river.
Didnāt look at my watch in until 4km in, was suffering but did a bit of mental arithmetic and realised it was just about on, gritted teeth because that last km was grim. Probably wonāt ever do another!
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Please donāt write āImmaā youāre better than that and we like you alive 
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So you only did 3K?
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Time keepers in Cardiff have screwed our man today
Didnāt want to share the screenshot with Fruityās name
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Positive spin, he can start his 2023 goals list 
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No parkruns where Iām going to be in 2023 
Think #1 goal will be donāt gain 3 stone, and #2 goal donāt get melanoma and #3 donāt get driven over. Actually havenāt quite finalised the order of those.
18m08 was the official time this morning, happy with that as still a 5km PB by a few seconds despite the advancing decrepitude. No doubt Cardiff is a flattering course though, and where would we be without special shoes. The most surprising thing was we managed to persuade junior to wake up at 8.30am and join usš
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Eldest boy is keen for his first junior Parkrun tomorrow. Iām 100% sure he hasnāt got 2km in him but heās insisting. I think the reality will set in within 100 metres and he sees thereās still so far to go. I think lots of āwall breaksā will be in order. As long as he doesnāt asked to be carried!
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Jelly baby every 400mtrs?
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Dangled on a rope and stick just ahead of him 
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saw plenty of adults just pull their kid around, not even sure they were trying to cheat, just get it over and done with sooner, so you can always do that.
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My god I hate it when I see that, says way more about the parentās ego than it does about the kid.
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Oh god Iām not pulling him around. If he gives up thatās fine by me, Iām not the pushy type. Heās adamant he wants to be ālike Daddyā and is totally driving this
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Mine wants me to run with her tmw again. Wants another pb. Trying to let her know thatPBās are hard work. And we were pretty near her limit last week, so unlikely to beat it without a bit of growing. Still, good to see a bit of fire in her. And sheās quick enough for it to be a decent little 2km.
Running with the younger one is hard. Too fast to walk but too slow to run.
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Thatās superb pacing. And exactly how to pace a parkrun PB 
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Ah the boy did good. Very proud of him today. I could tell he was on the nervous side at the start but we placed ourselves at the back and gently jogged to get going. I told him not to run as fast as he could as we had a long way to go and he just held my hand and cracked on. He probably made it nearly 500 metres before he asked if we could walk for the first time.
It didnāt take too long to get to the turn and thinking yes, heās totally got this. He got a bit shy when he spotted Mum and younger boy cheering him on but the finish line was in sight. He very nervously ran down the chute but was very happy with himself scanning his token and barcode
Very proud Daddy today, a great experience
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Single lap course then? At Surbiton which is 2 laps, so many of the very young first timers bailed on the first lap, 'cos they were going past the finish.
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Ha!
Yes, Bushy is an out and back. Starting just up from the fountain, towards the gate at Teddington then back