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1202

Hung himself apparently :slightly_frowning_face:

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1203

Slowly moving in the right direction.
Still only running three times a week and nothing else, so of course improvements will be limited.

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1204

I havenā€™t run a step since Monday, so just jogged around with family. 27.10

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1205

Needed to find 7 seconds from last week to go under 21:00

Two seconds per mile I thought is doable.
Can push the downhills.

Last week first mile - 6:46
Today - 6:29 :roll_eyes:

Felt ok though.

Last week mile 2 - 6:52
Today - 6:46

Still felt reasonable.

Last week mile 3 - 6:44
Today - 6:49

Dying a death

Last week final sprint - 0:41
Today - 0:56

Seeing stars

Finish time - 21:00.2

FFS

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1206

Iā€™ve offered to pace 23 minutes tomorrow, about 4:35k so hopefully Iā€™ll get it right with the help of my Garmin :joy:

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1207

hitsfirstkmat3:20pace

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1208

LO is ready

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for tomorrow :rofl:

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1209

Is it your birthday?

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1210

Feels about right lately! :smile:

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1211

Sheā€™s going to need to run more than 5km to burn off that lot
:roll_eyes::rofl:

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1212

22:57 :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: with no help whatsoever from my Garmin :lying_face::joy:

Pretty consistent with all splits between 4:31 and 4:36 and a couple of people said it had helped them to course PBā€™s.

Edit: it was just about my 14th birthday parkrun as well.

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1213

Mrs FP didnā€™t run, she set up the cakes and chocolates at the end. LO and I set off but my calf went very tight again with just just over a km to go, so she kicked on and I walked the rest.

23.31 for LO
28.54 for me.

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1214

:partying_face::partying_face::partying_face::100: Brilliant LO, congratulations :clap::clap::clap:

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1215

Great milestone for her age :+1:

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1216

Yeah, wonderful @FatPom, sheā€™s what 10?

I have some incredibly tight calves right now from Wednesdays track session but did my usual of a late Bushy start and progressive run through.

Nice morning for it actually, but grey but good temp.

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1217

Thanks all, she had a lovely time and Iā€™ve just ordered her 100 shirt :grin:
That volunteer bent over in the pic is a lovely gent, every week he uses his own money to buy bottles of water for the finishers, heā€™s always there.
Heā€™s an American who has lived here since the 70s. He said with some sadness that he wonā€™t be doing it when the new pavillion gets built because it will have a cafe anyway.
I bet the HQ at Parkrun doesnā€™t even know that stalwarts like this even exist. We know he does though. :clap:t2: :clap:t2:

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1218

Yes mate, sheā€™s 10. Couldnā€™t be prouder :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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1219

Went the Kingston, this morning. 24:35. First time Iā€™ve run a non-stop 5km in a very long time.

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1220

After todayā€™s parkrun thereā€™s always a few people who have their photo taken by the even sign. Today there was a lady having her photo taken and she was holding an A4 ā€œcouch to 5k completion certificateā€

I said to her ā€œsee you next week I hopeā€

Really good to see new people come along doing a good thing for their health.

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1221

Hoping to get a parkrun in tomorrow. And maybe not just the local one but may be able to tick another one off the list. Trouble is, although I donā€™t have family commitments tomorrow, unless I want to drive a camper van or borrow my parents car, I will have to resort to public transport.
Iā€™ve got a few options, North Watford, Woolwich Arsenal, Broadwater Farm Estate or the SE London Mental Health Hospital.
Will probably end up sleeping in!!!

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