Left home a few bit earlier today to run via toolstation to pick up a new extractor fan for the utility room. Good solid parkrun (about 20:35) so happy with that.
A chap collapsed post run and it all kicked off. Thankfully one of our regular runners is a paramedic and together with a few others made full use of the parkrun defib before the two ambulances, two paramedic cars and a police car turned up. The chap is now in hospital. When he came round at the park apparently he asked if he’d scanned his barcode
Hopefully he’ll make a full recovery and if it wasn’t for the defib then today could have had a very different outcome.
Back in January 2018 a lady called Tracie collapsed and died at Swindon parkrun (as it was known back then). I wasn’t at the event, it was only later that year that I started to parkrun most weeks.
Tourism for me today and in a UNESCO World Heritage Site at Roberts Park in Saltaire.
Had a bit of a panic on the way there when the canal towpath was closed and I didn’t have my phone but could see the mill, managed to get in and followed someone who knew where he was going.
There were pacers on so I thought I’d stick with 22 knowing things were going to be tough after giving blood last Sunday. He was a bit sharp in the first 2k but got it right after. About 1K to go I went past him but the legs were heavy and a few came past.
Finished in 21:40 and top 50, it was a popular event, over 600 people.
Nice little park as well and the towpath looked clear from there so probably going for an easy run tomorrow morning.
It was Winchester’s 500th today, so we were set off by the Mayor no less!
810 runners today, more than I’ve ever seen there. LO ran a 23.10 and came 140th and 15th female overall.
I pulled up a bit tight again, so jogged the last km in for a 24.24
Planned to take it easier today as my long term dodgy knee has been hurting more the past two weeks so I’m trying to be sensible.
Within 5 seconds of the start my sensibility went out of the window and through the first k in just over 4 minutes. Hung on for dear life and was only overtaken by one person (pushing a buggy ).
19:59 and my fastest time in two months. Conditions were perfect - cool with no wind whatsoever.
So my FiL ran yesterday(as he does every week ) - on Friday he celebrated his 88th birthday . He managed 53 mins - back in the day he was 2:38 marathon runner and a 52 min 10 miles . He’s pretty impressive and consistent- it took me a long time to finally start passing him .
