Have to say, multisport can come to the rescue here 
. All 3 of our boys can beat me- one at running, one at biking, one at swimming. But put them all together, possibly Iām still clinging on by my fingernails
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Relay option at the Cotswold Classic for a showdown.
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Back to Kingston, this morning and almost exactly a minute faster than last week at 24:03. Iāve got a week walking in the Lakes coming up and then I will look at going to 2 runs a week.
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Was a tough one today. Was aiming to repeat the 22:00 I achieved with the buggy last week, but Iāve had a cough since Tuesday and not been 100%, it was also quite gusty and I realised early on that was going to be a tall ask.
At 2km I was just about on pace (though the 22 pacer was a fair bit ahead), but then I hit the hill and that caused me to slow a lot more than usual. At this point I realised my lace was undone and was debating stopping. I carried on until a big gust of wind almost blew the blanket off the buggy, so used this as an excuse the pull over to sort the blanket and my lace and start again at a slightly more comfortable pace, for a 23:01.
Iād run 30km in early the part of the week, putting this right up there in terms of a āhigh mileageā week by my standards, just need to try and keep up the consistency. Need the weather to stay nice as most of those miles were buggy commutes to the nursery.
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Treated the GF to a day out in Blyth today while I did the parkrun 
she actually wanted to go to an earth sculpture called Northumberlandia nearby and we had a little look around Blyth.
Was pretty cold and windy coming straight off the North Sea as we were about 20m from it 
not the best course Iāve done but would be nicer if it was warm, it was about 2.5 laps with more into the headwind!
Started near the front and put a bit more effort in as there was a narrow pinch point after 500m, after that it was a hardāish effort. Felt harder than I was going but I donāt think the conditions helped, the cold air had me wheezing for a while afterwards.
Good news was that my knee that was sore yesterday was mostly alright, itās just a tight quad muscle from last weekend and Iāve been working on it and it has finally started easing.
Just sneaked under 21 minutes, but the lad that was first was >30 seconds down over a fortnight ago so conditions might have been tougher.
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Nice touch from AB, a former teacher making it to 500 parkrunās and volunteering getting presented with a T-shirt.
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Any good? Iām sure weāll check it out soon.
The fact I didnāt know what it was/hadnāt heard of it beyond a road sign suggests it isnāt big enough to achieve their goal āto attract an additional 200,000 visitors a year to Northumberlandā.
Although also just read itās struggling under wear and tear from visitors not sticking to paths so maybe they donāt want more 
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Itās not as big as it looks on a map and wonāt take long to walk round it, so more if youāre passing really. There was a few signs where people had taken a direct route up it, got a decent view from the top but mostly open fields.
Although itās classed as the biggest earth sculpture or something thereās a lot more in Northumberland to attract people.
The coast and castles route is possibly more appealing and I saw a sign for it, potentially get a train from Newcastle to Berwick and cycle back.
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As per the races thread I just went local today, only 9 seconds off my course PB in the end but perfect conditions and Iām sure the trainers helped. If Iād looked at my watch earlier Iām sure I could have found those seconds.
Closing in on 200 now.
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nice result
We did this a few years ago - great route - although I do remember we ended up on the A1 at one point , looked behind and there was a massive truck who didnāt try to take over us but it had caused a massive tailback.
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Helped out at the local event this morning but ran the course beforehand.
Also got talking to a woman I went to school with from infants weāve been following each other on Strava for a few years but she doesnāt run that much these days and lives fairly close. She was the best female runner in senior school and gave most of the lads a run for their money.
Anyway, decided my short run, marshalling and feeding the birds beforehand had earnt my reward of a peppermint slice 
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Yeah I did Edinburgh today which is just outside of town running across Silverknows Beach. Absolutely savage easterly wind today, probably like that most days here though just off the Firth of Forth.
Guy who was leading it was bloody juggling. Christ knows if he came back in first as Iād been dropped but bloody juggling!! Piss taker
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Surely you jest?
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He seemed to keep his act together
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He was probably getting ready for the festival! The wind has been coming off the east coast for a few days and really knocks the temperature.
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ā¦dream maker, heartbreaker!
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Just Googled the record for juggling a marathon
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Ah cheers for that. MrsF and I (and a couple of friends) went up to help celebrate another friends 500th run and 250th volunteer. I wondered if Paul (parkrun founder) might be there as I saw on his insta that he was doing a book signing nearby that morning. So before the start I see him, give him a big old man hug and the first thing he says to me is āis Sharon (MrsF) here?ā
Bloody cheek!
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