First time volunteering today at Kingston ParkRun, doing a bit of barcode scanning. A gentle start to the weekend.
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I had a lie-in 
Club mate ran a 15:26 at Bushy 
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27:35 at my local parkrun. Just dialing in my marathon pace for tomorrow.
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Volunteered at Kingston PR and given the job of being bag-drop guy and scanner. Someone frankly taking the mick about whatâs acceptable at bag-drop! 
Then did a little 5k on my own to see how my feet and Achilles were. Seemed to hold up ok.
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Bag Drop !?! I guess Kingstonâs got proper rough now and needs security for the bottles of water, energy bar and a spare t-shirt people needâŚ
My local was off today, so I went to the other Swindon one. So that meant 9km both ways⌠felt pretty bonky at 21km total on the way back and despite being 2km from home, had to walk for a bit whilst eating that energy bar I left by the start of parkrun whilst I ran.
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Well, itâs Ham really, and theyâre a rough bunch.
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Landydrock today - down a hill then up a hill - the uphill bit seemingly never ending.
6th runner back for 22:00 dead.
Cracking day down in the SW
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I once did a pretty much all out run there and was walking much earlier on the return home!
I ticked off my NENDY today which was Grove Fields parkrun, for my 20th location. It was just over 40 mins away (driving), I think next one is over 50, were not blessed with too many round here.
Some guy started off like a complete loon, he was rather erratic and within about 700m he was walking. Found myself a little carried away too doing 3:45 for the first km in P2, realised that wasnât sustainable and dropped to a pretty consistent 4:05 after that, and steadily dropped back down the field.
A chap I exchanged places with a few times helpfully guided me the right way a few times. He ended up with a 20:03 on his quest for a sub-20 I found out afterwards. Had I known I might have run on fumes a bit to see if I could have helped drag him along.
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dunno how much faster it is, but I did 20:06 after 9km there, and Iâm only in ~19:40 shape for Lydiard after the 1.5km warm up, so I was probably working harder than I shouldâve been with 9km home to go after.
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Be kind, I doubt paddle boarders can read 
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Itâs difficult to say how they compare, Seven Fields is more impacted by the conditions.
I think if itâs bone dry and the grass is short there probably isnât much in it?
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grass was long, but otherwise dry, bit dodgy potholes in one of the fields which the pacer was warning about.
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My neighbour went to do another local(ish) event today (Melksham) which got cancelled due to their defib having a fault found during the event setup.
The local juniors had a close call the other week when cows were found on the path. Fortunately one of the parents was a farmer and helped arrange herding them off.
Just goes to show itâs not just bad whether that can cause unexpected cancellations.
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Apologies if youâre on Strava 
I did the Coal Creek parkrun in Utah today, only 20 finishers though and at least a quarter were tourists itâs the first week theyâve changed the start time to 8am for the summer heat, despite the fact it got cancelled for ice and snow a few weeks ago 
I think a few didnât realise as one lad turned up late, turns out he did his degree in Leeds before moving there.
There was a youngish lad and his GF from Brighton whoâd both done the Canyons 100k last week and were on a similar road trip to me but not doing the 70.3!
After about the first 500m it started going up a gentle climb into the canyon for 2K, but also into a decent breeze, was suffering a bit at this point and was glad to reach the turn. The lad had about a minute on me by then and took another by the end, but heâd done a sub 18 a few weeks ago at home on a breezy day.
I finished with a sprint to sneak under 22 minutes
But it was 1800m above sea level and the RD had said it would be a struggle for us, I felt like I was working hard but my HR was struggling, but my breathing really was suffering. I was wheezing and spluttering for a few hours after.
Nice course otherwise, donât think the Dutch couple were used to altitude either almost living below sea level!
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Well done Jeff. You were lucky to find a parkrun on your travels. The US donât have that many do they?
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We ran past the Kingston park run early on the Thames Path 100 - should have kept an eye out for you
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I feel ya - we did the Windhoek Parkrun - 1646m above sea level and was blowing out my proverbial by the end of that
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I think theyâre maybe up to 75 and growing but over such a big area, itâs the only one in Utah. It only started in the last year.
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Survived my walk around . A very pedestrian 47.49
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Missed my first one of the year as we had a plumber and a brickie due to turn up around 9am (which they both did) and I was overruled by the boss.
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