Albert Park this morning for my 24th #parkrun It's suddenly got a lot leafier than the last time we were here!

Really pushed myself this week, and ended up with a PB of 24:55 for the 5k!

My goal for the year was a sub-25 5k and a sub-1hr 10k, both of which I've done. So time to get the old running kit on Vinted!

(just kidding)

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A graphic from a Garmin device showing a 5k race summary and a photograph of runners at the start of parkrun.

Randomly decided to go to Battersea #parkrun this morning. Seemed to be a lot of funnel duckers and half expected to get token number one. (I didn’t.) Beautiful day. Now sat outside the power station, by the river, in the sun, drinking a well deserved coffee and eating a pain au chocolate. Lovely start to the weekend.

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#Hastings
Happy Birthday Hastings parkrun !
A jovial mood, tons of people and lovely sunny weather - and it was pacer week.
Thanks volunteers.
Enjoy your running.

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Shingle beach, a still sea, blue sky and a few clouds. Looking towards Eastbourne in the distance.

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Mural near the start of Hastings parkrun. A woman swimming underwater in a pool.

Goooooood morning Fedinaaaaaaaaam! I hope you are literally better than terrific this morning. So good it almost hurts but in that good sexy way (sorry to say sexy on the internet). For some reason known only to the christ-child, who is coming to save us from.... *checks notes*.... the people who worship him?....... I've been up and at 'em since just after 5. Dunno why. Just happens sometimes. I am full of vim and vigor and have cleaned the kitchen, had breakfast with two espressos, done the ironing, applied for 3 jobs and watched the news (don't bother). I am a machine! An unstoppable machine! I *might* have had too much coffee. Or I am the messiah. Either is equally possible. Right I'm off to sort my life out for #ParkRun then have an absolute roller coaster of a day with a replacement washing machine and 8 loads of washing. Hurrah! I love you. The end. X

@okwithmydecay
Screw Nike !
"Don't do it"

#running
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#Nike

Nike has been gatecrashing some London parkruns, and the head of comms at parkrun isn’t happy. It's very tone-deaf for Nike to say that only runners are allowed at parkrun. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kirsty-woodbridge-6244b678_loveparkrun-activity-7449472432828035073-zIYr/ #parkrun

I ran my first ever #parkrun today: Tsurumi Ryokuchi parkrun in #Osaka. It was a great experience - I can see what all the parkrun hype is about now! It's so cool that you can just roll up on a random Saturday in a random city and run a 5k! The volunteers were so friendly and enthusiastic, and the vibe was overwhelmingly positive. I definitely plan on doing more of these. Thank you to everyone who volunteered, and to those that ran, especially those who passed me in the final km, because I went out too hard (again 🙄) #running #runnersofmastodon

On the tourism trail with the club this morning. Over the water to Wales to Rogiet (which I'd not been to before). Thursday's race still in the legs, I couldn't even match the pace even though it was a shorted distance. I might have been able to catch 1st lady if I hadn't had to retie my laces twice in the last km. Fastest #parkrun of the year. #RunnersOfMastodon #running #parkrunTourism

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A woman wearing sunglasses and a sleeveless athletic top poses in front of a sign for "Rogiet parkrun." The image displays various statistics, including a distance of 4.96 km, a total time of 21:37, average pace 4'22"/km.

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A group of twelve runners poses outdoors before a parkrun event, standing in front of a sign that reads "parkrun Rogiet." The participants are dressed in various athletic outfits, predominantly in shades of blue.

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A congratulatory message summarizing performance at a parkrun event, highlighting a completion time of 21 minutes and 37 seconds, a 13th place finish out of 129 participants, 2nd place in gender, an age-graded score of 74.17%, and fastest time this year.

We're in the north-east this weekend, so we visited Whitley Bay #parkrun - this was my second time here, the first was in August 2023 when it was a *lot* sunnier!

A breezy one this morning, made it round in just over 33 minutes :)

#running #runnersOfMastodon

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A man with a beard and glasses standing on grass in running gear, behind a blue sign reading "parkrun Whitley Bay". Behind him is the white dome of the Spanish City, and a path with other runners walking on it.

A slow #parkrun at Morden today. I finished *after* a guy with a “Mr Slow shirt.

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#Hastings
Breezy but fun this morning.
400+ people run through this cafe every week when it's the summer course. Does this count as an Urban Trail ?
(The cafe is Goat Ledge)
Enjoy your running.

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A brightly painted cafe on the promenade. parkrunners are going through it.

There's days you got it and there's days you don't. But another one in the book and well done to everyone who dragged themselves round a #parkrun and 🙌🙌🙌🙌 to all the volunteers who make it happen

Good morning y’all! I’m up for #Parkrun, weather doesn’t seem as nice as last week…

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A black fluffy dog standing on a grassy lawn near a white picket fence and a potted plant. The sky is grey

I didn't think I had it in me, particularly with the course detour across the grass, but super chuffed that I managed to run a personal best of 20:34 at Hackney Marshes parkrun today! 🏃🏼‍♂️🎉 A three second improvement of my best time way back in 2022. #parkrun #running

Exactly a year ago I finished week one of Couch to 5K. At today’s #parkrun I edged closer to my goal of a 30 minute 5k… 31 minutes and 3 seconds. I’ll get there…

#running

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My sister's excuse for missing parkrun this morning !
Edit:
1) Sister may owe Clarkson royalties.
2) Bird head may/may not be displayed like a hunting trophy on the front of the car.
3) Yes, one of the best excuses ever.

First #parkrun with the new #garmin, which was really useful for keeping an eye on pace and helped me spot when I needed to speed up, or (more rarely) was going too fast. Finished at 33:56 although the official time was 34:01 (robbed!)

Within seconds of last week's time, and I think this week's training runs have definitely paid off. Found if I focused on my breathing it made it easier to ignore the complaints from my stupid legs.

#running #runnersOfMastodon

#Parkrun Timekeeping today, will run later providing storm Dave doesn't hit and put me off. But on the other hand, it is new shoes day - Saucony Ride 18 arrived.

Stewart #parkrun this week for pacer week, although we both lost our pacers in the madness of the starting crush so that turned out to be pretty irrelevant!

I've said this before, but it's a great park. All kinds of weird nooks and crannies and something new to see round every corner. Unfortunately one of those things is quite a long hill, which makes this a much slower event than some of our other locals.

Still, I think this will turn out to be my new best time at Stewart, so now as reward I'll spend the rest of the day being even lazier than usual 👍

#Running #Middlesbrough

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A sculpture hanging on the side of a smooth sandstone brick wall. The sculpture is of a cyclist and their bike, made of what appears to be black wire and cogs. There are a few false bricks arranged around them making it look a bit like the wall is exploding. I don't know, art is weird.

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Another side of the same sandstone brick building, this time more of the building and its black roof are in frame. Above wide glass doors, black lettering spells out "Captain Cook Birthplace Museum". Outside is mostly grass but with a few trees and brushes creeping into the left of the frame. There's also a metal anchor sculpture partially obscured by a bush.

Word up, aaaaow. #ParkRun 119 done and DOOONE. Did a new location! Hoblingwell. It was awful! Just messing. But it was comparatively difficult - 'undulating' they call it. Mix of trail, hills, grass, pavement and tarmac. Struggled a bit but pleased to have done a new course. Kicked my arse and I fell over, like an absolute LEGEND. Managed to do a James Bond style tuck and roll, and pretty sure it made everyone there want to marry me. Only my second (third) as tourist. But a good way to kick off our wedding anniversary. Despite all the stresses and pressures of life and work and family, it's lovely to still have something that's just for us that allows us to reconnect once a week. Even if she finds me maddening the rest of the time. Plus I suspect she secretly quite enjoys that she's fitter than me and I can barely keep up, so it's a nice opportunity for her to watch me suffer, taking pleasure in my pain and ultimately feeling sorry for me and reminding her I need looking after. Hooray for healthy relationships! Anyway I hope you all have a very marvellous and chocolate-centric day, for lo remembereth that jesus did lay an egg for your sins.

*Arnie voice* I STILL LOVE EASTER, BABY!

Start at the back. Finish at the back!

#Parkrun

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A large group of runners in front of me waiting for Parkrun to start.

Poole #parkrun 15th anniversary today. What a bunch of Wallies 🤔

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#Hastings
#running
A collection of various Easter based costumes this morning. Think I was beaten by the Easter Bunny. Lots of runners & walkers and great to have loads of visitors.
Thanks to all the volunteers.
#Brooks Running in Brooks Ghost 15 today. Very comfortable, my knees enjoyed them.
Enjoy your running.

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A pair of Brooks Ghost 15 running shoes.

#parkrun marshal on station!

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A chalked message on a tarmac path saying “YOU ARE ENOUGH”.

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A parkrun marshal in pink high viz (me, a bearded man in a baseball cap) standing at Roy’s Split in colwick park.

Making our plans for the long weekend. So far we've got:

- excessive use of pyjamas
- as many crap films as we can fit
- one last #parkrun before we hopefully get our foster dog! 😱
- maybe I drive us to swimming if I'm feeling brave
- #monsterdon
- also I've reinstalled Minecraft

Of course, the crafts and jigsaw puzzles part probably goes without saying!

#easter #bankHoliday