Absolutely loving Independence Restoration Day in Lithuania and not just because of the cheeky extra #parkrun at Vingis

The Old Town is charming, the commitment to Ukraine heartening and their distaste for the Russian government upfront and central.

Loved the banner "Putin your day in The Hague is coming" 🥰

I wear this at work. Maybe I shouldn’t, but I genuinely just don’t think about it (or care)

#music #parkrun

At parkrun today, I was marshalling wearing a Scott Lavene t-shirt. My wife just told me that she overheard three young women talking about it at the finish.

“Did you see that marshal’s t-shirt? ‘I chose amphetamines over you’? So cool!”

Down with the kids. I think Scott Lavene would be proud too.

https://youtu.be/N8sAq7EFm4U

#music #parkrun

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The t-shirt in question (photo taken at last year’s EOTR festival). I’m standing with my wife in front of our tent on a sunny morning in early September. Caitlin is grey haired and wearing a blue jumper. I have my arm around her and I’m wearing a baseball cap and reflective sunglasses. The slogan on my shirt is “I chose amphetamines over you”, a Scott Lavene lyric from the song The Ballad of Lynsey.

My birthday was announced in the pre-run brief (unbeknownst to me, as I was already on my spot), so I had about 350 parkrunners wish me Happy Birthday as they ran past me (twice!). Followed this up with a swim in the lake, sauna, cake, champagne and now for the rugby. A lovely day so far!

#parkrun #birthday #old #sauna #ColdWaterSwimming

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A group of parkrun volunteers at my marshalling point, all in shocking pink high viz vests. I’m clapping runners through, and the other volunteers are all pointing at me as the photo is taken. I look a bit sheepish.

After smashing my PB at #parkrun last week, it seemed like a good time to take a week off and volunteer instead.

Ended up on finish tokens for the second time, which mostly involves hanging around here near the finish line and enjoying the early morning sun with a cup of tea until it's almost time for the first runner to finish.

I like being on tokens. It's foolproof. And getting thanked by 300 people in a row is definitely not the worst way to start a Saturday!

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View across a lake in a park, with railings around the edge and a wide path in front. The point of view is from a raised platform next to the path, you can see the accessible ramp entrance sloping up in the bottom left corner, and a few cones ready to be moved into place and create the parkrun finish funnel. To the right of the picture is a clump of trees on an island in the lake, and there's hardly anyone around other than a lone walker and a mother pointing out the wildlife to her small children. The sky is surprisingly blue!

#ParkRun 115 done and DONE! T'were a cold and frosty morn, when all through the park, not a creature was stirring not even a quark. I reckon there was about 700 people this morning - Trish CBA to fight our way through to the front so we started faaaar back, behind the 38 minute pacer. So it was a slow/walking start and we were never going to get a PB. However we managed to get in front of 31 by the end, so although our time might not be world beating, the pace was probably even faster than normal and I really feel like I pushed it today and frankly feel great. I'm in that hallowed phase that is so incredibly hard to get into and is normally the prelude to injury where I feel all the training is paying off. I'm a bit old, a bit short and a bit fat and never going to be one of these beanpole super-runners, but I'm really happy with where I'm at and should remind myself to be grateful. I could always be a bit more of that or a bit less of this or whatever, but actually where I'm at right now is pretty OK, and I know when I was injured it was this point I was so keen to get back to. So I shall celebrate the wins and be thankful. As I give thanks to you, Fediverse dwellers. You are the best of the best of the best, SIR! With honours. 🫡

What a glorious spring morning at #volksgartenparkrun in Düsseldorf! 🌸 The flowers were out in full bloom, cheering on 93 finishers and 20 amazing volunteers at the 274th edition of my home #parkrun. #SpringVibes

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#Hastings
Love this mural near the start.

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Large colourful mural depicting the ocean and it's life. There's a message in a bottle to the UK government. The message is Protect the Oceans.

Sadly no #parkrun again for me this morning due to another broken night courtesy of chaos cat. In addition to the nightly ritual of howling loudly at 2:30am whilst attempting to break into the locked rooms upstairs, she then came charging into the bedroom and knocked over a full glass of water on the bedside table 🫩😼

I did get a shorter run in though and saw a goldfinch en route which was nice.

#parkrun under 33 minutes representing progress for the portly peeg. And someone had donated tunnocks teacakes for the end, that's a win

Over two minutes faster today than my last #parkrun at Tooting! Sounds good, but my last one was terrible…

On the road again but loving everything about Poland. Such a brilliant people 🥰 and what a speedy #parkrun

#parkrun number 99 ✅

Lovely weather, big crowd. Bit cold in the shade, but one of the first ones this year in just shorts and t-shirt.
Flowers out & looking nice.

Easy first lap, then pushed quite hard. Reasonable overall time, had to walk it off when I finished.

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Bunches of purple flowers in bloom on a grass background.

#ParkRun day. Looking forward it? Bit weird. I get like this when I haven't been out with injury or illness for a while. Urgh. Unbearable. Hurrah! I hope you're having a terrific day. You! Are! GORGEOUS! X

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#rugby
After a down day yesterday, heading for this as my Saturday:
parkrun with GF and one of her family - always feel better afterwards.
Rugby - 6 Nations two games this afternoon
FA Cup - some football to follow.

Enjoy your running.

A late #parkrun post from me. Felt very down yesterday after a hopeless night’s sleep on top of particularly stressful times all round. Not even the rare sunshine could lift my spirits and I quit after 2 muddy laps. Still… better than nothing.

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An outdoor park scene featuring a sign for Llanishen Park with decorative flowers, a blue banner for a parkrun event, and a first timers sign. The background includes trees and a grassy area where people can be seen.

Question for the runners here:

If you could give yourself some advice when you were just starting out to run, what would it be?

I'd tell myself to slow down (pace and KMs).

#Running #RunnersOfMasodon #ParkRun #RunningAdvice

Back to London, pretending everything is normal type #parkrun this morning.

The medication making me feel slightly odd but early days, early days 🤷

Holywell King George V Playing Fields #parkrun very much a park #parkrun if you know what I mean.

I needed the coffee afterwards 🥰

This week, the world lost Jeff Galloway. He was an olympic distance runner, coach, seemingly all-around great guy and general inspiration.

His whole thing was making #running accessible to people like me, and as a beginner I've been following his training plan with a goal of reducing my 5k time to 35mins.

Well, in his honour I decided to put all that training to the test this morning.

Previous #parkrun PB: 36:02.
Today's official time: 33:54!

"He is survived by every person who ever crossed a finish line and thought, 'I didn't think I could do this.'"

I'm most certainly one of them now. RIP Coach Jeff.

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My Garmin watch after finishing the run, showing 34 minutes 6 seconds. I never remember to stop it at the actual finish line but this is close enough!

#parkrun
#Hastings
Shock - it wasn't raining !
A bit breezy but a lovely little run.
Thanks volunteers.
Have a good weekend.

A spontaneous Parkrun this morning. It has been a while… I managed to run a personal record too! 🤩💪

#Parkrun #Hardlopen #Running #RunnersOfMastodon

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Screenshot of Garmin showing my personal record for 5km. Which is 24:06.

Any of you parkrunners out there - the 5k app just updated to an official #ParkRun app. With a bunch of new features. 😊🏃‍♀️

Bloods being taken to treatment starting for prostate #cancer in 6 weeks.

In that time...one anal rummage, one noisy MRI scan and a comedy ultrasound probe up the bum for a biopsy whilst a nurse tried to take mind of my rapidly shrinking dignity (amongst other things) by discussing #parkrun

Not sure that's what Paul SH had in mind all those years ago 🤔

Let's see how many #QALYs I can squeeze out.

I grew up in a typical northern colliery town that, like most of those places, has spent the decades since the coal mine closed down just quietly crumbling.

But it's also on the coast, and I have lots of happy memories of growing up with a view of the sea from my bedroom window, walking the dogs along the beach banks, and that one weird neighbour with the goat.

Anyway we were up there visiting family today so got ourselves along to the #parkrun on those very same beach banks.

It was extremely nostalgic, an extremely friendly event, and due to the low attendance numbers it was also by far my best ever finish 😄

#Running #Beach

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Photo of a pebbly beach, taken from the top of the cliffs and looking down. The sky is cloudy and grey but with enough of a hint of blue to bring hope, and the cliffs are full of hardy, windswept grass and bushes.

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A weak sun tries its best to shine through the grey clouds over a beach that stretches away into the distance. In the foreground, a gravelly path leads along the edge of the grassy cliff that the photo was taken from.

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A parkrun finish token with barcode, showing that I finished in position 33. Of course, there were only 40 people, but shush.

Third time volunteering at #parkrun today and I was a mid-course marshal (and in a nod to Back to the Future I was at Lone Bin Corner, renamed after one of the bins was removed).

The hard part was trying to remember if people were on lap two or three and encourage them appropriately but I particularly enjoyed being able to encourage the people who were obviously struggling but still persevering. It was quite humbling watching them succeed and finish.

The new temporary accommodation is a huge improvement and it’s also closer to our local #Parkrun than home. So a new view as we approached the park from the other side.
I did the First Timers briefing then ran in the drizzle. The course is always a bog fest at this time of year but hopefully everyone had fun

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View of winding tarmac paths leading into parkland. Parkrun ‘to the start’ signs are in the foreground and volunteers are setting up in the distance. The sky is grey and the ground is wet from rain.

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#running
Do you know that feeling of instant regret when you've just said 'Yes' to something ?
Thankfully I did OK.
parkrun says 38:37 so I'm sticking with my timing of 37:54
Four runs in a week is the most for a long time - onwards and upwards.
Enjoy your running.

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Map and running statistics 5 km in 37 minutes and 54 seconds.

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Pacer bib at parkrun showing 38 minutes.

Pacer at Ormskirk #parkrun this morning. Lovely lovely people.

Clapham #parkrun today, hopping, skipping and jumping over muddy puddles. Maybe I should have channelled Peppa and jumped *in* the puddles?

New #Parkrun(walk) PB !! No thanks to the buncha interval trainees who kept stopping and starting and holding up the works. 😎🎉

Can’t make it to #Parkrun today due to chauffeur duty. Went back to the park and had a wonderful nice easy run -- spring is coming to #PNW! 😱

#photos #running

Welcome Gibraltar #Parkrun!

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/gibraltarbotanicalgardens/?_gl=1%2Aylefsy%2A_ga%2AMTQ2NjEyMTY3MS4xNzY0OTg5NDg3%2A_ga_MG7X4X82TB%2AczE3NzEwMDM3MTAkbzI0JGcxJHQxNzcxMDAzNzE1JGo1NSRsMCRoMA

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Very welcome blue skies and sunshine at Newport #parkrun today

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A park scene featuring a bright blue sky and tall trees. In the foreground, a yellow sign reads "CAUTION RUNNERS." A person can be seen jogging on a path nearby.

I regret to inform you I've woken up in an unbearably good mood. Because we've got the London Winter 10k tomorrow we skipped #ParkRun this morning. I suggested we volunteer and Trish told me in no uncertain terms that she would be using the opportunity to sleep instead (except she used the words 'yourself' and 'go' and also 'fuck'). So I slept long and well and woke up late. I've sorted out the kitchen and the washing, taken Trish coffee, cleaned the coffee machine and am now having a little kitchen groove as I make mini 🌱chicken pies. Why? Because we're without kids this weekend so are going to hang out at the V&A with all the other cool skater kids, having a picnic like motherflippin' G's! May your day be equally blessed.

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#rugby
Family stuff keeps me away from parkrun this morning. And the rugby today - poor planning people !
Enjoy your running.

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I moaned about getting soaked at #parkrun on Saturday. I needed this article for a bit of perspective.

Ultrarunners in secondhand trainers: the rickshaw drivers taking on the world’s toughest races – photo essay
Ultrarunners in secondhand trainers: the rickshaw drivers taking on the world’s toughest races – photo essay https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/09/ultrarunners-rickshaw-drivers-madagascar-worlds-toughest-races-photo-essay?CMP=share_btn_url

Accurate

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