Another notch on the #Parkrun RD belt this morning. And a big thank you to the volunteers, this week and every week. Make your local Run Director happy, get the roster filled early and often.

#parkrun Number 111 today -- single Nelson. Number 99 at home location (without a flake).

Ran the longer route from the train to get there, then did a warmup, an early-starting parkrun, then a cooldown lap (opposite direction today 😲), café, and jogged back to the train. 12.7km for the day.

Too hot, ran the whole parkrun with a friend, but took it easy. Not the week for anything more.

Saw this one 🐦‍⬛ trying to eat a chip 🍟 in the lake from our lakeside café seats :)

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A crow standing in shallow water with it's bill below the surface. Behind it, a frog statue.

Did a quarter park run this morning in glorious sunshine before a muscle in my left thigh complained loudly so I came to a rapid stop. Fairly deflating to watch everybody else finishing their runs. Never had this before. Pulled a calf, yes, but unsure why this has happened. Research needed. Hopefully if I rest it up (no high intensity cycling) I’ll be back running next weekend.

#ParkRun

On Run Director duties at #parkrun today, so ran there and back for just under 9 miles total (just over 14km). A couple of no-shows from our younger volunteers meant re-jigging the roster on the fly, but people stepped in to barcode scan once they'd finished (I did ask in the pre-run briefing) so it was all fine. Some grumpy non-participants in the heat, including one person who objected to being asked his name when he came over to complain - so we'll never know what his problem was 🤷‍♀️

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A notification congratulating a volunteer on completing their 180th parkrun and 170th at Ashton Court. It details specific volunteer roles, including the Results Processor (77) and Run Director (76), along with total credits (180) and roles completed (283). It expresses appreciation for their efforts to help make parkrun possible.

A warm #parkrun at Henlow Bridge Lakes. Got my best time of the year for that course.

https://peakd.com/@steevc/18712824092-3118819131

I don’t think I posted last week about my first #parkrun which was my first ever 5km run.

(I didn’t manage 5K at the end of my #CouchTo5k journey two days earlier).

Insanely hot, but lovely surroundings at Sizewell Beach, and I was accompanied by three running friends to support me.

I ran the whole way, and kept roughly to my sensible target pace of 9.5 min/km.

I was aiming for 48-50 min and managed 49 min, which was quite an achievement for me in the heat.

Here’s to friends! ❤

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Selfie in front of the parkrun Sizewell sign, with the Sizewell nuclear power station in the background. I’m wearing a black cap and red shirt.

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Selfie running alongside a friend. I’m smiling, which is rare for me on a run. Here’s to support from friends! The text indicates that I ran 5.06km in 49 minutes and 4 seconds.

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Me crossing the finishing line, arms raised in triumph.

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Results from parkrun. I was my first parkrun, official time 49 minutes 16 seconds. 169th out of 174.

Against my better judgement, I got up early again for my second #parkrun.

Much cooler, and some shade. Busier, with 378 runners (I finished 355).

Official time was 47:14, but my actual 5km time was 46:03.

I shaved 2.5 minutes off last week’s time, but I feel it now! I started off too fast, as it felt easy, but I regretted not forcing myself to a slow pace early on.

Not sure I can cope with only 4.5 hours sleep each Friday night though to make this a regular thing.

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Selfie in front of the Three Brooks parkrun sign

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Aerial map showing the run course along a wooden urban path

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Selfie en route, I’m in a black running cap and green shirt, in front of a path with trees on both sides

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Congratulations notice from parkun. It was my second parkrun and the first at Three Brooks. Official time 36 minutes 14 seconds.

Since we're travelling Down South today, we figured it was a good chance to try a new #parkrun venue on the way.

Lucky for us Pontefract parkrun was right near the motorway, plus a new letter for us and of course our first step towards the Full Ponty challenge!

It mostly follows the loop of the racecourse but starts and ends around a lake which, today at least, featured adorable baby geese. And then to top it all off, there was an ice cream truck at the finish line!

#Running #Pontefract

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A sunny blue sky above a lush green park. In the foreground are various small bushes and a few purple flowers, beyond those a hedge and a large tree on the left, and beyond that a glimpse of lake with more trees on an island in the middle.

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A lot of geese wandering around on the path next to the lake. Among them are a group of whatever baby geese are called! They're fluffy and a bit gangly, but they're striding off to the left of the picture with purpose to make it to the grass out of frame.

Did #Parkrun this morning, which feels good. Less food is this dirt that seems to have covered my car.

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Front bonnet of a BMW with a smattering of dirt that looks like it’s come from rain all over it

Two #parkrun in succession in next week rowing is back. A sandwich this week and I started feeling a little niggle in my left knee on the run down. Ignored it through the run but limped home. Nothing serious, I think I was sitting badly yesterday. Another really hot one.
#running #runnersofmastodon
#garmin #beatyesterday

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Durham patkrun 21:59

And another parkrun in the bag. This time the Kagerzoom parkrun. My 1st there. Many UK parkrunners coming over to the NL in large numbers for a weekend of parkrunning. Today there were 378 participants! 😵‍💫.

#running #parkrun

https://strava.app.link/wuwJ7qjuq3b

I'm pushing my luck a little but with a compressed lifespan what the hell.

Last minute trip to the Netherlands for an extra parkrun. Basically 24 hours and done and the equivalent of £27 a minute for the actual #parkrun at Kagerzoom.

Hats off to the joyous crowd and the local tennis club that did fine coffee and Heineken Zero on tap. 😎

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Parkrun banner and Dutch flag

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Parkrun sign in Dutch

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Canal in park. Beautiful weather. Sun gleaming off the water.

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Coffee.

Today I decided to join a club ride again. The weather was lovely and sunny, with little wind and great company. The first 100km in years and it wasn't disappointing. My (cycling) fitness is still great. Another Parkrun tomorrow 😊

#garmin #beatyesterday #cycling #running #parkrun
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/22993830735?share_unique_id=35

So I did it! I ran my #100 #Parkrun today, and it happened to be the one-year anniversary of the #Redmond Central Connector Trail Parkrun!

Still far away from my prime days of Parkrun racing, but at least I’m faster than last week, and I finally made it back to sub-8’ this time!

#running #photo #pnw

Trained: 🏃‍♂️ ⏰01:48:37 📏16.00km ⏱️6:47/km 🛫127m ❤️‍🔥157bpm 🧁1,373Kcal

Long run this morning, 5km warm up, 5km warm down, with a course PB 23:59 Burnley Parkrun inbetween - despite feeling generally tight and struggling for rhythm.

https://prry.uk/log#2026-05-23-run-1

#training #running #parkrun

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Runners at the start line of Burnley Parkrun with Towneley Hall beyond

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Route map and elevation profile

It’s Edinburgh marathon weekend, so 739 runners turned up for Edinburgh parkrun this morning. Great atmosphere, and lots of parkrun tourists judging by the volume of clapping after the first timers briefing. I had a lovely chat with some Norwegians from Trondheim on the way round, they will be half-marathoning tomorrow (probably the better choice, looking at the weather forecast (bit hot by Edinburgh standards)).

#parkrun #edinburgh #emf

Road trip stop off at the snappily titled Llwbyr Dyffryn Tywi, Nantgaredig #Parkrun near Carmarthen.
Highly recommended - beautiful out and back, flat route on the Tywi valley footpath; flanked by swathes of golden buttercups and views across pasture to rolling green hills.
Excellent hosting and hospitality from Nantgaredig Rugby Club. Go there parkrunners!

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View across a pasture towards a pointy small hill. In the foreground is a swathe of golden buttercups, the field is tall grass, the hill is green and the sky, unfortunately, is overcast.

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View across a buttercup filled expanse of grass towards a river (sunken out of shot) and green fields with sheep on the other side.

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Sign for in Welsh for Nantgaredig Rugby Club ‘Clwb Rygbi Nantgaredig’

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Parkrun sign on the rugby pitch with goalposts to the left and green hills behind.

Two cars left site this morning for some #parkrunTourism One turned right and headed South for a small, off-road #parkrun by the beach at Sizewell. I turned left and headed North straight into Norwich for a fast, flat and busy urban event (3 and a bit laps on hardcore). So congested to start that I was able to take my top off without stopping, was then able to pick up the pace to finish 2nd lady in 20:16. Fastest time this year (and it felt it, afterwards) #running #RunnersOfMastodon

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A woman in an apricot parkrun t-shirt saying 'Ashton Court parkrunner number 2,485', a cow cowl, pink visor and sunglasses takes a selfie in front of the Norwich parkrun sign. Overlaid are stats for distance (4.98km), duration (20'12''), and pace (4'03"/km).

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Km splits for a 4.98km run - 4:18.71, 4:01.65, 3:59.63, 3:59.19, 3:56.77.

#parkrun
#Hastings
#running
Over 600 people at Hastings parkrun this morning - amazing.
Run Director did a great job when the megaphone failed. Superb improvisation with a traffic cone !
20° plus at the start, some folks swimming in the sea afterwards.
Enjoy your running.

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Hundreds of runners and walkers lining up for the start of Hastings parkrun. 608 in total.

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A few runners after parkrun taking a dip in the sea. A shingle beach with beach huts. A very warm sunny morning. 20 degrees C.

Watermeadows #parkrun as twinned with the Med today. Excellent practice for running away from my four horsemen of the apocalypse #fuckitall

Up for #Parkrun only today I am a pacer! I just can’t remember what pace I said I’d do… it’s either 26, 27 or 28 minutes. I’m hoping I said 28 as that’s a lot more relaxing 😂

I'm doing #WaverleyLakes #Parkrun in #Rotherham this morning on the off chance someone else here is.

No volunteering this time, just the #run. Gonna be a warm & sunny one for anyone else going out so a reminder to use sunscreen and drink water.

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/waverleylakes/

#Sheffield #Running #5k

Hey, it's my 100th #parkrun volunteer tomorrow. As so often I invited people on Strava to drop by, but none of them will come ;)
But two nice people have also their 25th volunteer, and Miss Nerving is in London, so it's going to be a nice day :)

So after a bit of confusion (I think person not chatbot), I have confirmed #parkrun (UK and Ireland) will be deleting all the mobile nos we have given them and ensuring AQL do the same, given there’s no reason for them to have them any more. #running

I've just received this email from #Parkrun

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Retiring the parkrun text service

Hi Judith,

As someone previously opted in to receive texts from parkrun, we wanted to let you know that this service will be coming to an end the weekend of 23/24 May. Finding the right channels for parkrunners now, and in the future, is really important to us and we continue to explore what this looks like as part of our digital transformation work.

There are no changes to our website or email services, and all of your parkrun information can always be found on the parkrun app.

We’d like to thank our partner AQL for having supported parkrun for many years.

Happy parkrunning,

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That's a shame. I use my phone's SMS history to quickly check my previous times or the date I was at a particular course.

I suppose they want everyone to use the app.

This weekend in addition to my #99 #Parkrun (https://sigmoid.social/@BenjaminHan/116585831426535983), I also made a 2nd run afternoon on the trails: a solid 10K run with a bit of hail raining down on me at some point!

#Running #Trailrunning #Photo #PNW

#Interrail und #Halbmarathon Planung für den Herbst - Valencia und Malaga sind für den Halbmarathon quasi raus.
Jerez aufgrund des Datums vermutlich auch.

Kommentare zu den Städten gerne willkommen :)
Ein weiteres Wochenende werde ich in/bei Gibraltar zwecks #parkrun verbringen.
Und in Extremadura zwecks Fußball verbringen.

Weitere Städte Malaga, Granada, Cordoba, Sevilla jeweils drei Nächte?

Route (Vorabidee) hin nach Barcelona, zurück via Madrid.

#laufen #running #run #mastodonrunning #mastodonlauftreff

Today is Perrigo #Parkrun #300, and also my 99th parkrun!

(imagine if I ran just one more time... 😔 )

#Running #Photo #PNW

We're in the north-east this weekend, so we thought we'd do Jesmond Dene #parkrun and bag a 'J' for the alphabet challenge. This isn't a fast one, with a hard climb at first, two laps of a sports field and then downhill to the finish line. The only parkrun I've ever done with a flight of stairs on it!

#running #runnersOfMastodon

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A photo of a man with beard and glasses, behind a sign reading "parkrun Jesmond Dene"

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A screenshot from Garmin, showing a route map with the label "Jesmond Dene parkrun" and underneath that "Puts Library Hill into perspective..." (Library Hill is a short hill on my regular Sheffield run) Stats are also shown: 5.01 kilometres distance 148 beats per minute average heart rate 7 minutes 6 seconds per kilometre average pace 35 minutes 36 seconds total time 519 total calories

Mighty Ukrainian #parkrun cake and big coffee. But 12 € for this is borderline...?

#Parkrun went to the lovely Drumpellier Country Parkrun this morning and put in my first sub 31 minutes time in about 3 years. I'm suspicious the hay fever tablet I took last night did something, perhaps I should do the pro cyclist asthma thing and get me some tramadol?

I combined my long run this morning with some Parkrun fun.
First a gentle jog from home to the Zuiderpark. Parkrun: 2 laps of 2.5 km. A gentle jog back home.
I knew I couldn't resist the temptation to go faster during the parkrun, but I managed to hold back until the second lap. Then I sped up a bit, even doing a sprint to the finish.
A lovely morning playing outside.

#running #trailrunning #parkrun

https://www.strava.com/activities/18525129889/overview

25th #parkrun milestone, achieved! Ugly purple t-shirt here I come! 🥳

A lovely sunny morning, everyone in good spirits, and @davetansley ran with me to celebrate which is always a nice time.

I could do without him describing it as "unhurried" in his own post, though, given that I was 1 second off my event PB!

For the first two laps, these ducks were asleep on the grass and it was adorable. By the time I remembered to get a photo on the last lap they'd woken up, but they're still pretty cute.

#Redcar #Running #Ducks

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Two mallard ducks on a patch of grass by the edge of a lake. It's a sunny day but they've been dozing in the shadows cast by nearby trees. One of them is standing up and facing off to the left while the other is still sitting comfortably and looking at the camera.

That was fricking hard. "Cumbrian flat" but made up for by the Polish contingent adding a lot of fun at Urheilupuisto #parkrun's first birthday this morning 😎🥰
I was first in my age category which was a bit of a shock to my homeostatic system...

Stressful work week meant very low energy levels going into #parkrun but bizarrely ran my fastest 5k this year - just slightly over 32 minutes.
Nice to see the park full with runners and walkers, alongside kids football matches with spectators - everyone enjoying being outside.

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View through two fir trees to a park football pitch with a kids’ game just being set up

May is full of additional 'national day' #parkrun

Feeling it a bit but managed to pace one in Sweden (Judarskogen) this morning without the calf going bang 🤷

Today was my 200th #parkrun at my local park, 231 overall. I'll be able to order the green t-shirt soon :)

Yesterday we were at a friend's funeral, and this morning I ran with some friends for most of the course, just chatting and sharing some old memories. A little slower than last week, but more #running and less walking so I don't mind.

You'd think after nearly 250 parkruns I'd be running the whole thing, but I'm really not built for this. I think I'm just stubborn.

#runnersofMastodon

My #98 #Parkrun today, and I'm on my way back!

#running #photo #pnw

my first #parkrun!

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a runkeeper placard showing a parkrun start line. 5.07 km 36:54 time 7:16 pace

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miriam holding up a parkrun picture frame in front of a running trail and a brilliant blue sky

#Parkrun - our regular was off so visited Palacerigg Parkrun. Very enjoyable trail curse but some "it's not fair 😭 " steep uphills in the second half. Highly recommend if you are Parkrun touring in central Scotland. Probably only second to the legend that Tollcross Parkrun.

A much greyer and wetter view from Cotsford Fields today than last time, but we went up to support my mam doing her first ever #parkrun as the tail walker!

They made a big fuss over it being her first and she was mortified about being centre of attention, but there were only about forty people there so she'll get over it 😂

Kath came with me and finished as First Dog (although she was also Only Dog, but the volunteer crew cheered her on anyway).

A solid, if rather moist, family morning out 👍

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Photo taken from a clifftop path looking out over a grey but relatively calm sea, with a thin strip of beach visible. The sky is a solid expanse of yet more grey, and the fuzzy mistiness of more cliffs in the distance suggests fairly heavy rain.

Lovely sunny morning at the local #parkrun. Enjoying the easy company of friends here, as always

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A sunny park scene featuring a large group of parkrunners and volunteers gathered near trees. A participant walks along a path in the foreground, while the sun shines brightly in the sky.

A #parkrunSandwich to round off the week. I wouldn't normally do back-to-back hard days, and 23 miles in about the same number of hours counts as hard to me, but it's the #GreatBristolRun tomorrow and I want to support friends. Ran to Ashton Court, took the #parkrun steady on the up then got a little carried away on the way down, finishing with a 23:33, then ran home. 12 miles total #running #RunnersOfMastodon

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A woman in an athletic dress decorated like a turbulent sea, sunglasses and pale green visor stands in front of an Ashton Court parkrun sign. Running stats are overlaid: distance 19.33km, activity time 1:37:47, average pace 5'04"/km, average heart rate 151bpm.

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A screenshot of a parkrun summary page, including 493rd parkrun (362nd at Ashton Court), time of 23:33, 70th out of 415, 5th in gender, age-graded score of 68.08%, best age grade at this even since 28th March 2026.

Good morning, chums. Having got up with the sun whatever ludicrous time that was and then sorting out the house and kids, I ran to #ParkRun (about 3.5k) where we had a club takeover event, with banners and flags and cakes and a marquee and IT WAS DELIGHTFUL. Had about 850 runners and I was marshalling with a sweet kid who's doing his Duke of Edinburgh. Had a blast as per. Lovely crowd. What a lovely way to start a weekend. I then ran home again and am now HOT. Here is a picture of my goddamn face. No one likes their own pictures but I'm trying to be better at being accepting of myself, but I put a filter on it just to make it marginally more interesting. Huzzah! Have a good weekend or else.

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Smiling buffoon. We have practical sportswear plus lanyard and vest. We've got old scratched sunglasses. We've got a lovely park in the background with a filter that makes it appear irradiated. My face is basically fine. The sort of face of someone you might ask directions from and they give you shit directions. Dogs love him. Children fear him. Women tolerate him. Men don't have an opinion. Non-binary people will go to war to protect his honour. Other beings are largely ambivalent. Big nose.