#ParkRun 107 done and DOOOOONE. Went to sleep at a reasonable hour, no alcohol, woke up in an unbearably good mood. Had a terrific chat/reconnect with my beloved waf and then what felt like a pretty great run. The people we finished with reckoned it was under 30, which if the case I will be thrilled into a bajillion pieces. No pressure. But I've got coffee, and the weekend is stretched out in front of me like one of my French girls. Lovely jubbly lemon bubbly. I am beaming you an unstoppable beam of joy and peace and goddamn motherloving happiness. Have a great weekend, you beautiful creatures of light and magic. May all the good things come to you. Huzzah! X
Roni Rolle Laukkarinen
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Norman Park #ParkRun this morning
St Helens #parkrun as I was feeling very lazy today so attended my local one
I wanted to get close to my PB and I did - was 10 seconds off. Probably would have done so if I hadn't walked at times. But I am happy with my performance today. Got my fastest mile.
Norman Park #ParkRun this morning
No fam, too much pasta, early night, solo-bedding so had white noise on the speaker. Slept like a baby for 10 hours. Feel terrific. Late autumn morning. Frost in the air. Leaves and puddles leftover from storm Claudia. #ParkRun 106. I must be out of my goddamn mind. Power to you, compadrés.
#ParkRun 105 done and DONE
Mud
Infinite mud
Just about managed to stay upright but quite a few others weren't so lucky. Went into the run today with a relaxed attitude. Was at an 80th last night and had a few beers and went to bed late, and was running with my wife who's still poorly and has sore ribs and back from coughing. However the effort it took to run on mud without trail trainers was immense. Like running on ice. If ice was solid and lumpy and less cold and brown. Like mud. Legs were on fire. But I'm thrilled to have finished. Now onto preparations for a belated birthday party for me - we've got a house full tonight for a fancy dress murder mystery! Should be tremendous fun. So I hope you're on track to have a super weekend and I am hurling all of the very best right into your stupid face! Have it! All my best all over you. Sorry about that. X
#ParkRun 104 done and
D O N E
Beautiful sunrise over a vineyard with stunning views. First time I've done one other than my two closest and it was quite a bit harder. Could have done with some spikes as was a bit muddy and slippy, all trail with some long elevation (I say elevation now instead of hills, because I'm unbearable). Felt slow but was just happy to be out and about.
Turns out it was my best time in 6 months and my second fastest this year! 😂
Now having a coffee and feelin' GREAT.
Good morning, you rascals. May your day be blessed with all of the good things. X
Selfie of my big dumb face with the vineyard in the background and runners milling about. I've got a blue sports jumper on and a tiny hat that makes my head look like a thumb. I've got some beard scruff going on that appears to have grown back white for some reason probably due to WITCHCRAFT because I'm a young stallion in the prime of his life (in my mind). I look like a kindly old gnome king, banished from his land. Like a sentient nose that someone has badly crafted a face around in plasticine. Like a child who's been zapped with a raid-ageing (aging?) ray and doesn't understand what's going on. Or perhaps a dog who's been transmogrified into human form. The sort of person who you might ask directions from, but they'd send you the wrong way by mistake. I've got the sort of face you might expect to see if you're on an adventure and need clues from a friendly wizard found on the path. I look, frankly, fucked.
Sunrise over a chilly but glorious English morning. Vines stretch out as far as the eye can see. Deep greens and an almost metallic and gold stratified sky.
We just went for a walk down to the pier and back. It must've been the local parkrun or whatever they call it because it seemed like the entire population of Worthing was out for a run. Just an endless stream of runners. Some chatting as they went past and one making huh huh noises.
They all made me think of @TheBreadmonkey and his weekly battle with running.
This is a very accurate description of me on #ParkRun
#ParkRun 104 comes to you this morning from..... a vineyard!
I was finally awake early enough on a Saturday to go and do a #parkrun and after weeks of not #running, and even longer with not doing a 5K, I was very pleased to get a new PB of 32:13 (last one on 26 July was 35:25). I’m just a bit gutted that I walked briefly in the last kilometre after over-cooking it because with better pacing I might have snuck under 32 minutes. At least i have a goal for the next one. I guess doing regular #zwift riding helps with running fitness too.
jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
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Stratford Park, Stroud #parkrun today
I went over 40 minutes 5k for the first time in ages. Hilly and also quite uneven running on grass meant I struggled.
People were absolutely lovely mind, volunteers were great and a good atmosphere.
Asking for trail running shoes for Christmas!
Stratford Park, Stroud #parkrun today
I went over 40 minutes 5k for the first time in ages. Hilly and also quite uneven running on grass meant I struggled.
People were absolutely lovely mind, volunteers were great and a good atmosphere.
Asking for trail running shoes for Christmas!
A return visit to the Shepton Mallet #parkrun today and a more even run over the 5K. I didn’t overcook it on the first lap (it’s a three lap course) and ran it all and actually felt like I could have pushed harder. I came in 7 seconds faster than last week (35:28) so next Saturday I’ll try my official home course (Frome) and aim to finally break 35 minutes which I can do when out running on the roads.
And for those who are kind enough to endure my blog posts, here’s one about my first #Parkrun experience: https://blog.sgawolf.com/post/2025-07-19-parkruner
Getting the excuses out of the way first, after a couple of weeks of not running (https://blog.sgawolf.com/post/2025-07-18-getting-back-on-track), needing to walk for some of it, and a slow start due to a narrow bridge, I’m really pleased with myself for completing my first #Parkrun in 35:35. Sub-35 was my goal but I’ll gladly take this because I thought I was slower.
It was a huge amount of fun with lovely people taking part and volunteering. I’ll definitely do more but doing one was a goal I had in mind when I started Couch to 5K.
After weeks of procrastinating it’s bitter-sweet that the motivation to get out of bed and do my first #Parkrun this Saturday is to help support and raise money for a friend-of-a-friend who has breast cancer.
My youngest son (6) came with me to volunteer at #Parkrun this morning. I was a bit apprehensive as he doesn’t have the longest attention span. However he quite happily cheered on and high fived runners for about an hour with no complaints. He then went off and ran round the field with a lady he felt needed help. I’m a very proud dad. 😁
I thought I'd try a different Park Run this week. This is Hyde. #parkrun
