50 Not Out…
Mike On 10th March 2018 I tried something new for the first time. As part of my friend’s 40th birthday celebrations a group of us had headed to Huntingdon parkrun to…
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Barford Power Station non-parkrun
Among the many things that have fallen foul of COVID-19 has been the weekly opportunity to run at parkrun. Now with my sons football, often I couldn’t make it on…
There’s No Place Like Home! – Pocket parkrun 12/10/2019
On 15th June I crossed the line and picked up my finishers token at Pocket parkrun. It had been the events first birthday celebration that day and was the 5th…
Happy Birthday Pocket parkrun
I have written before about how, whilst I liked the idea of parkrun, I couldn’t see the point in driving 20mins to take part. Then 12 months ago that all…
Summer Returns
It’s been 4 weeks since Pocket parkrun returned to the Summer course. With my summer PB about a minute slower than my winter one, I was desperate to give it…
parkrunning with the Kids Again
A couple of months ago I wrote about how much I enjoy that my kids are enjoying running. On that occasion I’d been joined by my son at parkrun. This…
Snapping away at parkrun
It’s been a slightly uneventful past couple of running weeks for me. I’ve managed to knock off some good mileage over Easter weekend and also another parkrun although not near…
Challenge sub-10 – Complete!
When I ran my first race after returning to running a couple of years ago, the results email contained a link to “Claim my Handicap”. I’m a numbers geek so…
parkrunning with the Kids
Recently I was watching a short running documentary on YouTube. In it one guy mentions how, as a kid, he asked a friend when does his Daddy run because it…
An Above Average parkrunner
Have you ever looked at the random stats in the footers on the parkrun website? One stat that stood out for a while for me was the average number of…