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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,982
    Hex said:
    AFKABartram said:
    Wow, great achievement @Hex

    was slower, but really enjoyed my run at Avery Hill yesterday 

    @AFKABartram You need to start experiencing other parkruns - there are plenty dotted along the A2 plus Ebbsfleet (it's got a different name) starts shortly.  Mrs Hex enjoyed the course while participating in the test run last week.
    I’m a creature of habit @Hex and don’t do change!

    I’ve done 116 now and bar the days of New Year double ups where I did Danson a couple of times, I’ve done 1 at Charlton but 113 have been at Avery Hill. I just feel loyal to it, and part of my enjoyment is seeing and thanking the same volunteer marshals at the same spots. 

    Lovely with the sun coming out this morning, but didn’t appreciate being overtaken by numerous people in full Halloween fancy dress (I did manage to beat the inflatable dinosaur though!)
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,095
    Battled Lanhydrock ParkRun down in Cornwall. 100m+ worth of elevation in the last 1.5km seems unfair. Great to run in a National Trust park though.


  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 5,004
    Hex said:
    RedPanda said:
    We went, I wore my running club top to show I'm local. The car park was full at 8:27, the cafe (with the only local toilet) was surprisingly quiet before. It's a very nice cafe actually, prices were okay. 

    It's a pleasant but fiddly course. I feel like 3 laps of the lake was the original idea, but they're still building houses. 

    I did Hull parkrun last week, that's a really pretty and fast one. They invest a lot of money in the park. Worth a go next season. 
    They are still building a bridge at one end of the course.  It will be a different configuration once all is complete.

    Do you think the lack of parking will limit numbers ?
    It should be okay once numbers settle to Cyclopark levels. Parking wasn't too bad, we spoke to someone who lives on the estate and she said the estate didn't feel swamped by cars. That'll be a really nice and fast course once the far end is open. 
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,170
    I ummed and ahhed about trekking to Ebbsfleet this morning. I’d decided against it because of their usual worries about being overwhelmed but then I saw they’d put it on the website with “Starting tomorrow” all over it so I thought if I’m up in time to drive there I will. 
    I wasn’t so I didn’t, I pootled up to tick off another Suffolk one instead. 
    It’s fun being a country bumpkin….except I still want to get a #1…
  • InspectorSands
    InspectorSands Posts: 5,197
    I've got Covid so stayed in bed. I see Whitecliffe Lake had 471 people turning up - the first finisher being the guy that annoys people by leaking the start dates of new parkruns... hopefully it all worked out well for them. 
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,086
    AllHailTheHen said:
    Parkrun with bit of a difference this Saturday with my running club (Danson Runners) taking on Biggin Hill at Sutcliffe Park. Have only ever run Bexley but heard it's a flat course so will be pushing for a Parkrun PB!
    New Parkrun PB secured at 22:13 yesterday. About 80 seconds taken off my Danson PB. Still only came 57th so gives an idea of how fast a course Sutcliffe Park is! 
  • RC_CAFC
    RC_CAFC Posts: 1,771
    InspectorSands said:
    I've got Covid so stayed in bed. I see Whitecliffe Lake had 471 people turning up - the first finisher being the guy that annoys people by leaking the start dates of new parkruns... hopefully it all worked out well for them. 
    I did the test run for it a couple of weeks ago as one of my friends has supported in setting it up and it is a lovely area and a good park run. I couldn't make it yesterday. I agree with the above that when the bridge is open it will help. It is a bit of a microclimate down there too as it is in a valley.

    Apparently everyone was pleased with how it all went yesterday. 
  • Holdkneebomb
    Holdkneebomb Posts: 1,269
    Bit of tourism today, first time at Stevenage, nice course and really well run event. And I saw a Charlton shirt!
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,170
    Felixstowe for me today…
  • larryorcolin
    larryorcolin Posts: 86
    Harrow lodge for me on Saturday.  A one lapper around a lake in deepest darkest Essex. 
    I got round ok with my stepson, who was able to talk, yawn and even sing his way round, whilst i puffed and panted.
    I had to remind myself that he is in his mid twenties and is currently training to do an ultra-marathon.
    The best part was apple pie and custard in the lovely cafe on the lake after, making it well worth the journey.

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  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,692
    Did hilly fields for the first time today. Absolutely loved it. Realised i was wearing the wrong trainers as soon as I got there and had to take it steady on the downhill parts. Always enjoyable to do something a bit different and would
    like to have another crack at when it’s not as slippery.

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