A trip to London for a Park Run? Nope they are not that good down there, no way! It was just an excuse to see one of the last events of the London 2012 Olympic games – the men’s marathon. However my rucksack contained more running gear than anything else as I ventured on the […]
Graves Park Parkrun #1
So down to the animal farm we went, me and my best friend now ‘Mrs Crosley’ to visit the animals and say moo to the highland cows, and of course to run the first ever Graves Park parkrun in Sheffield. Mr MacParkRun had an idea e-i-e-i-o With that idea he had a run e-i-e-i-o With […]
Concord Parkrun #56
An eggstremely cold Easter weekend, still suffering from snow-DOM legs (a.k.a having climbed Snowdon in the snow some 2 days earlier) me, myself, my best friend and the Easter Bunny travelled by hare plane, to concord Park run for the second time this year just so the Easter bunny could stay fit by getting some […]
Colwick Parkrun #33
At 6.30am this morning it was minus 10 degrees’ – so cold my cat climbed into the refrigerator just to warm up. A thick blanket of frost outside, a blanket that was not as snug as a bug in in rug, but as cold as a mole in a frozen hole. So onwards and downwards […]
Concord Parkrun #45
Quit the excuses, there are no excuses run just run and appreciate the course, the weather and the surroundings and enjoy enjoy enjoy. This is the lesson I have learned from 2011. [headline h=”1″]Bad excuses are worse than none..[sub_title]Thomas Fuller[/sub_title][/headline] So off to Concord we flew, wheeee, we are going to fly today, traveling the […]
Conkers Parkrun #38
Twas the morning before Christmas, when all through the country, Not a creature was stirring, apart from me as I slip away at 6.30am for a leisurely drive down to Conkers via Derby for my 2nd ever Park Run of the year. And why you may ask not just because I can but because I […]
Hallam Parkrun #39
Today I did my very first Park Run in Sheffield, 38 weeks after the first one started many 38 weeks ago. A gorgeous sunny Saturday morning, my friend arrived at the crack of Dawn apart from she is called Becky not Dawn and we ventured down to Endcliffe park – one of two park runs […]