Training Log Archive: jennycas

Try something new, they said. It'll be fun, they said. So now I am no longer a parkrun virgin. Not quite sure how I feel about that...on the one hand, I can see the attraction of its uncomplicated nature, community spirit and ease of access, but on the other hand: running the same piece of bike path 4 times in total?

This was an out-&-back in both directions on a flat/straight road alongside the RAAF base airstrip between Richmond & Windsor. I lay low when the organisers asked if there were any tourists or newbies, because I was a bit embarrassed, especially at the thought of how slowly I was likely to run - and actually my time was even worse than I had anticipated but I'm not used to running when it's 27 degrees at 8 am and with 80% relative humidity.
Km splits:
4:56 (didn't want to get beaten by a 4-year old)
5:14
5:28
5:38
5:33 (was hoping for a kick but got overtaken by 3 people in the last 600m)
So it's fair to say I died in the a$$...doubt I'd have got any below 25 min even if it were a cold & frosty morning, though, so have a lot of work to do between now and July.

C • parkrun 8

We're using our wedding anniversary as an excuse to stay somewhere nicer than Penrith for once, i.e. at the Crowne Plaza resort on the outskirts of Windsor. Jogging to the parkrun venue was a good (if very sweaty) warmup but the return trip in the sun lacked pleasantness.