HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wishing you all a year filled with good health and happiness

Perhaps odder than running on Christmas Day, the New Year's Day parkrun brings out the real addicts, not only because we're up instead of lying in bed nursing hangovers, but because for some of us we get the opportunity to do it twice!

For those of us running in England, parkrun starts at nine o'clock every Saturday, doesn't matter which event you attend, that's when it is.  New Year's Day is a little bit different, firstly not every 'club' runs an event, secondly there seems to be a little bit of leeway in the starting time, which I imagine was initially to give people the chance for a lie in.  What happened however is that we use this change in start time to run half an hour EARLIER, to enable us to then attend another local event that is setting off late, and thus the parkrun run double was born!

Last year, I did my local parkrun but didn't feel fit enough to go on and run elsewhere. This year not only did I do it, but Al came too! 10K being the furthest he's run in over four years - well done Mr L, so very proud of you.

Our second event was at Nostell Priory a National Trust property and although a far grander setting than we're used to it didn't unfortunately make the running any easier!  With an average turnout of around one hundred runners they were somewhat swamped when over four hundred of us turned up! Didn't make for fast running and although disappointed that last week's cancellation meant that it wasn't also your fiftieth parkun Al, it does mean that you've still got a chance to PB on Saturday back on home turf, or rather tarmac!

M - 495

Brighton Half - 52

Glasgow Half - 276
Distance covered             6.2 miles

Total Distance covered   446.2 miles