TFF Parkrun Fiends...............

[Magnus Oyke]

Could be worse.. I’ve not done a Park run for some time but the last two I ran I finished behind the same “chick” a lady well into her 70s

I often speak to various member of my running club who are feeling down about their running and have to remind them that they were never going to be qualifying for Team GB in the next Olympics and should compare themselves to the rest of the population. It's good to have a goal and to push yourself, but the fact you're (or my mates) are doing parkrun and trying to stay fit is a big step in the right direction

 

[farmerm]

I often speak to various member of my running club who are feeling down about their running and have to remind them that they were never going to be qualifying for Team GB in the next Olympics and should compare themselves to the rest of the population. It's good to have a goal and to push yourself, but the fact you're (or my mates) are doing parkrun and trying to stay fit is a big step in the right direction

For me park run was a stepping stone.. I prefer to put the time and energy into mountain biking than running.. park run also clashes with the kids Saturday activities.

 

[Magnus Oyke]

For me park run was a stepping stone.. I prefer to put the time and energy into mountain biking than running.. park run also clashes with the kids Saturday activities.

You'll probably find the running will complement your biking, it certainly does the other way around, cross training really does benefit athletes

 

[farmerm]

You'll probably find the running will complement your biking, it certainly does the other way around, cross training really does benefit athletes

You are right of course but time and energy... and motivation constrains me, at points in the year I am short or the former, and this time of year the latter....

 

[Glass half full]

Does anyone have experience of running with a 7 day heart monitor? I’ve got one being put on next week but they want me to carry on marathon training so that they see what they are looking for….is it quite stable or do I need to order something so that it sits better?

I trained with a 24hr monitor on. hospital said it was fine to do as I should do my normal activity

 

[mrs mtx]

I trained with a 24hr monitor on. hospital said it was fine to do as I should do my normal activity

That was a few months ago, I kept running

 

[bovrill]

38 minutes today.
Best turnout for a long time, 82 runners, more than double the 37 of three weeks ago.

 

[JLLM]

Marshalling this morning.

 

[mrs mtx]

Marshalling this morning.

Will you do the st David’s one once it’s running? I’ve got mine and Rhys’s barcodes we just never get round to it

 

[JLLM]

Will you do the st David’s one once it’s running? I’ve got mine and Rhys’s barcodes we just never get round to it.

Can't see it getting off the ground tbh, not enough people in the area to keep it going, would probably do it once just to say I have then carry on going to Hwest.

 

[Magnus Oyke]

Our clubs turn to host the cross country race on NYE, then did Parkrun in 19:30 NYD, which I was reasonably happy with

 

[JLLM]

Ran Saturday, barcode scanner yesterday.

 

[bovrill]

I did a couple of Parkruns in the winter, but 9am on a Saturday isn't working for me while I'm feeding cattle in sheds, so I've been doing some 5+ mile runs in the evenings. It's to keep fitness up for Tug of War, and we've got a load of new team members started who are a bit surprised at the level of training that us old hands put in to it.
They've started loading details of their runs on to a WhatsApp thing that they've got going, so I thought I'd join in and download Strava. Yesterday was a very slow almost 8 miles in an hour and a half (it's interesting to learn how far I've been running for the last few weeks!) But this evening I thought I'd have a bit of fun with it to post on the chat. Across a wet cultivated field waiting to be drilled, and my ankles are telling me that I shouldn't have done it!

 

[JCMaloney]

Sadly the osteoarthritis, greater trochanteric bursitis, a prolapsed disc and trapped sciatic nerves in both legs kind of scuppered my brief running career!

On the brightside, after some medical wizardry I am now pain free and far more mobile than I was.