Anyone done a parkrun?

Every weekend - closing in on 40 now. Great fun. PB 21'10.

Mrs JOCI Club too...PB 23'15.

Nice one joci.  Hope to do this most weeks and get down to sub 5k by the end of the summer.

We have had over 500 runners at ours which is great. Record for the course is a fraction over 15 mins, and we have some proper runners like Tim Don (former world triathlon champion) pitching up from time to time.

It's more about just taking part though, and getting fitter, having a bit of fun! I've been injured since start of year, and would struggle to break 22'30 now.

no but people who run in the street get on my wick. especially when theres a group of em that keep appearing one by one. im there minding by business walking home with my headphones on, then these ppl start whizzing past my frickin earhole nearly knocking me over. it should be banned imo, its bloody ridiculous. must be terrifying if youre a frail oap and deaf.

Better with headphones off....best to be aware of your surrounding....hear the birds....and muggers

All the muggers still in bed (cardboard boxes) at 9am.

the chubby joggers arent so bad, a bit annoying but i usually see them cos theyre so slow. its those that are properly running i hate. running full pelt like sodding linford christie. defo shouldnt be allowed on public streets. if you wanna run, go somewhere suitable.

Like maybe a park?

lol good idea.

Right, im off.  Havent converted anyone else yet?  There is still time..

http://www.parkrun.org.uk/events/events/

Kids can do it too, my 7 yo niece did it a fortnight ago, though she didnt get an official time.  My 8yo nephew did though.

Every Saturday they turn up in their stupid clothes and annoy my dog when I'm enjoying a peaceful walk. Now I have to go somewhere else. Why do people have to do it in a big group? I think for the men it's because they know they look ridiculous in their spandex. If they look equally retarded in a group it's not so shameful.

If you run with other people then they cajole you to go along, otherwise you might not bother....like me

May look for a group....then whip their @rses

I don't like the sound of this. Glad I don't live anywhere near a park.

21 and a half minutes, give or take.  Well happy with that.

Nice one...22:43 for me on Saturday.Need to get back to somewhere approaching full fitness.

Well done joci.. That is exactly the same time as i did the previous sunday, so if i can knock off over a minute in a week then perhaps you can.  I have big aspirations these days, next goal is 20 mins, then when i pack up smoking on18 july 19 mins then who knows, just wanna see what my body will let me do.

Lost a load of fitness since the end of last year due to various injuries, but hope to first break 21 mins, given a clear run of training. Was very disappointed to have to miss the marathon earlier this month, for which I'd been training hard, but maybe next year.

Bad luck with the injuries.  My latest method for training for 5k is via interval training on a treadmill.  Gonna whack it up to 16k/hour(6 min miles or 18:45/5k pace). Will do that for as long as i can, perhaps only 3 mins, then 3 mins at 7min mile pace, then 2 mins at 6min mile, etc, just to see how many mins i can do at 6 min mile pace over the course of a 5k run,  will try that tomorrow, if i can do 6mins out of 21 at that pace i will consider it a result.  Then i will try 8 mins, 10, 12 mins etc until i can do the whole lot and 5k in 18:45.  The actual parkrun will be my way of testing out whether my copyrighted interval training plan is working.  My bro in law did it in 18:45 and i simply have to beat him.

JOCI - really bad luck re. the injuries. Really sucks; I got injured less than ten days before my spring marathon that I'd trained twice a  day for four months.  Got to wait until the autumn before the next attempt.

Done plenty of parkruns (87th one this weekend, though did my first in Jan '06). Best time 16.51 - 5k a bit short for me; prefer longer distances.
Rob - a good session I do regularly on the treadmill is 16 x 2 mins with 45 secs jog recovery between each, with each rep a little quicker than the one before. You should hit 5k target pace on about rep 12 or 13, so the last few should be pretty tough.

That's fast, and would win our parkrun more often than not, unless Tim Don is there, or another guy whose record is 15:01!

Good time Rob. I competed at a very high level over 400/800 metres nearly 40 years ago now. I train harder now than I did back then I go through phases of doing the ParkRun regularly and then not doing it for months at a time. My PB is 19:40 something.