Colchester Castle Park was closed today so instead we went to Castle Park #parkrun in Bishop's Stortford. No hills, but also not much of a castle, more a mound. Definitely wintry weather today, but lumbered on round and think I've earned my lazy afternoon. https://strava.app.link/UOykjTG20Eb
Wet morning at Colchester Castle #Parkrun today. First time running there since my knee started hurting while doing it in September. Made it round without anything going wrong this time, and was actually my second run of the week!
And the next run there on 2nd December will be followed by the charity Run For Gem raising money for Brain Tumour Research and St Helena Hospice (with cakes on sale too!) https://strava.app.link/Xr8ewgsmPEb
The goal is focusing on form, paying attention to stride length and how my right foot lands.
Running felt good without calf tightness/pain.
Today was session 1️⃣. Next ones at 2x/week as follows:
2️⃣ 1km run + 1km walk (x4)
3️⃣ 40s run + 20s walk (x30)
4️⃣ 2km run + 1km walk (x3)
5️⃣ 45s run + 15s walk (x30)
6️⃣ urban trail 8km [a mix of running and walking]
I just discovered that Buenos Aires has an unofficial parkrun every week! Or, at least, it had an unofficial parkrun every week, but no new results have been posted since last year.
I've reached out to their facebook page (in my bad spanish) and asked if they're still active. It will make my trip if I can run parkrun or something like it when I'm there!
Forgot to share yesterday, but visited Great Dunmow #parkrun with a couple of friends for a rather muddy run. Nice little trip, not too much rain until the end, and a nice breakfast at an old pub next to the park afterwards. Knees still recovering so not too quick, but was good to be back out there. https://strava.app.link/meyVGPBz6Db
I'm 69, I've just run a 5k parkrun and I'm off to run with Freddy (8) around Ropner Park in Stockton, Teesside. Remind me, what's your excuse for not running? 🤣 #parkrun#running
Again I had to stop at barely 4 km because of the pain on my right calf. Now I'm limping. The same happened 6 months ago, but this time I felt the tightness increase with every km. It wasn't a sudden pain.
I'm not seeing the end of this 😭!
Luckily tomorrow I have an appointment with the podotrist. I hope that I'll walk normally and that I will be able to do the running test.
So activity for today was
1️⃣ 4 km #running
2️⃣ 3,5 km walk
Last year, on Friday the 14th of October 2022, my beloved @ada asked me if I would go to parkrun with her on that Saturday.
At that time, I was extremely unfit, having spent most of my life in the computer chair.
My resting heartrate was around 100bpm, getting up from rest usually spiked me up to 125, and then back to around 112.
Walking small distances to/from the car had me puffed out. Going anywhere without the car was unthinkable.
I owned 3 vehicles. One small car for my spouse so ze could drive around, one SUV for long distance driving, and a Tesla for my daily driving.
That first parkrun (or parkwalk) just about destroyed me. I managed to do the whole 5k, but by the end I could barely stand. Avg heartrate was 132bpm peak at 145.
Tomorrow will mark the end of the first 12 months. It will be my 43rd parkrun (with 2 volunteers). My resting heart rate is now down to about 78bpm, and walking around is not just normal, but easy and fun. A typical 5k walk will have me at 105bpm avg with 120 peak.
However, these days I will usually walk a few Ks to and from parkrun, then push myself at run/walk intervals. Doing it this way, my avg rate is now about 135bpm and maxing at around 165.
I have sold 2 of my cars, getting around by walking and public transport is not a problem.
I'm looking forward to being able to run 5k completely over the next 6 months. I feel like its almost within my grasp. Then 10k over the next 12.
If anyone has been thinking about taking up exercise, I can thoroughly recommend parkrun. It's fun, everyone is friendly and encouraging. You can go as slow as you need to.
If you have any questions, feel free to message me!
Aujourd'hui c'est la fête nationale allemande (Tag der Deutschen Einheit - jour de l'unification allemande), on fait un #parkrun pour l'occasion, j'ai mis les couleurs du drapeau allemand 🇩🇪
Today is Germany's bank holidays (Tag der Deutschen Einheit - German Unification Day), and we're doing a #parkrun for the occasion, I've put on the colours of the German flag 🇩🇪
Hello, lovely #ParkRun people. The anti-trans mob are gearing up to start turning up in numbers at #ParkRunUK events and disrupt them. They turned up at Heaton Park yesterday and they've been at the Mole Valley one as well.
Might be worth speaking to your organisers to warn them! Info about why this is happening in the replies.
The plan today was to do an 8 km run. However after 4 km my calf started to tighten and that's now the sign I use to decide to stop. Continuing in this state jeopardizes my training week and I want to avoid it at all costs.
The good news is that I could hold the mills mess trick with 3 balls for 5 rounds, yay! I've been practicing it for a very long time.
Scottish have been spotted becuz of rugby world cup
Q : Pourquoi y a-t-il 2 thèmes par jour ? R : Pour que ça soit plus amusant. 3 niveaux de difficulté : Niveau 1 : Poster une photo sur un des deux thèmes Niveau 2 : Poster deux photos, une pour chaque thème Niveau 3 : Poster une photo avec les deux thèmes Q : Est-ce qu’il y a une limite de temps pour participer ? R : Non. Tu peux participer quand tu veux, même pour les thèmes passés. En revanche, pour les thèmes à venir, il vaut mieux attendre le jour dit ou éventuellement programmer ton message ;-) Q : Est-ce que je peux utiliser des anciennes photos ? R : Oui, évidemment. Tu peux aussi les préparer à l’avance ou les prendre le jour-même. Q : Est-ce que je peux poster des photos trouvées sur internet ? R : Si c’était un challenge Google Images, oui. Mais là, non. Uniquement des photos que tu as prises toi-même, avec un appareil photo (ou un smartphone). Et non, une capture d’écran n’est pas une photo ;-) Q : À votre avis, c’est qui le plus fort, l‘hippopotame ou l’éléphant ? R : Il dit qu’il voit pas le rapport. Q : On gagne quoi à participer ? R : Le plaisir d’avoir joué, c’est déjà beaucoup, non ? Q : Je ne suis pas doué en photo. J’ai quand même le droit de jouer ? R : Voir la réponse à la question précédente. Q : Et si je triche, je risque quoi ? R : Rien, juste que tu trompes la confiance que tes parents ils ont mis à l’intérieur de toi. Q : Autre chose ? R : Oui : n‘oublie pas de mettre le hashtag #PhotOctober2023 avec tes photos, et amuse-toi !