Bournemouth parkrun
This morning, Donna and I went down to Boscombe to watch some clubmates taking part in the VOTwo Salty Sea Dog triathlon. (It was also a chance for us to do some tourism at Bournemouth parkrun). The water looked a bit choppy and at 7am the air temperature was fairly cool.
Two events were taking place – a sprint race and a super sprint.
After we saw our club mates exit the water, we stopped to support the slower swimmers coming into T1. Then we headed over to watch people on the two-lap bike course.
Salty Sea Dog triathlon bike leg
Bike ride to Bournemouth parkrun
After our colleagues had finished, Donna and I cycled back up to Bournemouth parkrun. My feet are still feeling a little bruised from Dublin, and I wasn’t sure that I had recovered. I was aiming for a time of 26-30 minutes, although I wasn’t sure whether even that would be possible. I knew that I had a tough swim coming up later in the day, so I decided that I wouldn’t push too hard and if my breathing became laboured then I would slow down.
The last time that I did Bournemouth parkrun was in October 2013, when I managed 27:31. However, when I started the run, I had no idea of what my previous time was.
How did my run go?
Donna and I both started at the back of the pack, which was probably a mistake. Somewhere in the middle would have been more appropriate. We both set off fairly quickly and I decided to stick with Donna for as long as possible.
The course wasn’t exactly the same as I remembered: it’s a lap of the field and then two laps that go on a short trail section and out along past the athletics track.
I managed to stay with Donna for nearly 2.5km, but it was much warmer than I had expected and my breathing had started to be affected. I kept going and was pleasantly surprised to find that I finished in just over 26 minutes, so a course PB!
Donna also got a new Bournemouth parkrun PB, which is great.
Details of my run
My run splits were not very even:
- 4:54
- 4:56
- 5:26
- 5:09
- 5:26
- 4:42
…but it was nice to find that my legs will still allow me to run faster than 6:30/km! I was also in the top 50% of finishers as 396 runners completed the event.
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Congratulations on the PB! 🙂
Thank you – it’s a bit of a cheat really parkrun describes it as a PB, but it’s really just a course PB – my 5k PB is over a minute faster… but it was still nice to know that my half ironman hadn’t killed my legs!