Tag: Southampton parkrun

8 October 2018

Two parkruns in a row at Southampton

I’ve been doing a bit of parkrun tourism recently, so it was great to do two parkruns at Southampton. I’m getting ever slower, but it was lovely to be able to catch up with friends. It’s hilarious that it says it was my fastest time this year. It’s my fastest time since the event’s anniversary in summer, but I’ve run...

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24 August 2018

Visiting Lymington Woodside parkrun

I’ve been feeling really down about my fitness levels recently, so I’ve decided to mix things up a bit. Two weeks ago, we decided to run somewhere new and visited Lymington Woodside parkrun. Lymington Woodside parkrun Stuart and I visited Lymington parkrun as it’s one of the events that are fairly close to where we live and we hadn’t tried...

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5 August 2018

Two runs in a row at Southampton parkrun

Yesterday was my first buggy run at Southampton parkrun for a number of weeks. I’ve missed a few because of being in Warwick for the parkrun Ambassadors Conference, then I was in Tenby for the Long Course Weekend. After that, I was at Thunder Run. Last weekend, I had relatives visiting, so M was looked after by my aunt whilst...

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9 June 2018

Climbing a small mountain

I did barely any running in April, so it was nice to see an improvement in May. Let’s hope June is better! After a good run with Rachel yesterday, I had a fairly slow run at Southampton parkrun today: I hope next week’s run is better!

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19 May 2018

Ponies, pushchairs, peaks and parkrun

M has been ill again this week, so I ended up not doing a midweek run. Then my friend Teri invited me to go for a bike ride on Friday morning. I love New Forest cycling, so I was definitely up for it. I had hoped to get myself organised the night before, but M was being tricky, so I...

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11 May 2018

parkrun #250 – done!

As usual, I had a busy weekend, so there wasn’t much time to be able to update my blog, but I did manage to get a couple of runs in. I can also confirm that I completed parkrun #250 🙂 It was really nice to get home and receive the following email. I immediately went to my profile to see whether...

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4 May 2018

My journey to my 250th parkrun

Tomorrow (all being well), I’ll finally run my 250th parkrun. It’s taken me a long time (nearly 8 years) and there has been a lot of change in that time. I’ve run 6 marathons, learnt to swim and completed two Half Ironmans. I’ve also had a baby 🙂 The beginning My first parkrun was at Eastleigh on 07/08/10. I had...

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2 April 2018

Easter exercise and a health check

Happy Easter! It’s been a great Easter weekend for me so far with a health check and some running. Health Check I was scheduled for an over 40 female health check at the gym on Friday morning. I arrived early and was greeted at reception before heading to a private room. First, I had to give my height and weight. I...

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19 February 2018

Getting back on track for Reading Half Marathon and testing GearBunch leggings

It was really nice to be back running at Southampton parkrun. I’m feeling stiff, tired and unfit, so I decided to do my best to enjoy my run. I know my fitness will come back when I get into a more regular programme of exercise. About 500m in, I caught up with my friend Sergio who was running with his...

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11 February 2018

A week where I managed to swim, cycle and run (at last!)

Wow – what a week! Swimming On Monday, I wasn’t feeling motivated to get in the pool. I think M knew that Stu was out with his friends watching the Superbowl on Sunday night, so she decided that she’d also like to be up partying. I got very little sleep and did not feel like going swimming, but I know...

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