Running Roundup # 13 (Unlucky for some)

Saturday saw me at the Riverfront Parkrun as usual to run with the C25K group, who began their penultimate week of the 9 week course. They have run so brilliantly over the last couple of weeks that it was decided to try them running the full Parkrun distance, non stop, and without the usual 5 minute warm up walk.

I hung about towards the rear of the group and Andrew took up the most rearward position. As we were approaching the halfway turn around point, Collette began to pull away, and seeing that everyone else in the group was covered by a volunteer helper, I decided to stick with her.

Collette did brilliantly finishing in 34 minutes and knocking about 4 minutes off her PB, but then I would have expected that as we didn't do the warm up walk section. Many of the others also took time off their PB's too and were just buzzing with excitement at the end of the run.


Tuesday is club night as always and this weeks route was the Frechfa Frolic, a simple out and back course.

I headed off with the 6:45 group and caught up with David Davies for a while until we saw Natalie running towards us, who decided to turn around and join us running in the opposite direction. Our pace picked up a bit and we left David behind. The pace was good but my heart rate was a little higher than I would have liked it to be, but I was feeling comfortable.

On the return leg Natalie peeled off and headed for home so I slowed my pace right down and then was overtaken by Mr Speedy pants, Andrew Wright with about 1.5 miles to go, but I was the first was home from my group.

Being the first Tuesday in the month, we stayed behind in the club house to enjoy a beer and a chat, which was mostly about the forthcoming marathons.



And that is now it for me! The next time I run will be on Sunday in the Manchester marathon. I was going to do a slow 3 miler on Thursday and then run with the C25K group on Saturday morning, but I've been persuaded not to, that I should be resting and saving my energy, so that is what I shall do. I will be baking a cake and taking it along to Parkrun for the group though, and cheering them on as they come through the finish line.

So my next Running Roundup will be my marathon report. Wish me luck eh.