First park run

I have been running for many years but have never before taken part in Park Run. In case you don’t know what it is, they are run all over the country on Saturday mornings and people run 5k and get official times. I’ve been told in the past how lovely it is as there is a sense of community and camaraderie and it’s an opportunity every week to get quicker.

I have never really been able to go as the kids have always had clubs on Saturday mornings. Today though my daughter’s gymnastics wasn’t on and so I took the opportunity to go with my running buddy Geri. We ran a few miles to warm up, did the 5k in 27 minutes and then rounded it up to 7 miles and it was so much fun. People were dressed up in Christmas outfits, the volunteers were so lovely and encouraging and it was also lovely to run somewhere a little different!

If I can do it again in future I will.

We stopped and had a cuppa after which was nice and the rest of the day I have spent wrapping pressie for Christmas! A lovely Saturday indeed!