Marshals

I ran parkrun today, John and Daniel marshalled, ably pointing us all in the right direction (so did Mrs RT at another part of the course).
I got round in a reasonable 22:59, the same as last week.
My times lately have been quite consistent but I haven't been able to match the 22:35 I did in August. I was wondering why this is - is it my legs? is it my head? - and decided the internal timekeeper has decided anything under 23 minutes is fine (ignoring my requests for 22:30), and the head and the legs conspire to deliver that with the minimum necessary effort.
Think I'll have to start demanding 22:00 and see if I can get a response that way. But probably not till the spring.
I discovered a flaw in the 'blip every run' plan as we're only allowed one blip per day and I did 2 runs. Having marshalled in the morning Mrs RT wanted a run in the afternoon so we went up to Glen Doll and ran in the forest. Somewhere between 5.5 and 6 miles we reckon. Just an easy jog for me after the morning's run.