Parkrun..

rainbow kirby

Hubby's 100th parkrun yesterday at Oldham parkrun - might have been a couple of F-bombs dropped about the hills with the buggy!

corcaigh07

Ended up in Castleblayney on Saturday and glad I did, stunning 2 lap forest route, close to a nice lake as well, very scenic.

Small crowd, I’d urge anyone to try and pay a visit.

Long drag at the start of both laps but not too bad after it.

swingking

Just to give an update…

I ran the Shanhanagh 5k park run last Saturday and it was a fantastic experience. Everyone was so nice!!!

I did the 5k in 32 mins which I'm quite pleased with. I got through the first 3k with ease but then I started to get tired. I slowed my pace down and continued on to the finish.

I can guarantee this won't be my last parkrun

arybvtcw0eolkf

swingking wrote: »

Just to give an update…

I ran the Shanhanagh 5k park run last Saturday and it was a fantastic experience. Everyone was so nice!!!

I did the 5k in 32 mins which I'm quite pleased with. I got through the first 3k with ease but then I started to get tired. I slowed my pace down and continued on to the finish.

I can guarantee this won't be my last parkrun

Well done, next step is boring all your family and friends with tales of parkrun PB's, parkrun tourist locations, about all your new parkrun friends and how life is so much more content since finding parkrun

Then braking through your first 30 minute barrier, I felt like bloody Rocket Man lol and went out to celebrate (seriously).

Oh, there's parkrun tattoo's too

cazzer22

Jamir Warm Hamstring wrote: »

Well done, next step is boring all your family and friends with tales of parkrun PB's, parkrun tourist locations, about all your new parkrun friends and how life is so much more content since finding parkrun

Then braking through your first 30 minute barrier, I felt like bloody Rocket Man lol and went out to celebrate (seriously).

Oh, there's parkrun tattoo's too

Can anyone give advice on breaking 30 mins? I just CAN'T get there. I seem to go backwards and forwards. Have broken it on one or two occasions but cannot seem to consistently stay put.

RayCun

cazzer22 wrote: »

Can anyone give advice on breaking 30 mins? I just CAN'T get there. I seem to go backwards and forwards. Have broken it on one or two occasions but cannot seem to consistently stay put.

What training do you do?

cazzer22

RayCun wrote: »

What training do you do?

I do parkruns weekly (near enough my 100th) and I do at least two other runs in the week (40 min hilly and a long run on a Sunday or an add on to parkrun)
Training for a half marathon at the moment so following a training plan for that. Is there anything in particular that worked for you?

eimaj18

Jamir Warm Hamstring wrote: »

Oh, there's parkrun tattoo's too

Do you have one!?

vargoo

cazzer22 wrote: »

I do parkruns weekly (near enough my 100th) and I do at least two other runs in the week (40 min hilly and a long run on a Sunday or an add on to parkrun)
Training for a half marathon at the moment so following a training plan for that. Is there anything in particular that worked for you?

Mileage a week? Do more.
What weight are ya/height? Lose it
Age?
Sleep right/Eat right? Sleep better/eat better
Don't wear much clothes. You'll warm up in a bit you pussy.
Push yourself/Do sprints, you should be dying every now and then. You'll forget the pain.
Catch the fecker in front of ya and then the fecker in front of him. When you know them, laugh out loud
No prisoners! (Unless it's windy, wind is a bitch)

arybvtcw0eolkf

eimaj18 wrote: »

Do you have one!?

I've been toying around with the idea, just deciding on a location on my leg because I've tattoo's on both already.

Bravestaar

cazzer22 wrote: »

Can anyone give advice on breaking 30 mins? I just CAN'T get there. I seem to go backwards and forwards. Have broken it on one or two occasions but cannot seem to consistently stay put.

Do an interval training session once a week. I find that best for knocking a bit of time off the shorter runs

Jfrost

cazzer22 wrote: »

Can anyone give advice on breaking 30 mins? I just CAN'T get there. I seem to go backwards and forwards. Have broken it on one or two occasions but cannot seem to consistently stay put.

Slightly different but similar..... Was getting 26 minutes runs, week after week after week, than one week,, a woman who always bet me cones up to me after a run and says that she loved running behind me..... I thought I was being hit on,, I wasn't.... She proceeded to tell me that I kept a good even pace but died the last kilometre,, where she'd go by me..

Following week, did my usual but as I entered that last km,, I felt I was dying..... But the words echoed in my head, I bit my lip and pushed on, bet her and actually not only moved into the 25 but had a sub 25......si the thing is you are better then your head..... Push it a little, enter that which feels a little pain and push through it....

I eventually got to a 20.30 5km,,had a work injury and am now in the process of coming back.... Started up again about 3 months ago with a 33+ 5km.....slowly taking time off and am now (since last weekend) into my beloved 26 again..... I've about 3 stone to lose, and have lost 0.5 up till now, but am very happy with my progress...... So to repeat..... You are better then you think... Just pud h it a little,, you've lots of time to recover, but that will only take a couple of minutes.
And Enjoy it, the craic,, the endorphins firing, and the sense of achievement

iluvfatfrogs

cazzer22 wrote: »

I do parkruns weekly (near enough my 100th) and I do at least two other runs in the week (40 min hilly and a long run on a Sunday or an add on to parkrun)
Training for a half marathon at the moment so following a training plan for that. Is there anything in particular that worked for you?

It’s very difficulty to train for a half marathon and run a pb 5km at the same time. You’re getting used to running long slow runs.
I’d be pencilling in a right go at the 5km on a week or two after the half marathon when you should be flying fit

Pawwed Rig

30 minutes may be a perfectly reasonable or even a fast time depending on the individual circumstances. For example a 60 year old woman doing 30 minutes for 5k is a fast run. I would be interested to know the age grade %age.

rainbow kirby

50% age graded for me is just under 30 minutes, so if I can run that pushing one or more children in the buggy I'm quite happy!

Wottle

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

30 minutes may be a perfectly reasonable or even a fast time depending on the individual circumstances. For example a 60 year old woman doing 30 minutes for 5k is a fast run. I would be interested to know the age grade %age.

Woman I know in that age bracket is 66% but for 28:45.

robinph

rainbow kirby wrote: »

50% age graded for me is just under 30 minutes, so if I can run that pushing one or more children in the buggy I'm quite happy!

I think I need to modify my buggy course PB's spreadsheet to compare buggy and non-buggy age grade percentages. Currently just done by time, but that doesn't allow for getting older since pushing the buggy...

Pawwed Rig

I am waiting for my next birthday to finally break the 60% mark.

DeepBlue

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

I am waiting for my next birthday to finally break the 60% mark.

Why wait? Just find a course that's a tad shorter than the 5K. Works for me. :pac:

MonkstownHoop

iluvfatfrogs wrote: »

It’s very difficulty to train for a half marathon and run a pb 5km at the same time. You’re getting used to running long slow runs.
I’d be pencilling in a right go at the 5km on a week or two after the half marathon when you should be flying fit

Should aim to pb 5k after the half

TaurenDruid

robinph wrote: »

I think I need to modify my buggy course PB's spreadsheet to compare buggy and non-buggy age grade percentages. Currently just done by time, but that doesn't allow for getting older since pushing the buggy...

Or the buggy occupant getting bigger/heavier!

Cyrus

i have done 4 so far, hoping to get back to it, am running still but sat mornings arent a runner just right now with a baby, was never much of a runner but have been getting into it more, set myself the goal of doing a 10k before my second daughter was born and just about achieved it!

all my runs have been at cabinteely.

#1 27.45 48.47%
#2 26.03 51.63%
#3 24.01 56%
#4 23.21 57.6%

these were were all over the space of 7 weeks at the end of last year.

im 38 yo male was happy enough given my inexperience, id love to crack 22 min

Pawwed Rig

Baby is no excuse. I pushed my little fella around a parkrun many times. The double buggy was a bit harder but still achievable.

aquinn

Cyrus wrote: »

i have done 4 so far, hoping to get back to it, am running still but sat mornings arent a runner just right now with a baby, was never much of a runner but have been getting into it more, set myself the goal of doing a 10k before my second daughter was born and just about achieved it!

all my runs have been at cabinteely.

#1 27.45 48.47%
#2 26.03 51.63%
#3 24.01 56%
#4 23.21 57.6%

these were were all over the space of 7 weeks at the end of last year.

im 38 yo male was happy enough given my inexperience, id love to crack 22 min

That's a great improvement on what is a notoriously hilly course. Good for you.

Try a local and flatter route like Shanganagh for a crack at sub 21.

I tried recently at St Anne's and failed but will try again. They have pacers the last Saturday of the month to help us all along.

Cyrus

aquinn wrote: »

That's a great improvement on what is a notoriously hilly course. Good for you.

Try a local and flatter route like Shanganagh for a crack at sub 21.

I tried recently at St Anne's and failed but will try again. They have pacers the last Saturday of the month to help us all along.

the fact i live around dalkey / killiney and thats where i normally run has conditioned me for the hills :pac:

im not sure i have that much outright pace but was passing folks on the hills

cazzer22

Jfrost wrote: »

Slightly different but similar..... Was getting 26 minutes runs, week after week after week, than one week,, a woman who always bet me cones up to me after a run and says that she loved running behind me..... I thought I was being hit on,, I wasn't.... She proceeded to tell me that I kept a good even pace but died the last kilometre,, where she'd go by me..

Following week, did my usual but as I entered that last km,, I felt I was dying..... But the words echoed in my head, I bit my lip and pushed on, bet her and actually not only moved into the 25 but had a sub 25......si the thing is you are better then your head..... Push it a little, enter that which feels a little pain and push through it....

I eventually got to a 20.30 5km,,had a work injury and am now in the process of coming back.... Started up again about 3 months ago with a 33+ 5km.....slowly taking time off and am now (since last weekend) into my beloved 26 again..... I've about 3 stone to lose, and have lost 0.5 up till now, but am very happy with my progress...... So to repeat..... You are better then you think... Just pud h it a little,, you've lots of time to recover, but that will only take a couple of minutes.
And Enjoy it, the craic,, the endorphins firing, and the sense of achievement

Thanks so much for the advice. I'll give this a go and let you know how I get on. I'm doing Terenure 5 Mile on Sunday and hoping for low 49s.

cazzer22

vargoo wrote: »

Mileage a week? Do more.
What weight are ya/height? Lose it
Age?
Sleep right/Eat right? Sleep better/eat better
Don't wear much clothes. You'll warm up in a bit you pussy.
Push yourself/Do sprints, you should be dying every now and then. You'll forget the pain.
Catch the fecker in front of ya and then the fecker in front of him. When you know them, laugh out loud
No prisoners! (Unless it's windy, wind is a bitch)

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Tough, but I need to hear it. Basically, I need to man up :cool:

vargoo

cazzer22 wrote: »

https://b-static.net/vbulletin/images/smilies/cool.png

Tough, but I need to hear it. Basically, I need to man up :cool:

You didn't answer the questions but if you're overweight hit that hard and fast, skip breakfast, stop eating at 6pm, so from midday (ISH) until 6pm, that's your eating window.

Veggies!

Just pick a type or colour each day and gobble that stuff up.

A few weeks of this and you'll be done, don't spread this out over the whole summer, just fecking doing it.

Willpowa needed for first 3/4 days and you're good to go.

https://www.drweil.com/diet-nutrition/anti-inflammatory-diet-pyramid/dr-weils-anti-inflammatory-food-pyramid/

That's a good pyramid^^.

You lose a stone/6kg, you're gonna know you lost it, lose 2 and the minutes will fall off themselves.

Shedite27

vargoo wrote: »

You lose a stone/6kg, you're gonna know you lost it, lose 2 and the minutes will fall off themselves.

I have a running backpack for he commute to work. Weighs about 6kg with the essentials. Knowing the extra effort it takes with that much extra on, I'd love to see what it was like with that much extra off.

cazzer22

vargoo wrote: »

You didn't answer the questions but if you're overweight hit that hard and fast, skip breakfast, stop eating at 6pm, so from midday (ISH) until 6pm, that's your eating window.

Veggies!

Just pick a type or colour each day and gobble that stuff up.

A few weeks of this and you'll be done, don't spread this out over the whole summer, just fecking doing it.

Willpowa needed for first 3/4 days and you're good to go.

https://www.drweil.com/diet-nutrition/anti-inflammatory-diet-pyramid/dr-weils-anti-inflammatory-food-pyramid/

That's a good pyramid^^.

You lose a stone/6kg, you're gonna know you lost it, lose 2 and the minutes will fall off themselves.

I could definitely lose a half stone but i'm pretty much at a healthy weight for my height (basing it off BMI)
Skipping breakfast is a mad suggestion, that just asks for sweet cravings round 10am. Definitely going to aim to cut out food after 6/7pm though.

vargoo

cazzer22 wrote: »

Skipping breakfast is a mad suggestion, that just asks for sweet cravings round 10am.

Kellogg's marketing execs are smiling somewhere.

cazzer22

vargoo wrote: »

Kellogg's marketing execs are smiling somewhere.

If I ate Kellogg's cereals, i'd probably agree with you. It's usually scrambled egg:)

Pherekydes

Did Castletown this morning. Very good morning for it. Two things, 13th parkrun this year, which beats last year's total, and a Castletown PB by 2:03. I tried to beat my 2 year PB there 3 weeks ago on my birthday, but I tweaked my hamstring and had to walk the last 800m. Revenge!

Next milestone is 20 for this year, which would beat my previous lifetime total at the end of last year.

The wife missed her first one since she started last October, due to work.

An tAlbanach

What a morning. Laid off any running for the past week to help deal with shin splints. Took podiatrist advice to reduce stride length. As less people were around today due to Darkness into light and the wind was less in Tramore, I followed the mood of the run and took it easy.

WOW! Without trying I easily got my 1st sub-25 minutes (out of breath, nearly sick after last time I even got close).
It is amazing what can happen with a small change in environment, technique, and rest.

Ted_YNWA

An tAlbanach wrote:

WOW! Without trying I easily got my 1st sub-25 minutes (out of breath, nearly sick after last time I even got close). It is amazing what can happen with a small change in environment, technique, and rest.

Well done! Sometimes when you go out with no pressure, you end up with better times.

I had planned to do a slow jog around Darkness into Light this morning, until I saw a parkrun rival ahead of me. Plan went out the window. Half-hearted attempt to catch him.

Parkrun today was surprisingly ok. Thought legs would be more tired.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Well done! Sometimes when you go out with no pressure, you end up with better times.

I had planned to do a slow jog around Darkness into Light this morning, until I saw a parkrun rival ahead of me. Plan went out the window. Half-hearted attempt to catch him.

Parkrun today was surprisingly ok. Thought legs would be more tired.

Well done [again] on Darkness into Light.

Ran St.Anne's today and raging I didn't push on up the front because I got caught up in the congestion and didn't get going for a bit, but still managed to get a course PB for me

St.Anne's was beautiful this morning. I'm lucky that I'm sandwiched between Malahide Castle parkrun and St.Anne's Park parkrun.

Oh, met a boardsie too!.

muddypaws

We did DiL in Dromore West, Sligo, then drove to Belmullet to do Erris parkrun. Stunning morning which made Cross Lake even more amazing than usual. If anyone is looking to do any tourism, head West, it must be one of, if not the most scenic parkrun in the country - or world? The drive in adds to it, the community there are fantastic, so welcoming and the hardware that is now in place really shows how invested the local community are. The portaloo that is now on the lakeshore was clean and useable, a huge bonus after the copious amounts of coffee we had to keep us awake. There's a great local hotel, that gave all participants free breakfast a couple of years ago for the first anniversary, so we always stop there for food afterwards, and would be a good place to stay for tourists living further away than we do, The Broadhaven Bay.
I won't say much about my actual run, exhaustion, a sore Achilles tendon and a young dog who was far too interested in the cows to concentrate on running lead to a slow time. But on a morning like this morning, that wasn't important.

Hesh's Umpire

PB of 30.02 this morning.
I now know it's possible to be happy and disappointed all at once!��

RentDayBlues

Hesh's Umpire wrote: »

PB of 30.02 this morning.
I now know it's possible to be happy and disappointed all at once!��

I think these pb’s just on the cusp on the minute are the hardest! But imagine, 3 secs more and you’ll be sub 30!

arybvtcw0eolkf

Hesh's Umpire wrote: »

PB of 30.02 this morning.
I now know it's possible to be happy and disappointed all at once!��

Oh hard luck, they're the worst.

If you're getting close to your goal like that, in the same parkrun look at where you position yourself at the start (esp if its big numbers, it was a few hundred meters before I got going in St.Annes yesterday because I was right in the congestion).

And if you're using a GPS watch have a look at the data and see where you're losing those few seconds.

You may even find you're just losing concentration somewhere along the course, all it takes is something to distract your thoughts and you'd be surprised how much speed you can lose.

I also run best if I can resist the urge to look at my watch to check my speed, esp over a five K just run at your best is sometimes good advice.

Best of luck breaking 30 minutes, fingers crossed for you

Hesh's Umpire

Jamir Warm Hamstring wrote: »

Oh hard luck, they're the worst.

If you're getting close to your goal like that, in the same parkrun look at where you position yourself at the start (esp if its big numbers, it was a few hundred meters before I got going in St.Annes yesterday because I was right in the congestion).

And if you're using a GPS watch have a look at the data and see where you're losing those few seconds.

You may even find you're just losing concentration somewhere along the course, all it takes is something to distract your thoughts and you'd be surprised how much speed you can lose.

I also run best if I can resist the urge to look at my watch to check my speed, esp over a five K just run at your best is sometimes good advice.

Best of luck breaking 30 minutes, fingers crossed for you

Ahh, thanks. To make it worse, I've been told the course was anything between 30 and 70 metres too long! Afraid I don't have a fancy watch, just a simple one I look at after each km.
I don't lose much time at the start. My local parkrun usually has from 50 to 90 entries weekly.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Hesh's Umpire wrote: »

Ahh, thanks. To make it worse, I've been told the course was anything between 30 and 70 metres too long! Afraid I don't have a fancy watch, just a simple one I look at after each km.
I don't lose much time at the start. My local parkrun usually has from 50 to 90 entries weekly.

You don't need fancy GPS watches anyway, most of us are probably guilty of making ourselves slaves to all this techno stuff.

You could get involved in a group or club, its not for everyone [not for me anymore] but your time and distance will certainly improve.

Or just go out and enjoy your parkrun's, its not finish times which matter but finish lines

There are lots of threads with great advice here on boards and youtube. On youtube I love 'The Running Channel', or there's myweeklytimed.com Podcast. Its a dedicated parkrun podcast, its brilliant and full of chat & advice for people just like you and me (people who just love parkrun).

Stick at it and you will improve.. And no messing, when I broke my 30 minute barrier I felt like Rockman and couldn't stop telling everyone in the pub that night lol [real story]

Dudda

A new Parkrun starts in Clonbur Woods in Galway next weekend. It's about 40 minutes drive from me so going to have a look. I was in the forest before and it's really nice. Only have ever ran two established Parkruns so will be interesting for me to run a new one.
https://www.parkrun.ie/clonburwoods/

It's close to Ashford Castle if anyone is looking for nearby accommodation. You'll probably need to contact the bank tomorrow though for a loan to pay for the night.

racersedge

After many years of threatening to get to do Parkruns, I'm finally getting a bit of rythym to it in recent weeks. Got two within close proximity - Vicarstown and Mount Lucas. Last few weeks I've headed out the windfarm in Mount Lucas with wife and child in tow. For my wife, the Parkrun has been her first foray back into running after the birth of our little girl.
This week, I took the buggy around. I tell you what - pushing a buggy around isn't easy while running. At least Mount Lucas lends itself to do that (would be a lot harder on the canal path that is Vicarstown). Surface is like a gravelly trail path so maybe a proper running buggy as opposed to a bog standard pram style buggy would have made it easier. Maybe. Quite the work-out! Baby stayed awake for the entire time, but at least she was content!

Pawwed Rig

Be careful with the standard buggy. Saw a guy face plant his child one morning at parkrun when the buggy flipped. Luckily it was on grass and the child was OK.

crisco10

Bit of Parkrun tourism on my way to Newcastle on Saturday morning, did Harrogate parkrun in North Yorkshire.

Would recommend, a lovely run in the middle of reasonably sized, well healed English town. Everybody was crazy welcoming and enjoyed my making it an "international" parkrun!

The Black Oil

One of the RDs in Malahide doing is his 250th tomorrrow.

Pawwed Rig

Wind and rain forecast yet the sun is beating in my window
Revisiting Darndale this morning to see if I can get a fast time there. Should beat my Darndale pb anyway.
If anyone is there say hello. I will be sporting my 100 parkrun t-shirt.

TaurenDruid

I did St Anne's this morning - well over 500 there, I'd say, including a contingent of visually impaired runners and people doing a memorial run for a deceased colleague. Lovely atmosphere and really welcoming.

But jaysus, that 800m straight! It never ends!

aquinn

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Wind and rain forecast yet the sun is beating in my window
Revisiting Darndale this morning to see if I can get a fast time there. Should beat my Darndale pb anyway.
If anyone is there say hello. I will be sporting my 100 parkrun t-shirt.

Not only a Darndale PB but a PB too. Well done.

We thought we would go there this morning but went on a Southside adventure instead and went to Marlay. Really enjoyable. Love running through the trees. Brilliant team with their group warm-up and funnel management.