It was a real last minute decision to attend Daventry parkrun. In fact it wasn’t until 6:30am Saturday morning a decision was made at all. However, it meant that our youngest would finish off his alphabet challenge!
Daventry Country Park, Eastern Way, Daventry, NN11 0QB.
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Facilities at Daventry parkrun
Parking
Okay so we didn’t find the parking easy. It says Lodge Road parking which it turns out IS the leisure centre. These seemed full by 8:30am – but we think we just misunderstood.
Also the Satnav really struggled with finding the Eastern Way car park. We did end up at one you paid for but my husband didn’t think that we were in the right place.
Luckily we did manage to park but I only just caught the tail end of the first timers briefing.
Toilets
One of the reasons that we headed to Daventry parkrun was because there were toilets. These are in the leisure centre and I had to ask the lady on the desk about them. She kindly explained where they were and buzzed me through the gate.
Daventry parkrun Course
Just one full lap. Mostly on tarmac path but this wasn’t for clean trainer running shoes during the winter. This was the old railway line.
Daventry parkrun was a bit of a good introduction for Cross Country. A varied experience with running on path between trees. Followed by a beautiful view of the water as we went by on a path. Ending with a very up and down (slippery due to the rain) grassy area.
My Experience at Daventry parkrun
From the briefing there’s a little walk to the start. It was quite busy and hard to really self-seed properly. We were too far at the back of the walk to get further to the front.
Loved how varied the course was (but not as much as Dudley parkrun). There were some beautiful views. Plus with my cross country race coming up the finish on the field was good preparation! Also it really made me consider taking a towel with me to my race the following day.
People were really friendly and I was encouraged a lot when I walked. This time I walked because I still wasn’t well, as opposed to making the decision to use Jeffing.
Daventry parkrun Event 511 Stats
- 277 participants – 173 males, 97 females and 7 unknown
- Times ranging from 18:04-55:56
- First lady was in 22:34 (SW30-34)
- Neither of the first finishers had the highest age grading!
- With the highest male finishing in 22:04 (VM60-64) with 75.30%
- The highest female in 25:27 (VW55-59) 72/10%
- There were 142 sub 30
- 20 PBs
- 5 first timers
- 35 tourists
Other parkruns nearby we have done:
Leamington parkrun (14.8m) and Banbury parkrun (15.3m)
Visit these other bloggers who cover parkrun: Sarah at Mum of Three World, Jackie at Never Imitate and Chrissy at It’s Me Chrissy J