Running and Fitness posts
We headed to Five Arches parkrun Event 111. This is known as a Nelson which is a cricketing term and one of the parkrun challenges. Actually I think it may be one of the removed challenges. Anyway we headed there because our original destination was cancelled. A friend from Boomerang HQ was going to surprise … Read more
For ages I just wanted to get under 30 minutes. Now I am achieving it a lot more. So I thought I would look at which are my sub 30 parkrun venues where I have managed to do it. Sub 27 parkrun Venues Nine different events I have managed to get under 27 minutes. All … Read more
We headed to Newport parkrun for the New Year’s Day event. Just like last year we left the children behind and so it was just myself and my husband. We needed one that wasn’t stupidly far away because I did have work in the afternoon. Also because we ended up until gone 2am watching Stranger … Read more
This is what parkrun 2025 looked like for my family. Including a quick summary of some of our achievements this last year. Joy’s parkrun 2025 Personally for my parkrun 2025 I took 101 seconds off my PB! My age grading went up from 58.41% to 62.23%. These I can thank my third born for helping … Read more
For the last event of the year we headed to Southwick Country parkrun. It was a special one as it marked my 100th location – known as a Cowell. Plus it was my 55th parkrun this year. Giving me a Platinum Obsessive badge! It was also the last S I needed for the Snakes Challenge. See … Read more
We headed to Leamington parkrun for Christmas Day. It was just the four of us and a last minute decision. The first thing I did when waking Christmas morning to was to check the traffic and it was saying that we would need to leave by 6:30 to get to our original destination – that … Read more
Bryn Bach parkrun is the highest one in the UK. It is also a very nice course and somewhere we would definitely return to. We visited on the Saturday before Christmas. Parc Bryn Bach, Merthyr Rd, Tredegar NP22 3AY Facilities at Bryn Bach parkrun Bryn Bach parkrun boasts easy parking, toilets, food, a play area. … Read more
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. What3Words: ///prettiest.counts.lingering Facilities at Daventry parkrun Parking Okay so we … Read more
We headed to Birmingham for a gap in my floating Wilson and one of my NENDYs. Edgbaston Reservoir parkrun is in Ladywood, which is where I used to live when I lost my brother in a road traffic accident. Edgbaston Reservoir, 115 Reservoir Road, Ladywood, Birmingham, B16 9EE. Facilities at Edgbaston Reservoir parkrun Easily to … Read more
We headed to Perry Hall parkrun for my 50th event this year. Having to needing to be back for work I needed to look at my NENDY list. Plus it was also their 11th anniversary we headed there. They were marking this occasion by collecting for the food bank! Perry Hall Park, Perry Avenue, Perry … Read more