We headed to Jubilee Bedford parkrun for my husband’s 100th different event. His Cowell. It ticked off so many parkrun challenges including the last letter I needed for the namely challenge. Plus with one alphabet complete it seems sensible to start a second, right? it did cover a lowish number I need towards my Wilson … Read more
We opted for Kilkenny Lane Country parkrun, the one in Oxford not Kilkenny parkrun in Ireland! Not only was this our NENDY (Next Event Not Done Yet) but it was also the next event number I needed for my Wilson Event (11). Kilkenny Lane Country Park, Elmhurst Way, Carterton, OX18 1EY Kilkenny Lane Country parkrun … Read more
The parkrun Alphabet is probably the most known and common of the unofficial parkrun challenges. Here is some further information that you may not already know! About the parkrun Alphabet To achieve a parkrun Alphabet you just attend an event with the starting letter for each letter of the alphabet. That means if the event … Read more
We decided to attend Llanfoist Crossing parkrun as there was a Facebook post asking if we were parkrun Faithfuls?! Plus it was event 10 which I also wanted to up my Wilson Index. Also they were asking for a Run Reporter and that took my volunteer credits up to 46. Llanfoist Crossing, Merthyr Road, Llanfoist, … Read more
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