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Phew! Hasn’t it been hot? Would it deter me from continuing my parkrun tour? Absolutely not! Today I was on my way to Mole Valley parkrun.
The Mole is a river - it’s name is believed to originate from the Latin word ‘mola’ meaning ‘mill’. It bubb...
My choice of parkrun at this time of year is determined by one factor - the need to stay away from the M25! Britain’s busiest motorway is bad enough at any time of year but when the holiday season starts, particularly the sections around Heathrow and G...
My parkrun travels this week took me to Gadebridge parkrun, in Hemel Hempstead. It was shaping up to be another hot day and, truth be told, I was feeling like having a break this week. But the thing is, while I am fit and able to run, I feel the urge ...
Hooray, I made it to Basildon! I’d guess that a visit to this Essex town wouldn’t be on most people’s bucket list but then I’ve been meaning to get myself to Basildon parkrun for a little while. Today I finally made it.
Basildon is in the southern pa...
I felt like another parkrun in woodland today so I took myself off to Heartwood Forest, which is in the Hertfordshire countryside, adjacent to the village of Sandridge, just north of the city of St Albans.
Sandridge is a small village with a long hist...
There was a belated change to my parkrun destination today.. I had been intending to travel to Basildon but then I learnt belatedly that the A13 was being dug up today causing potential traffic chaos on that side of the Thames Crossing. Instead I chos...
So where did my parkrun trail take me this week? I fancied another trip down to the riverside and so I took myself off to Henley on Thames.
Henley is on the Thames (obviously!) about halfway between Maidenhead and Reading. Whereas Maidenhead and R...
This week parkrun has been celebrating, as we all should, the 70th anniversary of the National Health Service. Many of the events today were putting on their own little celebrations to applaud the role of the NHS in our national life. I certainly have...
Quite a long journey for my parkrun today. I realised long ago that I would never manage to get round to all the parkruns in the country, but there are smaller targets you can aim for such as visiting all the parkruns in London and the southeast. Ban...
Yesterday I was back up in London for one of my favourite days out of the year at the Westminster Mile. This would be my fifth successive visit to this event, it has become a bit of an annual tradition for me. The event has grown greatly in popularit...
Well what a glorious morning that was! The sun shining down on the banks of the Thames! The crowds cheering! An atmosphere of joy and festivity! No, not the Royal Wedding .... my latest parkrun at Hazelwood.
Hazelwood parkrun is in Sunbury on Thame...
Happy May Bank Holiday everybody! Nearly two weeks have passed since the London Marathon and I seem to have recovered pretty well. I have eased back into running and it all seems to be going just fine. I have the slight creakiness and achiness that ...
I had considered thinking up a witty title for this blog such as “The Rime of the Ancient Marathoner” or “Phew, what a scorcher!” but in the end I opted to for the straightforward option. That’s me - simple and obvious!
So how are we this morning? I’...
Well are we all ready to rumble? I guess I am as well prepared as I could be under the circumstances but even when I’ve been younger and fitter than I am now I have approached the London marathon with a certain amount of trepidation. There’s a lot tha...
I wasn’t absolutely sure if I was going to be making it to a parkrun this morning. About a week ago I woke up in the night with severe abdominal cramps and wondering if the Russian secret service had maybe been putting nerve agents on my bedside clock!...
Just three weeks to go until the London Marathon and things are looking a little better. I’ve been plugging away at my training despite some dodgy weather and I am now reasonably optimistic that I will be able to make it round in a time that isn’t to...
I thought it was time I hit the parkrun trail again. One of my aims is to go to places that I have never visited before. I don’t believe I have ever been to Southend and so that is where I was headed this morning.
Southend or Southend on Sea, to giv...
I thought I should get myself back out on the parkrun tourist trail. As previously stated, my aim for the first few months of 2018 is simply to get myself back to a level where I could finish the London Marathon but I thought the occasional parkrun alo...
Well I’m getting there. Slowly but surely. The past couple of months have been an ongoing struggle against the advance of old age and sore joints but I have steadily been building up my speed and mileage. It has been a long struggle out of the Sloug...
Well I thought I had better show my face again. The past few weeks I have been steadily battling against my aching joints, slowly building up my running again and trying to run a bit further and faster. As already stated I have just one goal for the ...
And so another year begins! Another birthday has come and gone (I’m up to sixty-one now) And my Saturday routine remains the same. Actually I probably wouldn’t have started a parkrun today, given my current state of creakiness and low fitness but I ...
Well I thought I’d better show my face again. It’s been a while. Since I came back from Australia, things have been a little stressful. My joints continue to ache. I had to get over a chest infection. The weather has been rather dodgy. Then my...
My final report from Australia involves my first (and hopefully not my last) visit to Sydney. I had been meaning to visit Australia for many years and when I thought about visiting Australia, the first place that came into my mind was Sydney.
Sydney i...
Time for another parkrun report, although this time from the other side of the world. I did not go to Australia just to take part in a parkrun a long, long way away but as I was there, well I couldn’t miss the opportunity.
Melbourne is at the norther...
