I've never been one for huge lie-ins at the weekend. Not because I don't want to stay in bed for a good few hours longer than during the week, but because I've got a finely tuned body clock that refuses to let me sleep past 7am most of the time.
So naturally, when I needed to be up at about 7.45am yesterday to take part in my first ever Parkrun, I was still sound asleep when my alarm went off. Hearing the rain hammering on the window really wasn't encouraging me to get out of bed, either. But I'd decided beforehand that I was going on this run so I dragged myself out of my pit and got my running gear on.
I'd seen a few things about Parkrun on Facebook and via a massive banner on my running routes so I gave it a Google last week to find out exactly what it is. In short, it's a 5k, timed run and it happens up and down the country at 9am on Saturday.
For the last week or so I've been getting a bit bored of my training routines again so I thought I'd give it a go. I also thought it would be a good idea to have a go at running with a big group to get some experience of it ahead of race day (which is four weeks today...)
I'm not sure why, but I was a bit nervous as I made my way there. I needn't have been though! There were around 80 people at the start line and everyone was lovely and friendly. There was a quick welcome/safety speech and then we were off!
Despite the absolutely shocking British summer weather and the steep hilly bits (which I normally avoid), I really enjoyed myself! It was nice to be running with other people and getting to the end was really satisfying! I was near the bottom of the finisher's table but I'm fairly pleased with my time of 32:47 mins.
I'll definitely be going back next week!! If you want more info on Parkrun, have a look at parkrun.org.uk
As I mentioned earlier, there's now only four weeks until my race!! I'm not even half way to my target sponsorship yet, please give generously! www.justgiving.co.uk/kayk10k
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