Running and Fitness posts
Christmas parkrun what a good idea for the whole family. Well apart from the fact that most of the family did not want to do it and one point blank refused. However, 5 out of 6 of us did go along and see what it was like doing a Christmas day parkrun. We went over … Read more
The Guy Fawkes 5 running race in Tewkesbury was held on Sunday 5th November 2023. Due to flooding a last minute decision was made to change the course to the back-up course but the weather did hold up for the race itself. About Guy Fawkes 5 Guy Fawkes 5 is a 5 mile race organised … Read more
University Parks parkrun in Oxford is such a beautiful flat fast, 2 lap course. My friend and I went along to parkwalk it and here are some lessons I learnt from going along without enough preparation and as a reminder should I return with my family. University Parks, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RF Getting … Read more
Stonehouse parkrun is in Stroud, one of the South-West parkruns. For anyone who has visited the other parkrun in Stroud you will totally appreciate me referring to this one as the “flat” one! Going there meant we ticked off another S towards the snakes challenge. Our reason for going is that it was my NENDY … Read more
Quakers Walk parkrun started up a few weeks ago, making last Saturday’s event number 5. Set in Devizes, Wiltshire it was our nearest parkrun starting with the letter Q. We went along to see what it was like. All set in a beautiful area. Letter Q parkruns It used to be the case that when … Read more
This is my experience of Swim Serpentine 2023 as a slow swimmer. Regular readers will know that the Swim Serpentine was cancelled in 2022 due to the tragic passing of HRH Queen Elizabeth II. Then we had the option to refund or defer in 2023 due to blue algae. This actually made things a bit … Read more
Babbs Mill parkrun event 144, just 4 miles from Birmingham Airport and the NEC
For those who do not know Swim Serpentine is part of the London Classics, along with running the London Marathon (even virtually) and Ride London (100). However, you have to do the 2 mile distance to qualify. One of my friends had looked at previous results and declared that we could do it quicker than … Read more
We headed on over to Ross-on-Wye parkrun for their event 121. Some of you may realise that this was also a square-number event. It was a last minute decision as we were initially going to go further away but decided that it wasn’t a good idea to do so. Ross-on-Wye Parkrun Course Course A is … Read more
As part of our Parkrun Tourism we headed along to Stratford Park parkrun in Stroud. Here are my thoughts and information. About Stratford Park parkrun Stroud Obviously, as the name would suggested this is run around the stunning Stratford Park. If you mention this parkrun to anyone I bet you that what they will mention … Read more