Morning Run: parkrun 87 at Southsea
steevc just finished a 8.46km run, that lasted for 91 minutes.
This run helped steevc burn 478.0 calories.
Description from Strava:
We are in Portsmouth for the Easter weekend and had to do the parkrun. I have been here many times, but not on a Saturday morning.
My other half was doing her first ever parkrun and my daughter has run here a few times. We walked up from the hotel and just followed the runners. The start is by the pier and there was a big crowd there with some doing a bootcamp.
They group people by finish time, but it is still crowded as you set off same I could not go at full speed for a while. As well as all the people there are benches and lampposts to dodge.
As we spread out I could speed up a bit. After 10 minutes the leaders were going the other way. I had a few minutes to go before I turned back. When I did it was nice to not have the sun in my eyes. It is a very flat course, so I hoped for a decent time. Coming back was hard work, but I just tried to keep going as I passed some people and others came past me. I did not have much left for a final sprint.
I finished 182nd of 507. That is the biggest parkrun I have done. My girls did well. I was happy it get an age rating of 61%. Not my best time, but I might have been a little quicker with less crowds.
We went for breakfast at a beach café who did a nice veggie meal. We felt we had earned it. The weather was excellent without any wind. Maybe I will do it again some time.
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https://www.strava.com/activities/8852129955
About the Athlete: Older guy trying to keep fit, but still hope to go quicker.
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Lovely day for it. We are up in London for the marathon, our daughter is taking part in it!
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Nice day for it. Hope she enjoys it
She’s trained very well for it and has been wanting to do it for years. It will be an amazing day!
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Keep going, you're smashing your training at the moment and getting stronger every day.
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Its nice to see your completing the such long run.
AH, I was wondering where todays Parkrun would be for you.. lol
I didn't make it this morning..
Have a lovely Easter break!
We're having a good time exploring. There will be a post about that soon. I may not make it to open mic though.
No, I saw the comment in the chat.. Have fun.
Great work Steve, looks like a good turn out too. I do prefer flat courses! lol
Hills can be challenging, but this would be a good one for fast times.
The weather is so beautiful that being in such weather has its own fun. You are doing really good job. Keep it up bro.
All these people are walking/running? or just they are enjoying standing here ?
They were waiting to run.
!LUV checking out new parkruns! What did your other half think of the event?
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She's taking it gently for now, but did better than she expected. She's found it hard, but it's early days. The location helped. Our local muddy one may be less appealing.