Couch to 5k graduation

Saturday was the graduation parkrun for my work couch to 5k group! Their hard work paid off, and all three had smiles on their faces at the end. Having 3 runners with very different paces was a bit of a logistical challenge. In the end the fastest ran with a friend, I ran with the middle runner until near the finish, then darted back to join the third. Honestly one of my proudest ever parkruns. And seeing the amount of effort they put in is making me want to kick myself into gear with training.

Home runs

I really enjoyed having a home parkrun weekend. All 4 of us walked to Longrun Meadow parkrun on Saturday for the graduation run (I ran and the others were cheering spectators). Then on Sunday we drove over for Lani and I to run junior (with the others cheering again). With most of our parkruns being on tour, and Lani preferring Heavitree juniors in winter, it’s been a long time since we had the local familiarity both days.

Your pace or mine?

I went running 5 times last week. Once was with our running club’s Beginners group (also running the half mile there and back), once was with my work group, once was parkrun and once was junior parkun. Other than the mile around club and the dart back at parkrun, my 3.5 mile run when I was off work last Monday was the only time I ran at my own pace. I am really really enjoying helping people discover a love of running, but definitely need to make more of an effort to run for me as well.