#parkrun Number 111 today -- single Nelson. Number 99 at home location (without a flake).

Ran the longer route from the train to get there, then did a warmup, an early-starting parkrun, then a cooldown lap (opposite direction today 😲), café, and jogged back to the train. 12.7km for the day.

Too hot, ran the whole parkrun with a friend, but took it easy. Not the week for anything more.

Saw this one 🐦‍⬛ trying to eat a chip 🍟 in the lake from our lakeside café seats :)

Against my better judgement, I got up early again for my second #parkrun.

Much cooler, and some shade. Busier, with 378 runners (I finished 355).

Official time was 47:14, but my actual 5km time was 46:03.

I shaved 2.5 minutes off last week’s time, but I feel it now! I started off too fast, as it felt easy, but I regretted not forcing myself to a slow pace early on.

Not sure I can cope with only 4.5 hours sleep each Friday night though to make this a regular thing.

I don’t think I posted last week about my first #parkrun which was my first ever 5km run.

(I didn’t manage 5K at the end of my #CouchTo5k journey two days earlier).

Insanely hot, but lovely surroundings at Sizewell Beach, and I was accompanied by three running friends to support me.

I ran the whole way, and kept roughly to my sensible target pace of 9.5 min/km.

I was aiming for 48-50 min and managed 49 min, which was quite an achievement for me in the heat.

Here’s to friends! ❤