I love these two parkruns. They’re both local, they’re both friendly, they’re both two laps, and they both feature trees and trails. Wimbledon is flat, Banstead has a hill and a half but as the Banstead hill comes with a long sweeping downhill, it’s still fast and fun to run.
At parkrun o’clock, I was at Wimbledon, but as a volunteer not a runner. Lots of familiar faces, including Bushy regular and parkrun tourist Philip Williamson. Also visiting were Fay and Charles from Heaton Park and a handful of (non-running) policemen from Cheshire who formed an energetic cheering section until their duties took them off elsewhere.
At parkrun o’clock plus 12 hours, I joined Plustenner and Marathon Mercer at Banstead Woods parkrun for a night time jaunt to test out our head torches before Thunder Run. The torches were great and the company was better, which bodes well for next weekend.
Good taste, Louise! Good luck for next weekend.
really enjoyed it too! My driving was a bit erratic, won’t blame Chris if he it thinking of getting the train instead!
Fabulous – It all seems far too real and nuts now!