Tag Archives: Danny Norman
Don’t they all blur into one? My journey to the Cowell Club (part 4)
Previously on “My journey to the Cowell Club” I visited lots and lots and lots of parkruns, met oodles and oodles and oodles of lovely people, came last at Old Deer Park, first (female) at Highbury Fields and somewhere in … Continue reading
Don’t they all blur into one? My journey to the Cowell Club (part 3)
Previously on “My journey to the Cowell Club” I visited lots and lots of parkruns, met oodles and oodles of lovely people, finished last at Old Deer Park and finished first (female) at Highbury Fields. Part 3: Venues 51 to 75 Venue 51 … Continue reading
Down to the wire
When I went to bed last night, the snow was falling and nearby parkruns were dropping like flies. Temple Newsam, Leeds, Roundhay, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Bradford and Barnsley were all cancelled. Harrogate* was hopeful, Pontefract was possible and York was maintaining … Continue reading
Harrow Lodge parkrun
Had I visited this course with fresh legs, on a balmy spring day, my write up may well have gone something like this: Harrow Lodge parkrun, near Hornchurch, has many things to recommend it. The car park is very close … Continue reading
Gladstone parkrun and the end of Juneathon
I rounded off Juneathon with an inaugural parkrun, the “noticeably undulating” Gladstone parkrun in North West London. I’ve come to expect a sea of familiar faces at London inaugurals, in fact, that was what got me hooked on inaugural events in … Continue reading
Beckton parkrun bling
Apparently madness is contagious. I took a tiny leaf out of @n0rm‘s book today and cycled to my parkrun, the inaugural Beckton parkrun in the London Borough of Newham. The parkrun itself brought to mind a number of other runs that … Continue reading
St Albans parkrun
Wow! St Albans parkrun kicked off today, and [pauses to thank and congratulate the volunteer team] it’s a cracker. The course is flat. Not quite as-a-pancake flat, but you’d have to be pretty hill-averse to call it undulating. And for two … Continue reading
Gunnersbury parkrun with @fairweatherrun
Last week marked the start of the 100th parkrun, not in Reykjavik, but in London’s Gunnersbury Park. After all the travelling last weekend, the draw of a local parkrun and the chance of an ‘athoner for company proved irresistible, and … Continue reading