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Stand and deliver; your medal or your life! Banditry at the Thames Meander Half Marathon
Forgive me, run directors, for I have sinned. Today, I bandit ran the Thames Meander Half Marathon and even stole some bling. It wasn’t meant to be this way. When I left the house this morning, my plan was to … Continue reading
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Tagged hermes running, kingston parkrun, parkrun, running, thames meander half marathon, thames meander marathon
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Chasing buggies
Kingston parkrun is, when dry, a perfectly buggy friendly course. After heavy rain, however, it’s a different story. The first and last sections (which between them make up about half the course) are firm and flat – well maintained towpath … Continue reading
Don’t they all blur into one? My journey to the Cowell Club (part 1)
The two most common questions that I’m asked when people find out that I’m a bit of a parkrun tourist are “Which is your favourite parkrun?” and “Don’t they all blur into one?” I have many favourite parkruns and I … Continue reading
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Tagged Basingstoke parkrun, bedfont lakes parkrun, Black Park parkrun, Bradford parkrun, Braunstone parkrun, brighton and hove parkrun, Brockwell parkrun, cambridge parkrun, Carla Greer, cowell club, Finsbury Park parkrun, Frimley Lodge parkrun, Greenwich parkrun, Hampstead Heath parkrun, Helen Tamblyn, kingston parkrun, Lloyd parkrun, milton keynes parkrun, old deer park parkrun, parkrun, pymmes parkrun, Rachel Bedford, reading parkrun, Richmond Park parkrun, riddlesdown parkrun, Ron Hill, roundshaw downs parkrun, sandhya drew, Sharon Wells, Vicky Noden, wanstead flats parkrun, Whitstable parkrun, wimbledon parkrun, Wormwood Scrubs parkrun
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Adventures in volunteering
Before today, I had only ever volunteered at Wimbledon parkrun, where the volunteer rota is usually filled up about three weeks in advance. As a dyed-in-the-wool tourist with a fondness for inaugural runs, I find myself hesitating to volunteer, as … Continue reading
Kingston parkrun
On Saturday, I woke up determined to repay a little more of my viceathon debt. The plan? Find a local-ish parkrun. Run to it. Run round it. Run home. After a bit of research, I decided that my best bet … Continue reading
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Tagged david ventner, ingrid wagner, kingston parkrun, parkrun, viceathon
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A tale of many parkrunners
I can’t seem to start this blog. It’s happened before, when I have so many things that I want to say, that I can’t actually find the words to say them. If I use my backspace key one more time, … Continue reading
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Tagged aberdeen parkrun, ashton court parkrun, bedford parkrun, bushy parkrun, cambridge parkrun, cannon hill parkrun, cardiff parkrun, Eastleigh parkrun, Elliðaárdalur parkrun, frimley parkrun, glasgow parkrun, Hampstead Heath parkrun, heaton park parkrun, killerton parkrun, kingston parkrun, leamington parkrun, parkrun, richmond parkrun, roundshaw downs parkrun
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Hot, hot, hot!
I had a really nice day today. I drove to Bushy Park for nine o’clock for the start of the longest parkrun. Given that the furthest I’ve run in a day is 10km, and that today was going to be … Continue reading
