Saturday just gone I decided to venture to Lloyd Park. This is about a 30 min drive from me and I have mentioned in my blog before that I am quite fortunate in that I have over a dozen parkruns within about a 45 min drive from me.
I arrived about 15 mins early with the Sun making a concerted effort to make an appearance and despite no precipitation of any sort during the actual run, that didn't make conditions any more pleasant as a bloody cold wind was blowing.
As the 85 runners present warmed up and waited for the start we were treated to an acapella duet by two Huskies. They were quite good and would give a few of the X-factor contestants a run for their money.
The course was two laps, it was very muddy and it is quite a challenging course with a short sharp hill that has to be tackled twice. Even at the top of the hill there is ankle deep standing water which I think goes to show just how saturated the ground is at the moment.
On the 2nd lap I had to fish out a running shoe which had decided to part way with it's owner. I did have a wry smile as said owner was hopping on one foot, as if it really mattered as all our feet were soaked anyway.
I managed to trundle round in 30:03. This was my 64th parkrun at my 13th venue. So that is another one ticked off.
The following photo (courtesy of Kevin Hann) shows A) what the conditions were like and B) what a fat git I have become (again!). Current weight is 15st 13lb, so only a 1lb lighter (so that is another one ticked off) than a few weeks ago but still 8lb lighter than the beginning of the year.
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| Smuggling a medicine ball under my top. |
TJH
