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• Post #3040904

  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.

• Post #3040903

  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! ❤

• Post #3040902

  Do you miss The Boring Conference, where passionate people wittered on in minute detail about things you couldn’t possibly imagine would be interesting? Well here’s a video about bins: https://youtu.be/Nbt_jhIYQVo

• Post #3040900

  My elderly mum is finding it hard to read books now. I suggested audio books. But she can’t learn new things any longer. One of my friends found this dementia player in a charity shop. It just has a flap to lift to start/stop playing, and a big button to skip tracks. Today I downloaded some archive radio programs onto it. I also wrote a script that will add the filename as a computer voice at the beginning of each file so it’s easier to skip to the track you want. Let’s see if she likes it!

• Post #2894758

  Week 8 of #CouchTo5k and my longest run yet: 28 min and 3.18km. Remarkably I mostly enjoyed it, unlike the last 4 which were a horrible slog. Maybe it was the beautiful surroundings rather than laps of my local park? Or maybe it was a little easier because it was on a hard surface rather than grass? Anyway, a welcome break, as I thought all the enjoyable runs were behind me. Pity I won’t be back here until after I’ve finished the course. But week 9 will be done in/around a buttercup field.

• Post #2894757

  Yesterday’s #CouchTo5k run was brought to you via Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Cold weather, and no pretty view, so I knew I just needed to retreat inside my head and get it done. So for the first time I listened to music. I figured Frankie might have the right balance of energy and putting a smile on my face. It worked. I didn’t really feel the pain and mostly enjoyed myself. Slower than on the beautiful estuary path, but decent. What type of things do you listen to when running?

• Post #2894756

  It seems the Bungay Balls Up live webcam is still live after many years! https://tlmb.net/BBU/webcam.html #BBU #bbu2026 #bbufedi

• Post #2894755

  And #CouchTo5k is done 🙂 I’ve only managed just under 3.4km so far, but I can now run for 30 minutes consistently. And the last two runs I completely enjoyed (I dropped my pace a little to make it more sustainable). Now to actually do my first 5km in two days time at a local beach-front parkrun. I’m aiming to be able to complete that in 48-50 minutes.

• Post #997056

  Come and join us at #BungayBallsUp in a beautiful buttercup field. You can #juggle if you want to, but it's not compulsory (or even expected). https://www.bungayballsup.com/ #bbu #bbu2026 Boosts welcome.