parkrun 154: Have a Grinchy Christmas

🏃		335.0 kcal

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@steevc just finished a 4.99km run, that lasted for 27 minutes.
This run helped steevc burn 335.0 calories.

Description from Strava:
It was a little frosty out there this morning as I saw people scraping their windscreens as I jogged to Henlow Bridge Lakes. This is likely to be my last parkrun of the year. I was going to volunteer, but they had enough people anyway.

With the lakes and river by the course it was quite misty, but I was expecting the sun to burn that off. There were a few people dressed up for Christmas including my friend who came as the Grinch. I knew she was going to get warm with all that. I was in regular running gear.

The course was still soft with a couple of mud patches. With that and my ongoing cold I was not going to break any records, but I gave it what I could. I settled into my pace and ran much of it on my own. I had to pass the finish a couple of times and they were playing Christmas music on the speaker there.

On the last lap I heard someone coming up and we ran together for a while before he went off and I could not keep up. I finished 25th of 113 and was a little quicker than last week.

As usual I went for a coffee with the regulars. One of the ladies who I did not know so well was telling us that she was an elite runner years ago and she can still do some great times in her 60s. We have a fair few runners who are of that age or older. They inspire me to keep going.

I walked back with the Grinch who was getting a few odd looks. She was off to see her relations and scare the kids.

I have had a fairly good year of parkrun. I have had some runs that were quicker than any I did last year so I hope to improve in 2026. I just have to keep up the training and avoid injury. I will be volunteering some more too.

I wish all the runners a wonderful Christmas.

Jingle all the way!

Misty