steevc just finished a 8.8km run, that lasted for 76 minutes.
This run helped steevc burn 602.0 calories.
Description from Strava:
Better late than never some say. I did my first parkrun in Letchworth in February 2018, so I ought to have reached 100 long ago, but I was not running every week for a lot of that time and then a certain pandemic intervened. These days I am running or volunteering most weeks, so I have the second milestone of 25 times volunteering that I reached before my holiday. If I do tail walking I can add to both counts in one event, but it will affect my average time. I do not worry about that number.
These qualify me for some shirts, but I really do not need more running shirts. I may just get one of them as I will get another Standalone 10k shirt next month.
It was pretty warm out there today. They were recommending not to take dogs. I slightly improved on my time from last week, but was happy enough. I walked home as I did not feel the need to run.
There are many reasons to like parkrun. It is free, the community is supportive and it gets more people active. Anyone can take part if they can get around the course and it really does not matter how quickly you do it. Of course some people are always chasing a faster time, but just walking 5km is an achievement for others. I have made lots of friends there and it is nice to have something where everyone is just out to enjoy it with nobody making money. They do have some sponsors that cover the cost of the equipment and infrastructure, but their branding is fairly low profile. Sometimes people do things just because they are good for society.
I love that parkrun provide so many statistics. I can see the full history of my runs. I have done eight different events so far and hope to get to more. parkrun 'tourism' is popular with people trying to clock up lots of locations, but that can mean a lot of travel and early starts. I would like to at least do more of the local runs.
The next runs shirt I could get is for 250, but that will take a few years. I may clock up 50 volunteers before then. I would also like to get to 100 runs at Henlow.
If you want more statistics, some of them silly, then I recommend the Running Challenges browser extension. They have things like spelling your name with events. With so many in the UK there are lots of possibilities.
If you are reading this on Strava you can see the full version on Hive. There is an app that will take my Strava logs to create posts that can earn for me. If you are interested in trying this then let me know and I can create an account for you.
Run free.
If you would like to check out this activity on strava you can see it here:
https://www.strava.com/activities/9812760305
About the Athlete: Older guy trying to keep fit, but still hope to go quicker.
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