Tube Challenge parkrun league...

[tractakid]

It's all on grass, right?

[palkanetoijala31]

It's all on grass, right?

yes

[palkanetoijala31]

Will be trying out the blandford course next week then my first annugral moors valley well it should have been Chichester but got dates wrong

[The Raven]

Will be trying out the blandford course next week then my first annugral moors valley well it should have been Chichester but got dates wrong

[palkanetoijala31]

I was slightly frustrated as couldn't quite get a pb but nice time of 20m 53s at blandford quite a pretty course very picturesque.

[palkanetoijala31]

Gunnersbury celebrated its 4th anniversary this morning. I am happy to report that i can run faster now than what i could back then.

Funnily enough we even had a runner from gunnersbury miles from home

[tractakid]

Tough course at Gadebridge.

[Going Underground]

Tough course at Gadebridge.

It's a bugger isn't it I had to walk part of the hill second time around

[tubeguru]

OK, sheet updated, and here it is: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

Dudey gets a one-second course best for Whitstable, and that's it for best times. Gadebridge appears to be something of killer, if the moaning is anything to go by.

I didn't run this week as I was recovering from a bad cold, and I didn't want to make it worse. Not much to report apart from that. Oh, I deleted the "volunteering" sheet, as it was proving a nightmare to update and check, given the information that is made available publicly. It wasn't all that important anyway, I don't think.

[nozzacook]

No PB for me today as I was running with one of the juniors but Matt Cook has absolutely smashed his PB taking it down to 26.24

[tractakid]

Mud

[Going Underground]

Mud

lots of

[tubeguru]

Yes, today was the wettest I've ever seen Plymvalley. The meadow was waterlogged everywhere, with huge puddles and lakes everywhere along the route. The canal was overflowing, creating several fast-flowing rivers across the path we run along. I took a walk to the start area, walked about ten feet and went straight back to the car for my trail shoes! At the finish my feet were soaked, and I was covered in mud. I still did the run in my vest, as it wasn't really cold.

Despite all that I managed 24:59, which is the fastest of the day from the forum members.

Two PBs today, from Matthew Cook and jamesthegill, who pushes Sam down into last-but-one place. GU gets a PB of a different sort - his slowest ever time, but I'm sure he didn't want to show tractakid up. Am I to take it that Rushmere is a bit hilly, given your respective times?

Anyway, here it is: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

[Going Underground]

GU gets a PB of a different sort - his slowest ever time, but I'm sure he didn't want to show tractakid up. Am I to take it that Rushmere is a bit hilly, given your respective times?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

This is where these PB's and stat pages can be misleading, it's the slowest time I have on all of the 48 courses I have visited but if you look further I did 37:08 at Lanhydrock the first time I ran there but only my best time shows on my main home page (34:50). I am not including my 38:08 at Bedfont Lakes (parkrun number 1 !!) as I missed the start
So looks like my 2nd slowest time ever then

It was Hilly but not as tough as Tring, Lanhydrock, Penrose. I would say equal to Alice Holt just a heck of a lot slower because of the mud, I could hardly pick me feet up on lap 2 and tripped and stumble twice on tree routes....

Oh BTW Crunchy Saviour was marshalling at Rushmere, we had a couple of brief "hello's"

[nozzacook]

Mud is starting to be a problem at Penrose last Km is very slippery I doubt I'll PB the course now until next year when the ground firms again.

Roll on next week and the mud of plym valley.