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    Re: Are Park Runs Destructive

    PS - Sale Water Park parkrun and Congleton Parkrun still being discussed too.
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    Re: Are Park Runs Destructive

    Brabyns Park, Marple to start soon
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    Re: Are Park Runs Destructive

    I think these are great. I'm just getting back to fitness and do the Platt Fields one every 2 or 3 weeks to gauge my improvement.

    They're free and early, leaving the rest of the weekend free.

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    Re: Are Park Runs Destructive

    Quote Originally Posted by TheHeathens View Post
    I think these are great. I'm just getting back to fitness and do the Platt Fields one every 2 or 3 weeks to gauge my improvement.

    They're free and early, leaving the rest of the weekend free.
    I'm going to head down to Platt Fields in a couple of weeks is it a fast course?

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    Re: Are Park Runs Destructive

    Quote Originally Posted by Dynamo Dan View Post
    I'm going to head down to Platt Fields in a couple of weeks is it a fast course?
    No, it made me at least 5 minutes slower than I should be running.....in my head at least!

    Yes, it's a fast course - flat as a pancake

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    Re: Are Park Runs Destructive

    Quote Originally Posted by TheHeathens View Post
    No, it made me at least 5 minutes slower than I should be running.....in my head at least!

    Yes, it's a fast course - flat as a pancake
    Cheers I thought it would be flat, I was just worried there might be a few twists, turns and narrow paths once you go round the lake.

    God knows what time I'll do I've never ran a 5k before...

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    Re: Are Park Runs Destructive

    Quote Originally Posted by Dynamo Dan View Post
    Cheers I thought it would be flat, I was just worried there might be a few twists, turns and narrow paths once you go round the lake.
    There are a lot of sharp turns which makes it not that fast.

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    Re: Are Park Runs Destructive

    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    There are a lot of sharp turns which makes it not that fast.
    They're not that bad though Colin. I think it's easily a course you could run a PB on when compared to Heaton Park, for instance.

    The big problem is if it's been raining / is icy. I raced a couple of months ago and it was -2 when the race started having had a weeks worth of rain - it was more like a cross-country course.

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    Re: Are Park Runs Destructive

    Bloody great turn out for Duncan M and his team at the first Worsley Woods parkrun this weekend
    http://www.parkrun.org.uk/worsleywoo.../latestresults
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    Re: Are Park Runs Destructive

    First park run for me at Platt Fields this morning. I must say I enjoyed it! I was a bit slower than I would've liked, hardly surprising condsidering I ran the HPM last weekend and had a two hour run over Kinder on Thursday, but I definitely had a good tempo run.

    It was nice to see people clapping in the slower runners at the end. People moan about the fun running culture in his country, but at a time when most people sit on their arses eating crisps and drinking pop, park runs are a good thing!

    All in all a nice morning - good to see OB1 there too!

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