Yes, Miggy! In all my 17 years up here in Leeds that's only the 2nd time I've heard it called 'Miggy' Park or woods!Originally Posted by mr brightside
Yes, Miggy! In all my 17 years up here in Leeds that's only the 2nd time I've heard it called 'Miggy' Park or woods!
I've been in Leeds since 1963 and I didn't have the faintest idea what "Miggy" was referring to. I thought it was some reference younger people would understand.Yes, Miggy! In all my 17 years up here in Leeds that's only the 2nd time I've heard it called 'Miggy' Park or woods!
Are park runs destructive? NO.
A few weeks and one house move and this will be my local one...Expect to see a fattie in a calder vest soon:thumbup:
Alex, I suspect 'miggy' and 'mingy' and 'minging' are subtley different (but the youngsters can correct me).
I stopped-off at the A1(M) J60 Sedgefield Parkrun '9am service station' this morning on my way back home (Manchester) from Northumberland, and I can vouch for the fact that it was far-from miggy, mingy, or minging. In fact it was mingtastic. Thanks to the Sedgefield-crew for making me and the rest of the field so welcome. Fab orgaisation and enthusiasm. Loved the course, including the mini-hill (an off-road Woodbank). I must find an excuse to be passing again to bag a course PB! :w00t:.
Last edited by OB1; 11-08-2012 at 10:02 PM. Reason: Bill Gates
A big thanks to the Woodbank crew for the 3rd Anniversary run today - lots of great fancy dress participants and great cake afterwards.
We even managed to slot in nicely between the days rain showers. Those of you out tonight at Mario & Gianni's - buon appetito!
W. 'Sweetness' P.
A lovely sunny run at Woodbank today, even though my fingers nearly dropped off in the chilly morning air on the 45 minute cycle over.
Felt nice and relaxed and warmed up on the run, managing to do my best Woodbank time for over 2 years, and wasn't even flatout.
Maybe I should ditch the car and take the bike more often.
Does anyone else cycle to any parkruns, and if so do you find it's a good warm-up and good for your times? I'd be interested to know.
Seamless, faultless, organisation from the Woodbank crew of volunteers again, and super quick results. Cycled back home and logged on and they are up on the website already, way before noon! Wow. Beat that any morning fell race.:wink:
PS. I was just saying to some clubmates last week - I wonder how long it will be before a fell race trials a token-barcode system in the finish funnel? :closed:
Last edited by OB1; 22-09-2012 at 11:49 AM. Reason: PS.
It's coming OB1. It''s definitely the future.
I finally got round to doing Bramhall parkrun this morning and really enjoyed it. It was a scenic, multi-terrain, undulating course that had some very tight twists and turns.and an incredibly large field. To be honest there were probably too many runners for the size of the park and the paths within it. I've only got Marple left to do and then I''ll have completed all the Greater Manchester parkruns. :thumbup:
Last edited by Danbert Nocurry; 22-09-2012 at 01:01 PM.
Danbert, glad you enjoyed Bramhall yesterday. I've only done it the once, and although I enjoyed it I haven't been back mainly because of the field-size, like you say.
We are now spoilt for choice for Parkruns around Manchester (M60-belt) so it's easy to pick and choose the event that best suits your mood on a given Saturday.
My mood tends to be a smaller field (100-200) closer to home, like Oldham, Woodbank, or Platts. Although I've done Heaton 40 times I haven't yet been this year!
I think you will enjoy Marple when you do it. Abit like Wythenshawe, Marple is more or less flat with a semi-XC feel (a fair amount on grass and dirt tracks as opposed to tarmac paths). In fact like Wythenshawe trail shoes are a good choice over normal trainers. It's not as fast as Platt Fields (mainly tarmac) but reasonably fast for the terrain.
OB1
PS - just got back from 2-hours on Bleaklow with John4of5, was alot slower pace than parkrun! 8 miles in 2 hours, with lots of exploring of groughs, wow-ing at various stone features and pools, and nattering with a few members of Woodhead MR out on a training day. Not sure why their ambulance was parked for several hours blocking the turning circle of a normal car at the top of the Woodhead tunnel parking layby (by the 'no parking' sign as you try and turn back onto the A628 - a tight turn) - seemed a safety hazard to me...
Last edited by OB1; 23-09-2012 at 01:03 PM.
.....6 months on, I ran Dewsbury last Sat...en route from Leeds to Royston Vasey. Very low-key with just 25 runners but still happy with an age group 1st place!
News from Leeds - Temple Newsam parkrun starts 26 Jan.....https://www.facebook.com/templenewsamparkrun?group_id=0
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