Afraid so Linda! They are almost up to date now. My parkruns at Woodbank in May and June have improved my handicap.Originally Posted by Just a Lurker!
Afraid so Linda! They are almost up to date now. My parkruns at Woodbank in May and June have improved my handicap.
Well, I was researching 'holiday' (visitor) Parkruns to do during August, and these were on my research short list.
Aberystwyth - what I don't understand is that 'crazy' course description. It kind of puts me off.
"The course begins with an out-and back on the wide middle path through Plascrug park, followed by 3 anticlockwise laps on the outer paths, then onto the middle path again for the finish." What is that about then? Looks like lots of tooing and froing overa 1km patch that is 3 paths wide?
Someone (LJ?) please explain how this works / is fun?
Delamere - in contrast, this looks a lovely course. Anyone done this?
Congleton (just off the M6) - so handy if needing a diversion from a Sandbach traffic jam.
3 laps round the mere sounds pleasant enough. If I can cope with Oldham I can cope with this.
It looks flat. Would you say it is a PB-friendly course?
Sheringham - looks a lovely parkland course. Any feedback?
Sedgefield (just off the A1) - I have done this one before and long to revisit.
What' your holiday shortlist then?
PS - also on my list are all those northern Manchester parkruns I've not quite got to (Bolton, Worsley, Pennigton, etc).
Watergrove (Littleborough / Tod) looks interesting too.
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I have recently run Fountains Abbey which was beautiful, St Helens which was good and Cheadle Hulme.
Bolton is hilly and hard work, Worsley Woods is interesting and Pennington is quite stony, hard on the feet.
Delamere is very nice but not a pb course whereas Congleton is - 3 flat laps of a lovely lake on a hardcore surface.
Other nice parkruns I have run are Walsall, Arboretum, Huddersfield, Ecos, Preston, Princes, Heaton Park, Bradford and Hanley.
Next on my list is York next week and then two more in Northern Ireland, probably Antrim and Valley.
Will get round to Lyme Park, Ormskirk, Cuerdon Valley and Barnsley at some stage.
Skipton is good Colin and I think much faster now than the previous hilly part XC three lap course. Harrogate could make another decent morning out
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I'm currently recovering from injury but am going to have a slow run around the new (started last week) Oakwell Hall parkrun tomorrow - its almost all trail and fell runner friendly though not as tough as Lyme Park apparently.
Thanks for these snippets Swoop. I must say, you do get around.
York, yes that is on my shortlist too (I forgot that) - I have run the course informally and noted its potential as a fast un.
I like to mix and match, flat and fast ones one month and hilly another. Keep meaning to try Lyme Park sometime but can easily do that from home without needing to be on hols.
Aberystwyth Parkrun #100 today.. doesn't time fly! With a special effort to get everyone possible running, we managed 102 runners. It's a great course for spectators/support, going up & down the avenue so many times & past the finish area 7 times in total!
York is flat and fast but can breezy you should get a pb or close to it,run it many times good parking and friendly.
My opinion parkrun is a great start to the weekend ,free, well run and a 9 o'clock .
You'll never beat fell running though bring on borrowdale
Martin working in Warwick, so just been to visit him and of course he found a parkrun to bag at Leamington. Gravel trails with a good hill and well organised.
I guess I inadvertently answered your question? It's about 600m end to end, and as you suspected, far better described by it's other name, The Avenue, than Plascrug Park; almost dead flat but all the hairpin corners add up to at least 30s.
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