Yeovil Montacute Parkrun … Unfortunately and Fortunately ...
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| Walking to the start ... |
Unfortunately
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I’d
had to forgo my lie-in to come to parkrun.
Fortunately
...
It
was a beautiful, cool, clear morning just perfect for running. It was
worth getting out of bed for.
Unfortunately
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It
was not a PB course.
Fortunately
..
It
was an amazingly beautiful cross country route. The fields shone with
dew and the yellow sandstone of Montacute House gleamed golden in the
sunshine.
Unfortunately
...
There
were ditches to jump as part of the parkrun so this would slow my
time down.
Fortunately
..
There
were DITCHES TO JUMP! How freaking awesome is that?? It puts all this
road running to shame!!
Unfortunately
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When
I looked at my Garmin, I realised that I was running far too fast for
the terrain. I slowed down a bit and was promptly overtaken by
another lady.
Fortunately
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She
wasn’t too far in front of me … and I now had a target.
(Competitive? Moi?)
Unfortunately
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The
hills and rough ground made it hard going.
Fortunately
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The
hills and rough ground made it hard going for EVERYONE. And I like
hills. And ditch jumps.
Unfortunately
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The
lady in front was cutting the corners.
Fortunately
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I
wasn’t ... and the ground was smoother on the grassy paths than the
long grass so I wasn't losing any time.
Unfortunately
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There
was yet ANOTHER ditch jump!
Fortunately
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Every
time we had a ditch jump I gained a bit of ground on the lady in
front of me. P.s. Did I mention ditch jumps are awesome?
Unfortunately
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She
was speeding up.
Fortunately
...
So
was I.
Unfortunately
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I
could see a massive hill in the last kilometre.
Fortunately
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I
enjoy running up hills! I ran up the hill and overtook the 1st
lady!
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| I run best when asleep. (Photo credit ma77ywarr) |
Unfortunately
...
I
still had to sprint to the finish line
Fortunately
...
I
could see the finish line!
Unfortunately
...
This
meant that this amazing parkrun was finished
Fortunately
...
I'd
had a brilliant morning running Yeovil Montacute parkrun, was 1st
lady and had discovered an AWESOME parkrun!! And did I mention the
ditch jumps??
If
you like gorgeous views, stately homes, ditch jumps, sheep in the
grounds and some AWESOME cross country running come and visit YeovilMontacute Parkrun. It’s not a PB course ... it’s far more fun than that!
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| The parkrun cafe ... |
Great post! I've done this Parkrun twice so far.... it's not on my training schedule too much as I'm a track runner by trade (fair weather runner). 1st Lady home though... Great Stuff, well done. Definitely not a PB course, but if you want a good hard slog, this one is it. My aim is to get sub 18:30 for starters on this course, but for me 5k is much longer than 800m ;)
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Ouch! 800m sounds hard … speed sessions just hurt so much more! Even 5k is a bit too short for me!! :) 18:30 sounds a brilliant time - especially on a course that includes a fair amount of mud and jumping! Good luck!!
DeleteYou're getting quite good at this first lady lark aren't you?! Sounds like a brilliant course, well done on a good run. Wish there were ditches at my local parkrun!
ReplyDeleteIt's only down to my ploy of locking the fast-looking ladies in the loo at 5 to 9 before parkrun starts …! :) It was a brill course!! Definitely one I'll be doing again!!
DeleteFortunately I love your blog ;)
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I just write so darn slowly you have to wait for ages until the next post …! ;)
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