Bromley parkrun

More snow fell on Friday and into early hours of Saturday but hey we are tough! It was my friend Linda's first one and we were not to be deterred. She had psyched herself up for it and so we met in good time and in some of the worst conditions I have seen at parkrun.

Spring In Bromley!??

It was very very cold, slight biting wind and wet, snowy, mushy, cold under foot. My feet were soaked through after about 2 minutes. I ran round with Linda, encouraging her, talking to her, taking her mind of the fact she had a stitch and wanted to stop. Then I just talked drivel as we approached the last lap and it was getting tough. I could tell that any distraction was good. Then we were near the final 100 yards or so, I said go for a final sprint, she did, and we made it over the finish line in a vey respectable 35 minutes. Where she promptly burst into tears and threw her arms around me!! I was so chuffed to have been part of her important first long run, she did brilliantly and it can only get easier for her.

I love parkrun! I have done 42 now and it has played an important part in my running journey. Made new friends, made me get up on a Saturday morning, made me go faster!!