Tag Archives: Park Runs

A Marshall but no Badge

Posted on September 12, 2020 by charliecountryboy

Once again it seems I am to stand and encourage sweating, heaving bodies battle their way to ecstasy. Although my lump has now become quite hard I really don’t think it could cope with Sunday’s mass gathering. So I will … Continue reading →

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Band of Brothers (and Sisters)

Posted on December 7, 2019 by charliecountryboy

The sun rises over the plain as the band of volunteers trek resolutely to the gathering place. They have an hour to prepare before the invasion; at which time a horde of combatants will descend upon them, not quite as … Continue reading →

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Parkrun Princess

Posted on August 31, 2019 by charliecountryboy

So last year the Princess having never run in her life decided to start running, but kept it a secret as she worked her way through the Couch to 5k program, she never told a soul. I guess she was … Continue reading →

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Park Run

Posted on March 30, 2019 by charliecountryboy

The sweat is stinging your eyes, your lungs are bursting and your legs feel like one of those Hartley Jellies Mum used to make. After 5k you collapse over the line,  a gasping, sweating, wobbly mass that was previously a … Continue reading →

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Determination (Is that all you need?)

Posted on September 22, 2018 by charliecountryboy

This morning I attended the Peter Pan Parkrun and seem to have a problem getting sub 23 minutes for a 5K, but that’s not a lack of determination or is it? I have felt under attack recently by the sub … Continue reading →

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Live to Run, Run to Live

Posted on July 14, 2018 by charliecountryboy

The story so far; when I was a kid I was pretty damn good at athletics but someone put paid to the enthusiasm, remember Mr Trudd?  he was the teacher who loved to batter the ‘less able.’ By the time I … Continue reading →

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