Category Archives: Park Run 5k Race

Now that I have ‘retired’ from my Saturday swimming teaching it means I can run a few more parkruns. With a week to go before the Cateran 55 race I thought it would be interesting to see what sort of … Continue reading →

My plan was for an easy 6 mile run today before tomorrow’s 25 mile around Ben Lomond but I was listening to Marathon Talk podcast as I cycled to work yesterday and they were talking about the value of doing … Continue reading →

Katrina & I fancied doing the parkrun at Pollok on Christmas Day. We met up with Neal & Caroline and Christopher, Susan and their children Evan and Rebecca before the race and we all started together with over 400 runners. … Continue reading →

Thankfully Pollok parkrun was on today. I arrived about 9.10am so had time for a bit of a warm up. Neal arrived just after me but as he wasn’t feeling too well and had planned to take it easy he … Continue reading →

This was my first parkrun since July 2010 when I ran it in 19.40 … just a few weeks after the whw race. I set my sights on sub 20mins which I felt was realistic after building up for the … Continue reading →

With my bags packed I set off to run the parkrun at Pollok Park. I met Marco at 9am and we went for a warm up together. Marco has not done this race before so we went round the loop … Continue reading →

This was my first race for 2010. I’m well into my ultra training and not really doing enough speed work to have high expectations but it’s a fun event and fitted in coming at the end of my easy week. … Continue reading →

Time: 9.30amRoute: Pollok Park Run Race Distance: 5kTime Run: 19mins 39secs (average pace 6.25 per mile, 3.56 per km)Details I only had one and half hours of swimming lessons today and as I wasn’t starting until 11am I was able … Continue reading →

Time: 9.30amRoute: Pollok Park Run Race Distance: 5kTime Run: 19mins 30secs (average pace 6.19 per mile, 3.55 per km)DetailsI restarted my swimming lessons today but fortunately the first few lessons had cancelled so I didn’t start until 11.30am so it … Continue reading →

Time: 9.30amRoute: Pollok Park Run Race Distance: 5kTime Run: 19mins 17secs (average pace 6.20)Total Run Distance: 10.76milesTotal Time Run: 1hr 25mins 25secsDetails of 5k Park RunDetails of Run home Emma decided to stay in bed this morning so it was … Continue reading →