Park-run

I did my first (and probably last) ever Parkrun this weekend, mostly to prove that I could stay the course. Being somewhat sceptical as to the latter I started off at an extremely slow jog and managed to get round in 34 minutes without feeling out of breath at all (I sprinted the last twenty feet or so but with hindsight could have started sprinting far earlier than that final corner!)

Apparently this is the average time in my age group for "males that run on average 2 or 3 times each week", which is a pretty decent result for someone who has never run a course at all! (Frankly, how can you possibly be classified as a 'beginner' if you are already running two or three times a week? That sort of commitment is taking it pretty seriously if you ask me...)

I didn't realise you were supposed to 'warm up' but did have to walk a brisk two miles to the park before starting, which probably counts as the same thing :-p

But I'm afraid running as a hobby has about the same appeal to me as cycling considered as a hobby; the purpose of both, so far as I am concerned, is to get you to your destination faster than 'normal' progress on foot, and considering the process as an enjoyable end in itself, to be engaged in while travelling in random circles, doesn't come into the picture...