Newark parkrun

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Simon Gardner

A trip down to my sisters meant another opportunity to run a new parkrun so my running gear and bar code were packed into my bag for the train journey down.

My sister lives in a small town called Southwell which is in between Newark and Nottingham and it has some fantastic pubs so my run preparation started with a pint of scrumpy progressing to a raspberry cider and then onto lager followed by a takeaway so it was no surprise that I woke on parkrun day feeling dreadful. I did consider just having a lie in but the lure of a parkrun is too strong.

The run is held in Devon and Sconce park which just on the outskirts of the centre. I don’t like being centre of attention but when they asked if anyone was from any other parkrun i stuck my hand up and shouted Durham and got a warm round of applause which was nice.

The course starts with a 250 metre undulating straight then you start the first of 3 laps. The lap part of the course has a little bit of everything , barked path, grass , steps maybe not the quickest but a nice course. It was very noticeable when checking the results just how many first timers and people new to parkrun Newark had managed to attract which is fantastic and its no surprise as the volunteer team were very friendly and supportive.

I’d definitely go back but hopefully without the hangover next time.

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