Southampton parkrun

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Kirsty Anderson

Jon and I were down on the South Coast visiting my family for Christmas and couldn’t resist squeezing in a parkrun while we were there. Due to a late arrival on Christmas Eve and general knackeredness we accidentally slept in on Christmas Day and therefore had to rush the present opening a bit to get out of the house on time (much to my sibling’s annoyance!), but fortunately my folks are only 5 mins drive from the Common so we made it in good time and joined an impressive 267 hardy souls, a large number of whom in fancy dress, who had braved the weather and sibling wrath to turn out.

I’ve done this parkrun before but the course had changed since the last time to avoid having to go over the muddy grass so it was a simple two loop run up towards the back of the common and then back down. “Up” being the key word here, its not steep but it is a bit of an energy sapping drag, especially when you know you have to do it again, all the while dodging fallen trees, but it was pleasant enough and I wasn’t after a PB anyway (or so I keep telling myself). Jon had a good run finishing 41st in just over 21 mins, I plodded round in a somewhat reasonable 26 mins dead, then it was back home to finish the present opening and give thanks for the gift of bacon sandwiches which had been prepared while we were out. It’s an unusual way to spend Christmas morning indeed but one I think will be part of the Steed family traditions for years to come.

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