Cheers Jeff, it was nice finishing with a 19 at the start of the time, its been a little while !

Cheers Keith! The 20.02 came form copying over some of the details from the previous Clumber parkrun and forgetting to update everything!

@@MattClarry 🙄😀

Cheers Stuart, had the RSR yesterday too!

Yeah, the hill at the end wasn't fun.

Cheers, I had originally intended to race it, hence setting off rather too quickly, but in part due to having run the Rother Valley parkrun an hour before, I didn't have the pace in the legs to do so. Not really fuelling properly probably didn't help much and led to some calf cramps towards the end too!

Ah, I'm sure you'd be fine, there are plenty that do it in that time ! And there's no such thing as too slow at parkrun, there is always an official tail walker that make sure they finish last !

Cheers Garth, while the ski slop is still there, there hasn't been any skiing on it for a couple of decades, fortunately didn't have to run up the face of it, just up the relatively gradual slope at the back of it, did have to come down next to it though!

Cheers Stuart, but I think it was a bit too quick, for followed later in the morning !

@@MattClarry so this was BEFORE the relay? 😲

Not before the relay, no, this was ahead of the 3 Lakes Classic!

Well done Matt didn’t know you were there you started behind me think you were taking it easier 👍

Hi Duncan, yeah, I was taking it easy, although probably not as easy as I should have done, as I had the 3 lakes to do afterwards !

Cheers Keith, yeah that hill was wasn't fun at all, didn't have much left in the legs to be able to race down the hill to the end. It is the first time I've run in the replays, was fun, looking forward to the next time !

Ha ha, yeah, the first couple of miles are fine, then you hit the hill and all the pace you had, goes out the window!

@@MattClarry I had to go to bed half hour early last night after watching that!...I was exhausted watching!!🤣🦾

I didn't get home until after 10pm that night, stayed awake long enough to have some tea, then fell asleep !

Thank you, glad you liked the video! Yeah that hill was hard work, I did try to lean into the descent, but my legs were spent and it destroyed my calves and they cramped up just after the handover, made hobbling to the top of the hill to get the car after, interesting!

😅 yeah, it was a killer

Cheers Jeff! Yeah, it was a bit tough on that climb up the hill. It felt like it was going on forever! Might have overcooked it slightly in the first half then ran out of steam and couldn't recover enough for the end!

Ah, awesome !

Hi Tony, no, no medal this year, but there was one for the previous event!

Cheers ! Yeah, that was a lot closer than some others that I've had recently. It is a nice course, fairly flat, but does sweep down as it goes through the trees, the gradual ascent after that probably slowed me down a bit.

Cheers Keith! I have tried negative splitting, but often I find I get stuck at that initial pace, like the previous parkrun at Poolsbrook, I set off at 6:30 pace with the intention of increasing the pace as I went, but although the effort went up, the pace stayed the same. Usually the only time I do manage it, is if I'm taking it easy and get carried away towards the end !

Thank you !

@@MattClarry Wonder if you could put up ( once anyway ), the stats in m/km for the entire Parkrun for a change ? 😉😉

Hey Mark! Congratulations on your first parkrun! Ay, I felt quite self conscious when I started recording the parkruns, more so perhaps as I used to have it head mounted and was quite conspicuous! I've never been able to do that taking to the camera bit, hence the lack on my channel! I didn't spot you either, I'm afraid.

Thank you ! It is a nice simple route, just surprised I've never been able to go any quicker !

Apparently, some routes focus the participant's attention more on the surrounding nature than on physical effort.)

That must be why, then!

😉 Matt, I wonder if you watched the video where the participant with an action camera filmed the same race as you? 📽

Ah, I have seen, yes, it was my brothers !

Cheers Andrew!

Cheers Paul! Ha ha, yeah it's always interesting when you see yourself running, isn't it!

Cheers Stuart, was hoping to get closer to a 19, probably should have set off closer to a 6:20 pace and hold it, rather than try and increase pace later !

Cheers Gill !

Cheers Keith, I was hoping for sub 20, wasn't far off this time. Still need to work on that pacing though !

Yeah, if it was a little wider and a 10 feet further on, I might've had him !

Indeed, much nicer when you don't have to tip toe round muddy puddles through the trees !

Cool, it is a nice one to do, not too challenging. Well attended, but never too busy! Has a good cafe and great facilities!

I have tried putting the gradient chart on for parkruns, but more often than not, with trees around it gives a rather jaggie unrepresentative gps trace, instead of a smooth line that you would expect to see and didn't look great!

Ay, it is indeed !

Cheers Jeff, yeah its a nice course with plenty of space about on most of it !

Thank you Keith! Yeah it is a nice course ! Happy overall, would've liked to have gone 11seconds faster to beat my course pb, but generally happy with it.

Cheers Stuart, I was hoping for a little more, but wasn't to be, this time!

Ah awesome, good luck and I hope the weather is favourable for you tomorrow! You'll have to let me know how you get on!

@@MattClarry i will do i have a bit of a sore arm but still have no trouble running

@@MattClarry went well today at race i beat last years time by 1 min getting a time of 1h48 felt really strong all the way round even on the steep hills

Brilliant, well done ! Think I'll need to give it another go, see if I can improve my time, too !

finshed 96th and there where 315 in it even the weather behaved its self

Cheers Jeff, yeah that last bit was brutal. The 2 buggy runners were flying and there was another not far behind too !

Ha ha, yeah, it's got quite the sting at the end, will have to go back and see if I can finish it without crashing on that final ascent!

It was indeed Stuart, I felt every step of that last mile!

Cheers, yeah, it is a really nice opening mile or so, not sure about that final one, though 😂 It was good speaking to you, will have to return again for the summer course and then back to try and improve on the winter route!

Cheers Keith, yeah the second half was tough, but the first mile was a lot of fun !

Cheers Jeff!

Cheers Keith, I am surprised by the finish time, was hoping to get sub 21 minutes, but didn't expect to be so far under!

Cheers !

Well done, especially given all the lapping you had to do with people everywhere! It's much easier if people keep left or right. Luckily it wasn't a really busy event.

Cheers ! Ay, fortunately most of the paths aren't too narrow and there is plenty of space to pass here.

Thank you Nat! And no, no they are not easy..! 🤣🏔️🏔️

Cheers, ay it wasn't easy! Yeah, and I ain't getting a flat one next week either, will be running around Clifton park in Rotherham and that's not easy either!

Thanks Duncan! It is a nice parkrun, quite scenic. Bit of tough start, middle and that bit before the end, but other than that, its nice and flowing!

Cheers, ha ha, seem to be making a habit of that ! Yeah, that headwind wasn't favourable at the end was it !

No, they very rarely do, do they, though thinking about it, Rother Valley is a notable exception, I guess! I have done Gedling, in fact it was the last parkrun that I ran in '23 !

Ha ha, yeah, seem to be Keith ! I'm reasonably happy with that, improved by 5 seconds over the last time I was there. Yeah I think the legs were trashed from the initial 2 climbs again to make much of a indent on the down hills. The Sunderland Half is not one I've done yet

@@MattClarry Sorry Matt, I meant Sheffield Half 😁

Ah ha, in that case @keithbowden4248 no, not particularly happy with it, think I pushed a little harder on the first couple of mile than I should've done and burnt out the legs too much for the climb and that pretty much ruined the rest of it and any chance for a good time !

Cheers Jeff, yeah its definitely a tough one alright, that initial climb and steep descent are both hard on the legs and loose underfoot making it interesting, most of the rest was on good firm surfaces though! The zig zag climb is just a killer !

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it and have found it useful!