Parkrunning 2

Today saw me getting up early again (on a Saturday!) to head to Bunyaville for my second trail run at Bunyaville Parkrun.

There was a really good attendance again, with friendly and helpful volunteers to welcome everyone and ensure the event goes ahead smoothly.

This time on the run I wasn't feeling too good. I had been a little ill with my sinuses through the week, and I felt like it was really hard work just to keep going around the track. Somewhere near the halfway point I passed another runner, who yelled some encouragement at me, and we ended up having a little bit of a joke together. I pulled away from her, but she caught back up towards me further on and carried on yelling encouragement. When I had to break and walk a little she caught right up to me, and encouraged me to keep going round the rest of the way. She was awesome - so much energy and such a positive attitude, it really helped. She completely left me for dust on the final uphill section towards the finish line, but with her encouragement I was nearly half a minute faster than last time (my first Parkrun PB!).

Parkrun time 37:52

My new running mate, Yvette, invited me for coffee after the run, and I gladly accepted the invitation. We met up with a few others, and I was fascinated and impressed by the tales of their distance runs, stage runs, ultra runs, and so on - plenty of things for me to dream of aiming for in the future. And less far off, I got invited along to a trail session tomorrow afternoon too - I see trail running in my future...