Parkrunning

Today I did my first Parkrun, which was also my first trail run!

I turned up to the start point for the Bunyaville Parkrun, a 100% trail route, feeling quite excited. I got lots of kudos from the volunteer I approached to ask about how it all worked, as I was not only there for the first time, doing a trail run for my first one, but also I had come alone. I'm kind of used to turning up to stuff alone - I think it would be more sad to sit home alone and miss out on stuff, than to get out there and do stuff alone - but apparently some people find that a bit impressive, so I got to feel kind of good from the positivity :)

Parkrun is a free, timed, 5km run organised at many locations in many different countries. You register online first, and that gives you a barcode which is then used every week to save your run times to your profile. This profile keeps a record of all your runs and keeps track of your PB (personal best).

My slow run - the proper time 38:18 - I always mess up Strava recordings!

Bunyaville is a fairly hilly trail run, with just a little bit of single track amongst the slightly wider bits. The trail is shared with mountain bikers, so we give way to them - must be the only time mtbs are not bottom of the trail-priority pile! I wasn't fast, especially uphill, but I finished with a smile and will definitely be doing it again!