Waking up to snow always makes me tense as to whether parkrun will go ahead.
Heaton Park's course is mostly on Tarmac, so it can be slippy. Worsley Woods is a great course in colder conditions because the paths are either stones, or dirt, so provide a little more traction. It always pops into my mind as the weather gets colder.
Bernie was sat at the gates, waiting to get in at the crack of dawn and quickly confirmed on Facebook that Heaton Park was on; Phew.
Headed up and saw Laura and Graham at the start waiting for me. I've been running with Graham, Laura and Sally (Plus the occasional other member of team Armstrong) for over a year at parkrun and the occasional race.
Since we started running together, Graham's time has dropped from over 28 minutes to 24, and Laura has streaked from mid 30s to sub 29 minutes. Both have come on leaps and bounds in a year.
The Course was fairly clear, and it was nice to run with someone for a change as they usually all leave me at the start, Laura's running the Wilmslow Half tomorrow, so she slummed it near the back with me.
I took it a little easy because of the weather, but managed approximately 32:30 which I'll take.
A satisfactory run.
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