Frustration 5:42

Following on from my post about injury, it was with a heavy heart I left the house this morning to attend parkrun.

 

I had planned to go to Woodbank, but the injury to my back, which I sustained on Monday, has not recovered to the extent where I was able to run 5k this morning, so I opted to volunteer at Heaton Park parkrun.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy volunteering. It's a chance to see another side of the events,but the only parkrunday I'd missed in 2013 was due to a snowed off Heaton Park parkrun, so missing another was frustrating to say the least even though it was the right decision.

 

I'm also due to run a Half Marathon in 5 weeks, so it's frustrating that I can't run at the moment with that looming.

 

Upon turning up at the Lions, the weather was gorgeous and Bernie and Damien were expecting a record turnout.

 

Marshalling was the role I was assigned, and I was asked to go to the 2km marker and shout out times to the runners so that those who were running 'naked' could have an idea how they were getting on.

 

Waiting a the start line, I started the stop watch as Bernie shouted 'Go' and then made my way down to the right point, which is a crossroad in paths beneath a copse of trees. And waited.

 

The first runner blasted through at 5:42, well on target for a good time, and to the best of my ability, for the next 13 minutes, I did my best to both inform people of the time since the start and encourage the runners on to enjoy their outing.

 

It was a different role to that which I'd carried out before and gave me another different view.

 

Hopefully I can do a gentle run next week for parkrun

I other news, Graham ran a palindromic 24:42 and Laura ran with her friend Michael at just over 31 minutes.

 

 

 

 

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