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Woolcombe Dunes Parkrun

I am not one for Parkrun tourism, or for traveling 90 mins to run 5k, but Saturday I did both. Woolacombe Dunes has just opened for Parkrun business and is on week 4 and with the new job meaning Saturday … Continue reading

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A parkrun DNF!

How is that even possible? A 3 mile run and I don’t get to the end! In 14 years of running my first ever DNF, I have many DNS before due to injury or to thinking an event was on … Continue reading

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Montacute Parkrun

Last time I did parkrun, my ankle gave up after 1 mile and I dragged it to the finish. You know you have achieved an awful time when the time keeper sees you coming and checks his stopwatch twice! I … Continue reading

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Harrogate parkun

Back in August I was reading a post by Paige in which she mentioned that she was heading to Yorkshire in September from the States. I quickly fired off an email to check it was English Yorkshire, I am not … Continue reading

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Operation MFYOC Kicked off

I’m not a lover of acronyms, working in education I find they are overused, probably due to the shortage of time people have due to an extensive curriculum and assessment strategies, but that’s a discussion for another time not the … Continue reading

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Bluebells

A lot has gone on since I last wrote, after the half Hartland Hartbreaker, the dilemma is, what do I write about? Should I tell you about my trip to the doctors in regards to my ribs and the subsequent … Continue reading

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Hartland Hartbreaker…………. Half Measures

Now if you are over 75 and related to me best miss this post out, safer for me and you! Check back next week when hopefully there will be a post written that does not elevate your blood pressure! Thank … Continue reading

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Darn (or insert your own expletive here) pebbles

New Years Eve I did Seaton parkrun without my Garmin and was thrilled to bag a PB and a fairly ‘good for Shaz’ time. A week later I went back full of confidence, had what I thought was a good … Continue reading

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A New Parkrun

We have been in Devon for four years now. When we lived in Essex our nearest parkrun was Cambridge (45 minutes drive) or Southend (35 minutes drive), I made it to Southend once, and never to Cambridge, just a bit … Continue reading

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Tourism

This week was half term and has been filled with all things touristy. Sunday and Monday I had visitors from Essex and visited the Exeter Underground passages and the Cathedral (shelving the walk in the woods plan due to rubbish … Continue reading

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