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13 May
12:05pm, 13 May 2025
2,941 posts
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WtnMel
I didn't get out for a walk yesterday, but have been out this morning and done 3.5mls at sub-16mm pace. I hoped I would manage it before it got too warm, but I still managed to work up a bit of a sweat.
Not heard anything from Rose yet (the coffee & chat leader) about a possible change of venue for our fortnightly walks. Rose is away for most of June and as I'm co-leader, I think she's planning to email everyone in the group about the road closure, but will leave me to sort out what we do. She's the leader of the 'social cards' group as well and as she's away, and quite a few of us are going to a 'u3a special interest' day when the cards group meets, she's cancelled that meeting.
Its the u3a open meeting this afternoon. I'll be there early to help set up the chairs (I'm one of the RUM's - Really Useful Members) and it's a talk about bees this month.
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14 May
9:31am, 14 May 2025
146 posts
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Aquarius
HS Hope your parkrun went well. Have you been out with the Monday group this week?
0061 I imagine a lot of parkrun tourists stay at Purple Palaces, generally convenient and often not much else available nearby. Glad you enjoyed Whitley Bay. I saw a post on facebook saying the Town Moor parkrun had almost 800 people this week, lucky you didn't go there. Anyone not right at the front would have taken ages to get running.
WtnMel How did your u3a meeting go? You certainly get quite a diverse range of talks there. Have you come up with any options for your coffee and chat walks in June? Great to see you are still getting out for your walks when you are able to fit them in, take care in this hot weather though.
Sunday's trail run was enjoyable, although a little hot and dusty but it made a change from a muddy run. Being a trail run I was happy enough with my time of 1 hr 11 mins, but eldest son was 6th in the 10k and youngest son was 5th in the 5k. Monday was more Pilates strength work and yesterday 7 x 300m intervals at the track (interrupted occasionally by dog walkers on the track) . My knees were a bit sore after that but seem better today, which is a good job because I'm at the gym later this morning for another weights session with the trainer.
Weather has changed today, rather misty and a lot cooler.
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15 May
2:26pm, 15 May 2025
17,930 posts
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hillstrider
Apologies for lack of posts, every time I intended to post, something cropped up.I've read all your posts, but will only be able to make brief comments.
Aquarius, we didn't do the Alice Holt parkrun, as Sarah and Mike overslept. We did the local Bartley Park parkrun instead. Alice Holt is in Farnham.
I see that you have an enjoyable trail run on Sunday in 1 hour 11 minutes, and your two sons ran very well too. You did pilates on Monday, a 7 x 300 metres session on Tuesday, and a gym weights session yesterday morning.
0061, I didn't do the Alice Holt parkrun, see above.
WtnMel, I'm glad that your feet were ok on Saturday, and that you beat Alan at golf by 7 shots. Well done for your 3.5 mile walk at sub 16 minutes pace on Tuesday.
I ran the Bartley Park parkrun on Saturday in the quickest time there this year. On Sunday I ran 4.63 miles with Jo, including an 800 metre lap round the forest track. Monday was a solo 4.12 mile fartlek run on roads, and yesterday was a 4.04 miles anaerobic session on grass with the Sarah's and Mike. I decided to have a running rest day today.
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15 May
10:06pm, 15 May 2025
1,181 posts
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OO61
Fantastic running hillstrider.
Hope you enjoyed the bee talk Wtnmel.
Great running at the trail run Aquarius. Of course dogs are not allowed at the track, some folks are very ignorant!
I'm in the Lakes and it's sunny. Unfortunately I have a cold caught from my grandson so not feeling great. I'm hoping to do Keswick parkrun this week in any case 🤞
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16 May
10:48am, 16 May 2025
17,938 posts
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hillstrider
Thanks 00, I won't be parkrunning tomorrow, just in case it 'tweaks' the groin again, as I wouldn't be able to resist pushing the pace. I'll just do an easy jog to see how it goes.
I'm sorry to hear that you have caught a cold from your grandson, so not feeling so great. Good luck with the Keswick parkrun if you decide to do it.
The usual Friday Farmers Walk this morning.
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11:40am
11:40am, 17 May 2025
17,951 posts
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hillstrider
A solo 4 miles in the forest this morning.
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12:58pm
12:58pm, 17 May 2025
147 posts
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Aquarius
0061 Sorry to hear about your cold, small children are a fertile breeding ground for germs as I'm sure you know. I hope your grandson feels better soon too, poor little soul to have a cold at his age. Hope you felt well enough to do Keswick today.
HS Good to hear from you again, you're such a regular poster I was starting to get a bit concerned. Well done for your quickest time this year at Bartley last week. I think I must have missed your post about your groin strain, sorry to hear about the injury. I hope it's not too bad and didn't affect your solo run today.
I had a rather testing session at the gym on Wednesday with a different trainer (not sure if my usual one is back from holiday yet) the weights seemed quite challenging this week, plus we did a lot of squats, also something called a Bulgarian Split Squat that really challenged me, so much so that it's taken until today for my quads to stop screaming at me as I go downstairs! I should have iced when I got home but forgot to.
The following day I went to the park for 7 hilly laps, in retrospect it was probably not a good idea the day after the weights session. Today was a new parkrun for me, Leazes Park in Newcastle. It's another one consisting of 3 identical laps which is a bit boring, but an enjoyable run all the same. It was flatter than the ones I usually do which accounts for today's age grade of 71.78%.
Tomorrow we have the grandsons for the day, and overnight. So we'll be doing the school run on Monday morning. Oh joy 
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