Parkrun Maidenhead 26.11.2016
I've been meaning to do a local Parkrun for a long time, and today finally made the effort and went over to Maidenhead. It's really easy to get to for me, though finding the start was slightly trickier than I imagined (there is a secret car park at the back of Braywick Park).
The course is a two lap loop, with a slight incline near the end of each one. I listened to the talk at the start for newbies, and then lined up. A dry day, 5 degrees centigrade.
Not too much to report about the run - I had a good start, struggled to get past a man with a dog for a while, didn't like the small incline at all. The path was covered in wet leaves and was slippery in places, and is narrow on the back straight. It's worth getting a good position at the wide start as overtaking is hard. I felt tired as I usually do for the middle third, but managed to push a bit near the end.
Finished in 22nd place out of 199 with a time of 21:46. I am still near the top 10%. Beat Richard Stannard, but I think he started late. Alice Hector from Evo was there and finished in 3rd I believe, though she isn't listed in the results.
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I've been meaning to do a local Parkrun for a long time, and today finally made the effort and went over to Maidenhead. It's really easy to get to for me, though finding the start was slightly trickier than I imagined (there is a secret car park at the back of Braywick Park).
The course is a two lap loop, with a slight incline near the end of each one. I listened to the talk at the start for newbies, and then lined up. A dry day, 5 degrees centigrade.
Not too much to report about the run - I had a good start, struggled to get past a man with a dog for a while, didn't like the small incline at all. The path was covered in wet leaves and was slippery in places, and is narrow on the back straight. It's worth getting a good position at the wide start as overtaking is hard. I felt tired as I usually do for the middle third, but managed to push a bit near the end.
Finished in 22nd place out of 199 with a time of 21:46. I am still near the top 10%. Beat Richard Stannard, but I think he started late. Alice Hector from Evo was there and finished in 3rd I believe, though she isn't listed in the results.
Links
Parkrun
Strava
