Back to the 'Moor for Race no.80

Lining up on the Moor

A face in the crowd - that's me behind the guy in orange

Chris going for it.

Leaning right for the turn

Am I running today, Granpops?

What a nice surprise at Saturday's Town Moor Parkrun. Having decided at the last minute to put in another Parkrun, the first people I saw at Claremont Road carpark was grandson, Alfie, plus Chris and Laura.

I was still a bit sore from my recent efforts on road and mountain as we lined up with the usual five hundred plus runners.So so much so, that I was happy to let the fast boys and girls, including Chris, dash off, as I settled into a comfortable seven minute miling pace.

Of course, that is still faster than my half marathon pace and I was having to work by the time we reached the 3K point to maintain a reasonable pace. 7.07 for mile one, 7.12 for mile 2 and 7.26 for mile 3, then the finish was in sight and up the pace went to 6.24 and through the line in 22.35 for this 5K course.

Race number 80 in the bag and a few days off are planned before my next scheduled race,the North East Harrier League Cross Country at Wrekenton, next Saturday. My last cross country , at Durham, earlier in the year was a painful experience in the deep mud. I can only hope that it was just an off day for me, here's hoping.

Statistics
Finished in 22.35 for 109th place, 2nd V65
Chris was 39th in 20.20.
553 ran.