Ok, so today was supposed to be the day Matty, my Personal Trainer, was due to join me for the first time at ParkRun but he was unable to be there having worked too many hours yesterday. 🤣 He did have a very long busy day though, to be fair. He should be joining me at Stanley Park next week. 🤞 My Garmin, as always, knows it’s a run day. It knows my goal for the run, my time to aim for. This week was straight forward… get below 30 minutes. A pace of 6min/km would get me there. And…

Another weekend where Matty the PT was going to join me at ParkRun but was unable to as he had to work at Ribby Hall. I think his next opportunity to join me will be on the 29th June, Fingers crossed! My Garmin is ready and raring to go – Course is set. Goal time set. Parked up in the Blackpool Sports Centre car park, and the familiar walk to the Clock Tower. Despite this being recorded as my 15th ParkRun it is actually my 16th start as back on 25 November I had to drop out after just one…

Another Saturday and another ParkRun, my seventh in eight weeks and five personal bests since the beginning of May. Last week saw me achieve another landmark PB and getting below 29 mins for the first time. I went into this ParkRun with high expectations. Once again my Garmin Epix Pro (Gen 2) was very aware it had work to do, tracking my performance over the 5km of the Stanley Park route. As I approached the Clock Tower it became quite apparent that there were significantly more runners than usual. It turned out that the nearby Lytham ParkRun was cancelled and…

A wet start to the day, but it wasn’t cold, and once again my Garmin Epix Pro (Gen 2) was very aware it had work to do, tracking my performance over the 5km of the Stanley Park route.

OK… so the title of this post reveals a little bit of this weeks’ story. It started much the same as many other Saturdays have started over recent weeks… my Garmin clearly knows what’s coming up.

Ok, so last week was a tricky one with ParkRun. It should have been my 18th successful ParkRun but my brain had other ideas and decided it didn’t want to complete the full 5k run and I gave in and pulled out after the first lap, just 2.6km. I did get my revenge though and went over to JD Gym and put in a 90 minute treadmill session later that morning. On to this week… would things go ok? I had a better week in the gym with my cardio in preparation. Light rain had been forecast for 9am but…

Full details coming soon.