Author Topic: Ran my first 5k parkrun today. (Read 1072 times)

danisaac5 · March 22, 2014, 06:33:46 AM

So I ran my first parkrun, which is 5km long. Its the furthest I have ran while against the clock, I placed 76th out of roughly 110 people with a time of 35:56.

Ad Bot · Advertisement

Cassord� · March 22, 2014, 06:35:17 AM

Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations!

dorkdotdan · March 22, 2014, 07:12:33 AM

Great! Running is the best form of quick exercise.

danisaac5 · March 22, 2014, 07:20:01 AM

Quote from: dorkdotdan on March 22, 2014, 07:12:33 AM

Great! Running is the best form of quick exercise.

I can agree, im just more of a cyclist than runner.

XR-7 · March 22, 2014, 08:40:00 AM

I have a friend who does 5Ks and 6Ks. My mom wants me to train for one but I'm not too enthusiastic about it.

danisaac5 · March 22, 2014, 09:51:21 AM

Quote from: XR-7 on March 22, 2014, 08:40:00 AM

I have a friend who does 5Ks and 6Ks. My mom wants me to train for one but I'm not too enthusiastic about it.

I wasn't till today, just start small with 1-2km and build it up by doing an extra km each week, if you feel your running too far take a km off and build from there. It took me about 2 weeks to get a decent pace sorted and I breezed through the 5k today with very little trouble with having had very little prior experience of the circuit and distance.

Renderman · March 22, 2014, 09:54:43 AM

i swim and ride my bike alot so :I

BlockyMagician · March 22, 2014, 09:58:17 AM

I misread "parkrun" as "parkour" and was completely confused. Good job at running though.

cocoaTHEhotdog · March 22, 2014, 10:42:21 AM

Quote from: Renderman on March 22, 2014, 09:54:43 AM

i swim and ride my bike alot so :I

You should see me swim. I suck. I had a stroke on my left arm. I can only go like 4 inches per second. 7 inches if lucky.

Pencil42 · March 22, 2014, 11:26:12 AM

Quote from: BlockyMagician on March 22, 2014, 09:58:17 AM

I misread "parkrun" as "parkour" and was completely confused. Good job at running though.

Oh, I didn't notice it was parkrun until you posted. Thanks.

Zanaran2 · March 22, 2014, 12:08:52 PM

Quote from: dorkdotdan on March 22, 2014, 07:12:33 AM

Great! Running is the best form of quick exercise.

Jumping rope is actually a better form of exercise than running, not saying running is bad but still

Otis Da HousKat · March 22, 2014, 12:30:11 PM

I haven't been running in a long time. Last summer I fell out of running and picked up swimming. With spring upon us I was going to get back into running outside; I can't stand stationary cardio equipment.

Quote from: cocoaTHEhotdog on March 22, 2014, 10:42:21 AM

You should see me swim. I suck. I had a stroke on my left arm. I can only go like 4 inches per second. 7 inches if lucky.

Are you just like flailing wildly in place?

MrKitKat · March 22, 2014, 01:07:29 PM

XR-7 · March 22, 2014, 01:08:21 PM

Quote from: cocoaTHEhotdog on March 22, 2014, 10:42:21 AM

You should see me swim. I suck. I had a stroke on my left arm. I can only go like 4 inches per second. 7 inches if lucky.

Heh, I can't swim to save my life.

danisaac5 · March 22, 2014, 01:47:45 PM

Quote from: Zanaran2 on March 22, 2014, 12:08:52 PM

Jumping rope is actually a better form of exercise than running, not saying running is bad but still

Running just feels more adventurous, and I'm really bad at skipping (jumping ropes).