Category: Running

Ouch to 5k

Stylised composite photo. The left side shows an x-ray of my broken ankle. The right side shows a large crowd of runners preparing for Holyrood parkrun

Yesterday I completed my first 5k run since I broke my ankle exactly one year ago. It was on the first ever Holyrood parkrun.

5k 6–X — The next five parkruns

Me and Alex at Christmas Day parkrun

In my blog post about my first five parkruns, I told the story of how I unexpectedly beat my 5k personal best at Highbury Fields parkrun. This post outlines what happened in my next five parkruns, where I got some unexpected personal bests and lost a whole run.

5×5k — A tale of five Parkruns

Me taking a selfie before the start of Highbury Fields parkrun

I’ve been running on-and-off for about six years. But it was only a year ago that I took part in my first Parkrun. Since then, I have done five different Parkruns in four different locations. My aim was always to run a sub-25 minute 5k. But it somehow always eluded me — until the fifth one.