Archive for June, 2025

Lovely parkrun. I received a warm welcome at the gate and after the run, where they provide a spread of biscuits and hot and cold drinks. It is three laps around the park and has a few lumps but no serious hills. Thank you to all of the volunteers for a pleasant morning.

2025 marked the fifth outing of Around The Park, Around The Clock: an event that involves running three laps of Woodhouse Moor (approximately 5km) every hour for 12 hours.

We have had a range of weathers over the years and this year was mostly good. Last year was rainy all day while 2023 was glorious sunshine. This year was mostly dry but with some heavy rain around the 2pm loop. This meant lots of people joining us for the morning loops, one of which had around 40 of us, and a quieter afternoon.

I had a rough time last year, both at ATP ATC and in life generally. No such problems this year, thankfully. I did some some stomach issues for the last two hours but nothing serious. it was hard going, running wise, though. I really felt tired for some of the middle loops and that never really got much easier despite the introduction of caffeine. But all good fun.

A big thank you to Toby for organising it, Andy for watching the bags all day, and everyone else who turned up to mind base camp and cheer. Also to everyone I ran a loop with, especially Robyn as we took in most of the loops together and had a lovely catch-up.

Pontefract parkrun takes place on the race course. It features one loop around the race course track and two laps around the lake. All fairly flat. Thank you to all of the volunteers for making it happen.