2nd April - Today I was volunteering at Quuen's where I was marshaling. There are 9 marshaling points at Queen's and I think I've now volunteered at 6 of the points which includes the new point I did today. This one is arguably the best one as it's at the highest point of the course and everyone is relieved to see you as it means once they reach me they get a big section of downhill/flat part.
9th April - I headed up to Inverurie in Aberdeenshire for Ury Riverside parkrun. This was the last Aberdeenshire parkrun I had to complete to knock off all 6 in the region. It's one of those ones I had booked on various occasions but never made it. I stayed in Inverurie on Friday night, so in the morning it was less than a 10 minute walk to the start, or so I thought. I met Allen, a fellow tourist in the car park and had a good chat before he went with his kids on a warm up. Then I realised the start was not where the finish was so had to walk about 400 metre to get to the start. It's about 1 and a half small loops then one big loop. And it's really flat. I had a good run but did find I was out on my own for some of the big lap as it was so spread out and it was quite low numbers. But it was my first sub 30 of the year coming in at 29.29 which I was pleased about.
16th April - I was back at Queen's this time to run it, or should I say attempt to run it. I don't remember a lot about the run but I do remember I had to walk most of the hills and I think my time reflects that as I came in at 35.52.
23rd April. I had it in my mind to get a hotel in Edinburgh on Friday and do Meadowmill parkrun. But when my parents came over for tea on the Thursday they suggested looking up hotels for Kelso which we had planned to do for a while. They were happy to help me with this one as it's not really straight forward to get to by public transport from Glasgow. Hotels were a bit pricey for all of us so in the end my Dad offered to drive us down in the morning which worked out well and saved us all a bit. They recommend parking in the Sainsburys car park but my Dad dropped my mum and I off at the entrance to the path then he went and parked the car in the car park as it's a bit of a walk.
So once we had walked up the path to the start area we had a chat to the run director and a few of the volunteers. The course itself starts off downhill, on quite a narrow path but it widens out and flattens out once you get on the disused railway line. Although you do need to watch your footing on the terrain as I imagine it's quite easy to roll your ankle. I had an ok run. Managed to run most of it and was overtaking quite a bit on the way back. I did have to walk for about 30 seconds after 4k and the uphill finish is tough and came in at 31.00. But it's a good parkrun and it's great that there is a parkrun in Kelso given it's quite far to the nearest one for them.
30th April - Once I found out it was one of the run director's from Rouken glen's 300th today, it was an easy choice for a change on what parkrun to do. And the chosen parkrun for Pauline was Pollok which is her regular. Good turn out from the core team too. I had my best run for a hilly course this year as I managed the whole course without stopping coming in at 32.01
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