Where is my home parkrun now?

 I was reading a blog the other day about the keys to parkrun longevity and one of the key factors the author wrote was having home parkrun.

"I think one of the big keys to longevity in parkrun is to have a Home parkrun.  You don't even have to go every week and you can mix them in with other challenges.  But really being associated with a parkrun and getting involved in a parkrun is so rewarding. "

Of course this was written by me, 2 blog posts ago lol.

Now you would think someone who writes something like that must have a home parkrun. And the truth is up until this year, there has always been a parkrun which I have run far more than any other.  Up until 2019 it was pretty much Pollok with maybe the odd Strathclyde year. Then 2019 to 2024 it was Queen's.

But what has changed? Well amazingly such a small thing can have such an impact. But Queen's is getting more awkward to get parked at due to a kids dance class taking place at a church right beside the park around parkrun time.  I was getting there earlier and earlier to the point I got there about 8.45 and there was still limited parking left.  

Mix this in with Cuningar loop starting this year and Pollok being easier to get parked its made me go to them instead.  I realise though that I am incredibly lucky to have options I do. All 3 of these parkruns are within 3 miles of me and some people around the UK have to travel miles just to get to 1 parkrun.

But it does lead to the question where is my home parkrun now.  I have run each of these parkruns pretty much the same amount of times this year.  They all have their own character. Queens very hilly, Pollok mildy hilly and Cuningar pretty much flat.  Queen's good views, Pollok nice country park, Cuningar, nice boardwalk sections and wide paths where they need to be. Pollok and Cuningar probably about the same in terms of businesses maybe Pollok slightly buiser, then Queen's still get good numbers but slightly quieter.

If you include volunteering I have been to Queen's twice as much as the other 2. As I just walk, instead of taking the car. But in terms of doing the run as well its a bit too far for me to walk there, run and walk back just now.

Whats happened this year does make me think more about whether I need a home run or not.  Maybe I am just a rotator now.  I hope I can get to the point in my running where I can walk to Queens and back and do the run, but that's pretty daunting given how hard Queen's is without the extended warm ups.