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New Year's Day Special (Monday anomaly) - Burgess parkrun #499 - 01/01/24
It’s always a buzz doing the new runners welcome and never more so than on the first day of the year. Most the 336 participants from near...
aqasanu
Jan 1, 20241 min read
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100th volunteering at Burgess parkrun #489 - 28/10/23
Back in 2019, Parkrun released the results from an independent survey carried out by Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing...
aqasanu
Oct 28, 20232 min read
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Naked running! Burgess parkrun #488 - 21/10/23
What part does technology play in your running? I’m not talking about bionics although fair play to all the Lee Majors out there. I’m...
aqasanu
Oct 21, 20232 min read
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Southwark Slam #4 - when a personal best isn't a personal best - Dulwich parkrun #538 - 30/09/23
Created in 1890 Dulwich park used to be farmland but has been sculpted and planted to create one of the prettiest parks I’ve been to and...
aqasanu
Sep 30, 20232 min read
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Southwark Slam #3 Happy Birthday Burgess parkrun #484 - 23/09/23
Previously in the year I’d attended Eastbourne’s 11th birthday and today it was the chance to attend the 11th birthday of Burgess...
aqasanu
Sep 23, 20232 min read
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Mile End parkrun #532 + Gay Pride 16/09/23
After last week’s remembrance run this Saturday was for me. This was my 3rd trip to Mile End parkrun and nothing had changed since my...
aqasanu
Sep 16, 20233 min read
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Southwark Slam 2023 #2 - Remembrance run - Peckham Rye parkrun #421- 09/09/23
After last week’s epic party, we moved to Peckham Rye, the parkrun tucked away in Peckham Common. This was my 16th trip to Peckham, a...
aqasanu
Sep 9, 20232 min read
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Scandi adventure #3 - Sweden National Day, Bildalsparken parkrun #85 - 06/06/23
Saturday morning adventures (Tuesday extension) Denmark has had all sorts of shenanigans with its Scandinavian/Nordic neighbours. It was...
aqasanu
Jun 6, 20233 min read
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Scandi adventure #2 - Janteloven - Amagar Faelled parkrun #391 - 05/06/23
Saturday morning adventures (Monday extension) Janteloven is a Danish expression/mindset meaning ‘you are not better than the crowd’. It...
aqasanu
Jun 5, 20232 min read
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Scandi adventure #1- Hygge - Denmark, Amagar Strandpark parkrun #685 - 03/06/23
Ridiculous - causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable ‘3 parkruns in two countries in 4 days’ Parkrun...
aqasanu
Jun 3, 20232 min read
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Mystical, magical and fast! - University Parks parkrun #54 - 25/02/23
Travelling to Oxford to complete the University Parks parkrun.
aqasanu
Feb 25, 20233 min read
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‘...at dawn look to the east.’ Gandalf the grey - Eastbourne parkrun birthday #516 - 28/01/23
Having travelled to York on Thursday and Liverpool on Friday, long train rides were obviously the theme for this week. We travelled to...
aqasanu
Jan 28, 20232 min read
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Blood, queues and rain - Tooting Common parkrun #286 - 07/01/23
Nestled in between Balham, Tooting and Streatham in South London, Tooting Common is actually made up of both Tooting Bec Common and...
aqasanu
Jan 7, 20232 min read
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New Year's Day special - Burgess parkrun #286 - 01/01/23
In June 2020 Parkrun HQ communicated that the New Year’s double (doing two parkruns on the same day) would cease. Since 2004 events were...
aqasanu
Jan 1, 20232 min read
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Feltham parkrun #22 - 20/07/19
The two closest London parkruns are located in Southwest London less than 2k apart. One of the events, Feltham parkrun, is held behind a...
aqasanu
Jul 20, 20193 min read
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Get me to the church on time - Bakewell parkrun #6 - 17/02/18
We travelled to Derbyshire for our friend's wedding, staying at the Cavendish Hotel at Baslow on the Friday. The wedding was not set to...
aqasanu
Feb 17, 20182 min read
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