The Running thread

[TopDeck113]

Today saw the first person to complete 1000 parkruns.  Twenty-odd years of Saturday morning commitment.  Amazing!

[Risso]

Today saw the first person to complete 1000 parkruns.  Twenty-odd years of Saturday morning commitment.  Amazing!

Yeah that's absolutely incredible. That's basically an average of about 47 parks runs a year, every year since he started! Which means he's pretty well never had an injury in that whole time as well. Amazing stuff.

I got to my 100th a couple of weeks ago, now got at least three years until the next big milestone of 250. How many are you on?

[Risso]

28k Peak District Trail “Half” Marathon done today. Plodded round in the heat but got it done. Beautiful views and scenery including Chatsworth House.

My mate did that. It looks absolutely bloody mental, you're all crazy.

Are you on any of these:

https://gallery.maverick-race.com/themaverickpeakdistrictxtrail2026/

[TopDeck113]

Congratulations on your milestone!  On Saturday I completed my 450th, so another year or so until my next T-shirt.  That will have taken fifteen years.  I cannot comprehend doing that all over again to get to a thousand!

[AV82EC]

28k Peak District Trail “Half” Marathon done today. Plodded round in the heat but got it done. Beautiful views and scenery including Chatsworth House.

My mate did that. It looks absolutely bloody mental, you're all crazy.

Are you on any of these:

https://gallery.maverick-race.com/themaverickpeakdistrictxtrail2026/

Ha yes I am. I’m not going to link to it though as I look absolutely fucked. In my defence it was taken at the end of a 300m steep climb.

Tbf most of the pics are of the 50/100k mentalists looking all young and buff and happy….the bastards.

[Risso]

Congratulations on your milestone!  On Saturday I completed my 450th, so another year or so until my next T-shirt.  That will have taken fifteen years.  I cannot comprehend doing that all over again to get to a thousand!

500 will be a great achievement, well done! I'm playing catch up a bit, as parkrun wasn't a thing on the IOM all the time we lived over there, and I'd genuinely never heard of it until we moved back, and then I got out of running for quite a while.

Think I'm up to about ten half marathons now, and this year I'll be doing my third Major.

[Risso]

Congratulations on your milestone!  On Saturday I completed my 450th, so another year or so until my next T-shirt.  That will have taken fifteen years.  I cannot comprehend doing that all over again to get to a thousand!

500 will be a great achievement, well done! I'm playing catch up a bit, as parkrun wasn't a thing on the IOM all the time we lived over there, and I'd genuinely never heard of it until we moved back, and then I got out of running for quite a while.

Think I'm up to about ten half marathons now, and this year I'll be doing my third Major.

Trail/fell runners are just the most insanely fit people. There's a really nice trail festival near me, called the Run Rabbit Festival. In the morning on the Saturday there's a 5 x 5K race, where you basically go out on the hour, every hour for 5 times, obviously. Then in the evening, there's a 10K, and on the Saturday morning a half marathon. The top 6 who do all three events then do a 1 mile race off for a golden carrot prize.

I just did the 10K in the evening, and I was soundly thrashed by several people who'd already done the 25K in the morning. Quite humbling!

[AV82EC]

Congratulations on your milestone!  On Saturday I completed my 450th, so another year or so until my next T-shirt.  That will have taken fifteen years.  I cannot comprehend doing that all over again to get to a thousand!

500 will be a great achievement, well done! I'm playing catch up a bit, as parkrun wasn't a thing on the IOM all the time we lived over there, and I'd genuinely never heard of it until we moved back, and then I got out of running for quite a while.

Think I'm up to about ten half marathons now, and this year I'll be doing my third Major.

Trail/fell runners are just the most insanely fit people. There's a really nice trail festival near me, called the Run Rabbit Festival. In the morning on the Saturday there's a 5 x 5K race, where you basically go out on the hour, every hour for 5 times, obviously. Then in the evening, there's a 10K, and on the Saturday morning a half marathon. The top 6 who do all three events then do a 1 mile race off for a golden carrot prize.

I just did the 10K in the evening, and I was soundly thrashed by several people who'd already done the 25K in the morning. Quite humbling!

You’ve made me think about the Backyard Ultra guys now Risso, genuinely bonkers.