Go Team BG
I ran at Whitley Bay yesterday, which is now my favourite parkrun location of the 4 others I've done. Coastal scenery, sound and smell of the sea, bringing back happy memories of studying marine biology at Dove Marine Lab, field trips to St Mary's island (withing sight as running north), sight of Spanish City dome to the south. Just a visit to see friends. Towards end of last lap, a woman (same age group) caught me up, and said she'd been using me as pacemaker. Started chatting, which wouldn't have improved her or my time, but she helped me with the route and chatting kept mind off sore legs (I did a 3 day Lake District mountain race over the bank holiday weekend and went orienteering on hilly ground in Yorkshire on Wednesday). Turned out she's come to study in Newcastle, and never left. She every kindly guided me to loos, detouring on her way back to car. Possibly not what she meant when she said she found Parkrun fitted in so well with her 24/7 Police role! Next time I'm in Tyneside on a Saturday morning, I'll take my young friend, who is currently 10 years old, as her mum can't run because of health problems. Very wet and windy conditions, so I couldn't have run in just a vest, so wore long tracksters, Smartwool short sleeve top and long sleeved windproof top, which was an excellent combination. Vest wouldn't have been suitable for GL3D, either, but may one day do a warm temperature road race, but I really prefer wild and woolly conditions, long distances in hills, races with navigation & pack carrying etc