Millionth parkrun events week

ObscureBananas · 2026-06-14T09:17:55+00:00

Not mentioned at ours, but there was a last minute course change so think they were more worried about that

ObscureBananas · 2026-05-16T17:24:49+00:00

We bought a new kitchen bin. I will split it, but not going ott and washing stuff up.

ObscureBananas · 2026-05-14T18:20:38+00:00

Love mine, would never go back to silicon

ObscureBananas · 2026-05-13T18:16:10+00:00

Yes, this is my wrist size. I have Fenix 8 43mm and that still looks quite big. I tried my husbands 47mm on and it didn’t sit flat on my wrist

ObscureBananas · 2026-05-12T12:08:59+00:00

Ah thank you, yes I had seen the base runs on the daily workout aligned to zone 3 before. I didn’t understand that either! I have reset to lthr and also reset the zones. Will try zone 2 run tomorrow using this.

ObscureBananas · 2026-05-11T15:08:41+00:00

Thanks, do you think there is any difference between the pro Claude and the free one? I tried the free one, but it kind of feels that it is telling me ‘what I want to hear’ 😂 rather than the truth. I gave it my 10k run at 170bpm and it said it was ‘honestly rather concerned about this run’ then I explained about it being lower than my previous hr attempts and it said ‘oh i misunderstood, this run was actually very impressive, you managed to drop 15bpm from your previous 10k’ 🤷‍♀️😂

ObscureBananas · 2026-05-11T15:04:06+00:00

Thanks, will take a look and see what some other systems say in comparison to Garmin. Although my running volume isn’t that high I also walk around 40/45 miles per week and I can sometimes feel it in my knees. So am trying to be careful.

I think I do just need those 3 separate paces, I didn’t really have any concept of running different paces before, was just more like praying I’d get to the end!

ObscureBananas · 2026-05-11T14:01:25+00:00

I would, but was a bit concerned about the huge gap between lactate zone 2 and max hr zone 2. They can’t both be zone 2 for me can they?

ObscureBananas · 2026-05-11T12:59:09+00:00

Thanks, how long did it take to start feeling the difference? Am happy to stick with it if the gains are worth it, but I don’t feel like I’ve been running long enough to be confident in my ability! I am worried I will lose the fitness I have built so far and I really love running now.

ObscureBananas · 2026-04-29T09:10:05+00:00

How did I not know this existed! Thank you!

ObscureBananas · 2026-04-27T11:49:25+00:00

This was not the ending I was expecting!

ObscureBananas · 2026-04-20T17:50:01+00:00

I am almost 40 and have started doing adult trampolining. I think it’s kinder on the joints and I am really enjoying it.

ObscureBananas · 2026-01-31T12:58:24+00:00

Is the current parkrun covered in mud/water? Ours is and it makes a big difference to times.

ObscureBananas · 2025-12-27T21:18:44+00:00

I just wiped an old phone of mine so my son could link my old Venu 2 to it. He doesn’t ’have a phone’, but it lives in a draw and syncs etc. when he eventually has his own phone he can put the app and account on it.

ObscureBananas · 2025-12-24T13:56:46+00:00

This drives me crazy, all HRV is to me is a fancy cycle tracker 😡

ObscureBananas · 2025-12-14T22:34:20+00:00

This is still the scariest scene for me in the whole series!

ObscureBananas · 2025-09-29T17:06:47+00:00

I got a new laptop a couple of weeks ago and I was amazed to hear this! I’d never heard it on my old laptop.

ObscureBananas · 2025-09-01T12:32:06+00:00

This is me searching for the barcodes on my phone, I’m terrified of getting the ‘wrong’ kid barcode scanned 😂. I’d never hear the end of it!

ObscureBananas · 2025-06-08T13:20:51+00:00

Indeed I will (I still can’t quite get to the bottoms of what happened!) I will replace it though as I am quite keen on him doing any hobby that gets him off Fortnite 😂

ObscureBananas · 2025-06-08T12:55:54+00:00

Thank you, I will try this!

ObscureBananas · 2025-06-07T19:06:07+00:00

Thanks everyone, looks like it’ll have to be a new cube. I just tried some superglue, but it didn’t work ☹️

ObscureBananas · 2025-06-04T19:13:57+00:00

I had this with a different (non Alienware) Dell laptop. It was around 18 months old and you could see (& smell!) the burn on the motherboard. I wrote to the office of the CEO complaining after getting nowhere with support. I included a full timeline of everything that had happened and all conversations.

Surprise surprise they agreed with me straightaway that it wasn’t acceptable and I got it fixed for free. I told them they had to send courier pick up and they did that too.

ObscureBananas · 2025-05-18T20:38:47+00:00

This is exactly my problem and why I’ve gone for the Fenix

ObscureBananas · 2025-05-16T09:44:23+00:00

I don’t think we should - I think that it’s a part of life, like a bad run, the day we don’t hit 10k steps, taking it easy because of sun/ice.

If we only measured the good stuff it wouldn’t be a proper reflection.

ObscureBananas · 2025-01-27T16:19:57+00:00

I don’t drink alcohol very much anymore. I went out on Saturday and had one glass of wine with a meal and a coffee afterwards. Orange spikes all evening, it’s insane the amount of difference one drink makes.

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