I am Oliver, I am 8years old, and on Saturday I did my first parkrun with my Daddy and Uncle.
On Friday, my Daddy asked me if I would like to do parkrun. When I had thought about it I said "Yes!". The next morning I woke up at 7o'clock and had eaten my breakfast and got dressed before I knew it. I was feeling a mixture of feelings:excited, nervous and rushed. When I was getting ready, I couldn't stay still because I was so excited about doing parkrun.
At the start I was thinking how proud that people would be of me if I did it. On the first lap I felt like I could keep doing the same pace the whole way round. When we were running we were talking all the way, which I really liked. When I was running my legs were hurting and I was desperate to get to the finish.
When I crossed the finish line, I was glad that I had beaten my Daddy and Uncle. When I finished I gave a sigh of relief as I was so glad that I had done it.I felt really glad and happy.
When I had finished I talked to my friend from cubs Andrew and his mum who is my cubs leader. I said that I had beaten my Dad and my Uncle and that I was really happy about it.
When we went to get our stuff I was glad to get my Rocky bar that I had been trying to earn the whole time.
After that we went to do the results upload and because I had done so well I had a bacon sandwich from the cafe as a treat.
I got my email the day after I did the parkrun and I was happy that I did it in 35 minutes and 21 seconds. That was faster than I had thought.
I am looking forward to doing it again very soon.
Sunday, 11 November 2012
Saturday, 10 November 2012
My son's parkrun debut
First of all I should say that he has been to parkrun a few times before. So it wasn't really his debut in that since. He has "helped" me Marshall and he has done a half parkrun (the first of the two laps) on 4 occasions.
But this time he was determined to do a full parkrun. Even before the run he was talking about his next 9 runs to get to his 10 t-shirt.
Time really wasn't on the agenda, but I had an idea that it would take around 45 minutes if he could manage it.
We placed ourselves (my son Ollie, my brother Andy and me) about two thirds of the way back in the field of runners.
We started at a steady pace that Ollie thought he could keep going and just aimed to run until he needed to walk.
The First kilometre took almost exactly 7 minutes. Faster than expected, but he was talking the whole time so it obviously wasn't too fast for him. And we knew the walking would come soon.
Another km passed, just over 7 minutes taken and still he kept running. We reached the half way point at 18 minutes and he had now run further than ever before without stopping.
Kilometres 3 and 4 passed and still he kept running. He was so determined to run the whole way by this stage, that I was convinced he would do it.
A fast last kilometre (6:50 ish) saw him beat me and Andy to the finish line in a staggering first-timer PB of 35:21 and finishing in 298th place out of about 329.
He had beaten my expectations by 10 minutes and incredibly he had run the whole way!
Within minutes he was talking about the 10 t-shirt again, and going next week. I may have to forego my own parkrun ambitions for a while if he stays this keen.
For my sake and his, I may try to convince him that once every few weeks is a better idea, but if he is adamant I can only really to encourage him, can't I!
I was totally blown away but what Ollie achieved today. He was so proud of himself and I was and am incredibly proud of him too.
But this time he was determined to do a full parkrun. Even before the run he was talking about his next 9 runs to get to his 10 t-shirt.
Time really wasn't on the agenda, but I had an idea that it would take around 45 minutes if he could manage it.
We placed ourselves (my son Ollie, my brother Andy and me) about two thirds of the way back in the field of runners.
We started at a steady pace that Ollie thought he could keep going and just aimed to run until he needed to walk.
The First kilometre took almost exactly 7 minutes. Faster than expected, but he was talking the whole time so it obviously wasn't too fast for him. And we knew the walking would come soon.
Another km passed, just over 7 minutes taken and still he kept running. We reached the half way point at 18 minutes and he had now run further than ever before without stopping.
Kilometres 3 and 4 passed and still he kept running. He was so determined to run the whole way by this stage, that I was convinced he would do it.
A fast last kilometre (6:50 ish) saw him beat me and Andy to the finish line in a staggering first-timer PB of 35:21 and finishing in 298th place out of about 329.
He had beaten my expectations by 10 minutes and incredibly he had run the whole way!
Within minutes he was talking about the 10 t-shirt again, and going next week. I may have to forego my own parkrun ambitions for a while if he stays this keen.
For my sake and his, I may try to convince him that once every few weeks is a better idea, but if he is adamant I can only really to encourage him, can't I!
I was totally blown away but what Ollie achieved today. He was so proud of himself and I was and am incredibly proud of him too.
My 8 year old to attempt parkrun today
What could possibly go wrong?
He managed the sport relief mile without stopping this year.
He has also managed a mile and a half a couple of times without stopping.
So now he steps up to the 3.1 mile challenge of parkrun.
He is pretty determined to do it today. Time is of no object and my brother and I will just try to encourage him round.
It's also a great excuse for me to take it really easy given my cross-country debut today.
I honestly expect him to manage one lap and then tiredness and the lure of the cafe and a bacon sandwich may prove too much.
So, let's see how he does and I'll try to post an update later or tomorrow.
Good luck Ollie!
He managed the sport relief mile without stopping this year.
He has also managed a mile and a half a couple of times without stopping.
So now he steps up to the 3.1 mile challenge of parkrun.
He is pretty determined to do it today. Time is of no object and my brother and I will just try to encourage him round.
It's also a great excuse for me to take it really easy given my cross-country debut today.
I honestly expect him to manage one lap and then tiredness and the lure of the cafe and a bacon sandwich may prove too much.
So, let's see how he does and I'll try to post an update later or tomorrow.
Good luck Ollie!
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