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| The Hillyfields Parkrun Family Feast |
Day 155
My beloved Parkrun, at Hillyfields, was two years old today. When I first ran it, I struggled to get under 25 minutes on this undulating course. Now I'm looking to shave off 4 seconds to go under 23. Two minutes of improvement in two years: not so bad, I guess. When I watched fellow Kent women Dee O'Brian and Teresa Murphy nail it in under 20 today I felt energised by their strength. Both, of course, are under 40, but I feel sure that despite my age, I can get a minute off these 5k runs that I love so much. The hungover, fatigued and dispirited feeling that has been swirling aorund my head since the early hours prevented full-blown socialising in the role as voluncheer this morning, and I eschewed the cake, haunted by my fat navel gazing of yesterday, but I still have it in me to plot and plan the fit, sinewy old bird I want to become.
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