- parkrunday 27th April 2019
- parkrun #67 – Preston parkrun
- Different event #31
- Time: 22:32
I’d originally planned to do Cuerden Valley parkrun near Preston but when I checked their Facebook page the night before the most recent post said that the event couldn’t go ahead as it stood at the time because they didn’t have enough volunteers.
Eventually they got the volunteers they needed (yah!) but didn’t create a new post to tell people (boo…), so when I quickly checked on Saturday morning I didn’t know it was on.
So… I had a quick change of plan and went to Preston parkrun for the first time instead!
Preston parkrun takes place in Avenham and Miller Parks not far from the city centre. It starts underneath the viaduct, and is three laps taking in a hill up to the flagpole at the top. The hill wasn’t too bad the first two times but was a killer on the third lap!
Although I’d driven through wind and rain to get there, it had stopped by the time I’d parked. I thought I’d take a chance and leave my jacket at the finishing point but unfortunately got caught out after 2.5km when the heavens opened and I got soaked!
I got my photo taken for the run briefing and am going to get a mention! I’ll post a link to it here when it’s ready.
