{"id":2258,"date":"2021-09-25T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2023-04-09T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T18:00:11","slug":"parkrun-123-marple-with-jo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/2021\/09\/25\/parkrun-123-marple-with-jo\/","title":{"rendered":"parkrun #123 &#8211; Marple with Jo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>parkrunday 25th September 2021<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>parkrun #123 \u2013 Marple<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Different event #70<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time: 37:54<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning was my first time parkrun touring with someone else since I went to Wilmslow parkrun on Christmas Day 2019 with Jo. This morning I was back with Jo for a trip to Marple, and it was good to be back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marple is a town east of Stockport, Greater Manchester, and is one of the four remaining Greater Manchester parkruns left for me to complete (the others being Hyde, Watergrove, and the new event at Peel, Salford).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marple parkrun takes place in Brabyns Park and has a really enjoyable two lap course. It starts off on grass on the main park before following the River Goyt along a riverside path through woodland. It passes the confluence where the River Etherow joins it. Along the way there\u2019s an old, iron bridge, a weir, a pony exercise area (NO GALLOPING! NO RACING!), and an old stone dated 1896. I\u2019ve got no idea what the stone was for. Even local historians are at a loss. <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marple-uk.com%2Fstone.htm%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2Uwbr1M-FILHDis-f-cduoWtbqWO5bVQEzINdwjT-XEBQJvAABhQhrGqI&amp;h=AT3zWCkxYlYcHRNVnhFKurnB5rzeWQnOnMvM_0KC36ksiYxiUiBHuwUmJEyKrT_0T-qLJDjbR_KtVJixX0ip6SurcQq5patocTvcgLAc7E8YSEnybjwyselyRnWTdJ9xAAu-nIs&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c[0]=AT27tzn2bomFb2X2Gf_68j-Q2fGmR54i31jC_4j8sDWl8LSZGUrhjVfnvArO7hSUpQeWkPsu5rpkBb70cUe_7nSuXo5dO1uyfNbSTKAdir4MveFxTMZWRj5421Zxvnh4GRIknqA8d5k4gLys2BbNtj0o3Sw\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.marple-uk.com\/stone.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the first lap we reached a point where there were two paths ahead of us but no sign to say which way to go. Normally on a parkrun unless you\u2019re running a route for the first time and you\u2019re right at the front it\u2019s not a problem, you simply follow the people in front of you. Unfortunately there was nobody in sight ahead of us when we reached this spot and it wasn\u2019t until one of the regulars came up behind us that we knew to keep left. I pointed this out to the Run Director afterwards and he\u2019s going to replace the missing sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was nice to chat with some of the volunteers &#8211; Tailwalker Geoff and Scanner Chris. Jo and I also had a natter with parkrun Ambassador James Kemp who helped set up lots of parkruns including Croxteth Hall and Birkenhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterwards we went into the town and had breakfast at Libby\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/grahamholland\/posts\/pfbid029qDXCZfNouRF1goi4acfYPqL2DMiXANxzadnXKArkPYf6doC9ZPmexJ5obS33zsZl\" data-width=\"552\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<a style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#FC4C02;color:#fff;padding:5px 10px 5px 30px;font-size:11px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:10px center;border-radius:3px;background-image:url('http:\/\/badges.strava.com\/logo-strava-echelon.png')\" href=\"http:\/\/strava.com\/athletes\/9681964\/badge\" target=\"_clean\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n  Follow me on\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/badges.strava.com\/logo-strava.png?resize=51%2C13\" alt=\"Strava\" style=\"margin-left:2px;vertical-align:text-bottom\" height=\"13\" width=\"51\">\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"strava-embed-placeholder\" data-embed-type=\"activity\" data-embed-id=\"6015194682\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/strava-embeds.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning was my first time parkrun touring with someone else since I went to Wilmslow parkrun on Christmas Day 2019 with Jo. 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