Week 8, race 7: Luton Wardown parkrun

For the 7th race in my 40/40 challenge we returned to the parkrun at Wardown Park in Luton. Of the parkruns I've done recently this is probably the least interesting (3 and a bit times round a lake in the park with a little hill on each lap past the museum) but it is the closest to home, fairly simple to get to and park, there's tree trunks to climb on, a lovely park to play in after the race and my support team get to see me 3 times.

I can't keep up!

Hannah has been desperate to run with Mummy so after she got some new trainers we said she could join in for a bit of each lap.Gary thought she might slow me down (I wasn't convinced she actually would) so I ran hard for the bits where she wasn't with me. She loved joining in, running and chatting with a huge smile on her face and the third time round she ran off ahead of me!
I finished in 92nd place in 29:47 which was 1 second quicker than last time I ran this course so I don't think she slowed me down atall!

So far my silly challenge has been worth doing. Every Saturday we drag ourselves out of the house in a bit of a rush but then Hannah and James get to run around in the fresh air, climbing on tree trunks, running in the grass, playing in the park and seeing running as a completely normal thing to do (so much so they both want to run with me every chance they get).

Only 33 more races to go...