Week 1, race 1: Panshanger parkrun

The only way to be able to do enough races to complete my 40/40 challenge without driving all over the country is to start doing some local parkruns. At the moment there are 6 (soon to be 7) parkruns within 45 mins drive of Hitchin.
So for race 1 in my challenge I chose Panshanger Parkrun, a 25 minute drive from Hitchin. It's a 1 lap off road 5km which is slightly undulating. I finished in 30:46 (despite the last 50m or so being uphill and Hannah and James joining me). A good start, 39 races to go!



Almost there...

I had some friends to help me get over the finish line

A little challenge...

Finishing the First Saturday in the Month 5km on 7 March 2015

Hello I'm Lindsay and on 25 March 2015 I turned 40. To celebrate this I decided to set myself a little challenge...40 races in a year. (and for this challenge parkruns count as races although I understand they aren't officially...it's my challenge so my rules!!).

I have done a fair bit of running in the last 20 years (including 13 marathons) and I'm a member of North Herts Road Runners but I also have 3 small children and in the last 5 or 6 years I have got out of the running habit. Moreover, these days running is physically and logistically challenging...

Let's see how I get on, wish me luck!