This morning I completed my 25th parkrun and 12th this year! To celebrate the occasion I joined my cousin-in-law Hayden at parkrun Lake Ginninderra. This was our first time running together and neither of us had run Lake Ginninderra before—so we weren’t entirely sure what to expect. All of the lake courses I’ve done previously are flat and fast, ideal candidates for setting PBs. The morning was crisp and the humidity low. So I thought we’d give the sub 23:00 a crack. If we managed to pull off this endeavour I would break into my top 10 parkrun times, all set in 2018. There was a certain charm to the idea of achieving this on my 25th parkrun.
My bad! Just reread and realised you said Lake Gininderra which I've also done and was busy and hard. You might actually like the gungahlin one because it's reasonbly flat unlike gininderra.
Awesome! It's funny because when I was writing my post I was thinking Gininderra but I wrote Gungahlin haha.
Coombs is my local so I like it because it's close and quite pretty, although the sneaky hills get me every time haha. I enjoyed LBG but I'm not sure if that's because there was the added sight of the hot air balloons, Gungahlin is pretty and nice and flat. I do quite like the flat ones haha.
There are still a few I haven't tried in Canberra yet though, but I'm sure I'll get there.
The test for me will be to see if I continue running once a week without a park run while I'm oversees.
I’m exhausted and I was only reading your story lol Well done Tim 😀
Wow Tim!
I almost felt like I was on the run with you.
Ive done Gungahlin once. There was 482 people. It was so chaotic. And doing a course for the first time is hard.
Well done on finishing in a cracking time and pushing yourself through the uncomfortable 💪
My bad! Just reread and realised you said Lake Gininderra which I've also done and was busy and hard. You might actually like the gungahlin one because it's reasonbly flat unlike gininderra.
Yes! I ran Gungahlin last month and it is a great course. Busy, but the course is super speedy and quite pretty.
Lake Ginninderra was super busy yesterday too, and like Burley Griffin can be very difficult to navigate the first couple of kms in the peloton.
Coombs and Jerrabomberra are still proving to be my favourites. What are your favourite courses Clare?
Awesome! It's funny because when I was writing my post I was thinking Gininderra but I wrote Gungahlin haha.
Coombs is my local so I like it because it's close and quite pretty, although the sneaky hills get me every time haha. I enjoyed LBG but I'm not sure if that's because there was the added sight of the hot air balloons, Gungahlin is pretty and nice and flat. I do quite like the flat ones haha.
There are still a few I haven't tried in Canberra yet though, but I'm sure I'll get there.
The test for me will be to see if I continue running once a week without a park run while I'm oversees.
Nice Write up... Love the narration. I would like to try that Gininderra Parkrun soon.
Halfway to raising the bat, love this level of story telling it's gripping!
38 second pb for the year! Great run!