Adam Bird - My Personal Blog

On the 26th August 2023 I ran the Southall parkrun which was the 81st event held at the venue, my 143rd parkrun and 71st different course I'd attended. After two weeks off enjoying a family holiday to Corfu where parkrun is yet to reach, I had a choice to make. Enjoy a other weekend parkrun free or get back on the running horse and keep up the habit. Fortunately for me I got back in the saddle. Routines are easily broken and as I'm not a natural runner there's always that fear that I'll simply stop one day and just not run again. I run because I need to, my body needs exercise and parkrun helps me maintain some semblance of an active lifestyle - the touring part is all just trying to make it more enjoyable. I had chosen Southall back one day when I was writing my schedule based on the fact that it was a flat course and that after two weeks of gyros, Mythos and Ouzo I'd need something gentle to break me back into it. Southall was actually my second post holiday run....

On the 5th August 2023 I ran the Woodbank parkrun which was the 649th event held at the venue, my 142nd parkrun and 70th different course I'd attended. The start of the football season is one of the most eagerly anticipated matches of the year and so when the fixture list came out and Gillingham were pencilled in to play Stockport County at Edgeley Park there was no way I was going to miss it! As Reaso and George were on holiday it was only Hayden and I who were going to be in attendance which gave me an opportunity to convert the days football into another parkrun tourism adventure. Ensuring that I was able to attend parkrun on time we travelled up by train after work on Friday and arrived at a local Premier Inn just after ten. This is a great way of traveling as it breaks the day up, albeit at a slightly increased cross. After what was a gloriously dry and sunny Friday we woke up Saturday morning with heavy rain. I looked out of the window from our room and looked at our clothin...