Saturday 5 April 2025 - Lyme Park parkrun #496

We were due to enjoy a TGO reunion walk from Hayfield, so Sue and I stopped off at Lyme Park to limber up for the walk. It was another lovely day. (We had enjoyed Friday with Isabella - report on a separate private word document.)

Sue and I were both mostly walking but I just about kept up with Alistair Pooler and Jenny Raffle, both of whom are TGO Challengers, but  they were not to be joining us later on the reunion walk from Hayfield.

The parkrun heads steeply up towards Bow Stones, turning left over easier ground to Harpers Wood, before climbing again up Cage Hill to the Cage. I was just about keeping up with Alistair, in bright yellow, after taking account of my stops for photos.

Beyond the Cage, superb views opened up and whilst Alistair was now a yellow speck far ahead, Jenny Raffle was more or less alongside. We had a brief chat before she passed me on the final gruelling ascent to the finish. A time of 36.59 for me - not my quickest 5km!

Sue strolled in about ten minutes later.

It's a tough but not too crowded run. Just the one lap, and fabulous views on a sunny day like this.

Full results are here. I was position 132 out of 164 participants; Sue was 158.

Anyway, that warmed me up for tail running at Sunday's Wythenshawe Community Run. Well attended. I jogged along with a 'Couch to 5km' lady who was running 5km for the very first time. She did well, finishing in under 40 minutes.