A somewhat reduced field this morning, and I can't really blame anyone for staying away - the weather was horrible. Of course some may have been at the National Cross-Country Championships at Alton Towers.
It snowed throughout the morning, coming down as slush, and the wind was strong enough to blow it under the peak of my cap into my eyes. There's one corner near the skate park which is quite muddy and has steep, alternating cambers. I checked it out as I left the nearby car park and made note to be careful. Even so, first time round I nearly came a cropper, only keeping my feet (and dignity) by swinging a few yards off course and returning over a grass bank.
All hopes of a Leeds parkrun PB were gone before even starting, so my only remaining goal was to finish 1st M50 for the third time of three.
I forgot, or perhaps just didn't bother, to stop my watch until I'd been in the funnel for a little while, but I figured it to be, unsurprisingly, my Leeds parkrun PW.
When I uploaded the data from my Garmin I was surprised to find that it recorded a total distance of only 4.89 km, when on my previous visits it had been much closer to the nominal 5km. I can only put this down to the atmospheric conditions 'confusing' the satellite signals, unless it was something to do with the solar flare I've been reading about!
My result came through at 12:47 (they're always pretty fast, though Coventry are often faster still) and my official time is indeed my slowest for Leeds, at 21:34, but at least I retained my 1st M50 status!
I may take a run round the villages in the morning - on the other hand if the weather hasn't improved I may just put it off until I get home on Monday!
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