Author Archives: alishep

Armley parkrun: the one on Christmas Day

Posted on December 30, 2018 by alishep

I’m not sure if it is a sign of getting older, but preparations for the celebration of Christmas seem to get earlier and earlier each year, and more and more hyped up and commercial. This year I saw my first … Continue reading →

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Lincoln parkrun: the one with the jelly-bean man!

Posted on November 13, 2018 by alishep

“If you’re going to Lincoln next weekend, don’t forget your thermals!” So said my friend Steph, whilst we sat on the pier in Portsmouth in t-shirts in the unseasonably warm sunshine after running the Great South Run.  Steph is a … Continue reading →

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Gunnersbury parkrun: the one that has everything!

Posted on August 7, 2018 by alishep

One of the problems about my growing parkrun addiction is that I have to be careful not to become a crashing bore about parkrun, and I’m not sure I always succeed! I have to constantly check myself when I’m talking … Continue reading →

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Kesgrave parkrun: the one in the heatwave

Posted on August 6, 2018 by alishep

Only a few weekends after running at Boston on a weekend away to celebrate a friend’s birthday, I found myself on another weekend away celebrating another friend’s birthday –  this time in Suffolk. Now despite living in East London so … Continue reading →

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Boston parkrun: the one with the podcasters and uber-tourists

Posted on July 29, 2018 by alishep

When I was invited to spend a weekend in Lincolnshire at the rather splendid Skendleby Hall to celebrate a friend’s birthday, my first thought was “how lovely” and to check that I was free and able to go. But my … Continue reading →

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50 parkruns

Posted on June 16, 2018 by alishep

This morning I ran my 50th parkrun, joining the parkrun 50 club which entitles you to a free red 50 t-shirt and a red t-shirt badge on the results page. It’s taken me nearly 4 years to reach this milestone; … Continue reading →

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Running on Lundy Island

Posted on May 26, 2018 by alishep

Lundy. For many people the word is merely one in a list of places mentioned in the shipping forecast, perhaps in drowsiness as they drift off to sleep with Radio 4 on in the background. But for some, myself included, … Continue reading →

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Volunteering at the London Marathon

Posted on May 14, 2018 by alishep

For many years I have watched the London Marathon on the television, marvelling at the images of seemingly ordinary people doing an extraordinary thing: running 26.2 miles and often raising incredible sums of money for charity. For a few years … Continue reading →

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Wanstead Flats parkrun: the one with the mud!

Posted on January 27, 2018 by alishep

Since the start of my parkrun journey, Wanstead Flats has been my NENYD (Nearest Event Not Yet Done). It’s almost exactly the same distance from my house to Wanstead Flats parkrun as it is to my home run of Walthamstow … Continue reading →

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Elford Scarecrow Festival

Posted on September 2, 2017 by alishep

If you’re looking for something quintessentially British, quaint and ever so slightly bonkers to do, you couldn’t do any better than by going to the Elford Scarecrow Festival. Taking place in the village of Elford, Staffordshire on the August Bank … Continue reading →

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