Frickley Country parkrun,

[@natstone8703]

Amazing running 👏 👏 Them hills aren't easy 😅 ...

[@MattClarry]

Thank you Nat! And no, no they are not easy..! 🤣🏔️🏔️

[@duncanmyford4209]

Tough one Matt well done ….. I fancy doing it 😁👍

[@MattClarry]

Thanks Duncan! It is a nice parkrun, quite scenic. Bit of tough start, middle and that bit before the end, but other than that, its nice and flowing!

[@TheRunningWhale]

Great running and another weekend of doing the same parkrun haha. Course I wouldn't have seen you for dust lol That headwind after the final hill was the killer for me. Nice spot and excellent running, well done.

[@MattClarry]

Cheers, ha ha, seem to be making a habit of that ! Yeah, that headwind wasn't favourable at the end was it !

[@garthcox4307]

Former colliery parkruns never seem to be flat. The hills are the landscaped spoil tips presumably. Gedling is a nice one if you've not done it yet.

[@MattClarry]

No, they very rarely do, do they, though thinking about it, Rother Valley is a notable exception, I guess! I have done Gedling, in fact it was the last parkrun that I ran in '23 !

[@Jeff-yt3qp]

Great run Matt. Just outside the 20mins. Looked a tough course a few lung busting climbs, but a nice surface and scenic. 🏃‍♂️

[@MattClarry]

Cheers Jeff, yeah its definitely a tough one alright, that initial climb and steep descent are both hard on the legs and loose underfoot making it interesting, most of the rest was on good firm surfaces though! The zig zag climb is just a killer !

[@keithbowden4248]

Jaysus, your a glutten for punishment 😃 Not a bad time relative to your 19 and a half - some serious inclines to deal with throughout the course and you weren't gaining much on the down hills versus the flat. Very good run and time looking at it from here. Were you happy with the Sunderland Half?

[@MattClarry]

Ha ha, yeah, seem to be Keith ! I'm reasonably happy with that, improved by 5 seconds over the last time I was there. Yeah I think the legs were trashed from the initial 2 climbs again to make much of a indent on the down hills. The Sunderland Half is not one I've done yet

[@keithbowden4248]

@@MattClarry Sorry Matt, I meant Sheffield Half 😁

[@MattClarry]

Ah ha, in that case @keithbowden4248 no, not particularly happy with it, think I pushed a little harder on the first couple of mile than I should've done and burnt out the legs too much for the climb and that pretty much ruined the rest of it and any chance for a good time !

[@stuartwalker6786]

Nice that you treated yourself to a Flatun' 🤔👍😃🦾🏃. Great run and time on that beast Matt! well done.

[@MattClarry]

Cheers, ay it wasn't easy! Yeah, and I ain't getting a flat one next week either, will be running around Clifton park in Rotherham and that's not easy either!