and the prize winner is......parkrun

Whoop Whoop parkrunner of the month awarded to yours truly, what a lovely surprise.  

And now for my thank you speech, I would like to start off by saying thank you ........ well mainly #parkrun for giving me and everyone a FREE, WEEKLY, TIMED RUN....not a race.  parkrun and extended parkrun community you have helped my to 

a) improve my running 
b) make loads of new friends 
c) help me to be volunteer 
d) buy new trainers 
e) buy new running kit 
f) eat cake on a Saturday before 10am and not feel guilty 
g) stopped me drinking too much on a Friday night
h) appreciate the local parks in my area
i) have more time on Saturday, run (coffee and cake) all home before 11am
j) wear more fancy dress 
k) improve my hill running (have to look strong and encourage everyone else on)
l) nearly be a funnel chucker 
m) get to use my laminater (clutching at straws now)
n) have a taster of cross country with our muddy patches
o) improved my down hill run (getting desperate) 
q)when incorporated as part of my long run, helped me to push that little bit harder at the end of a run
r)  have I had shoes/ what about running kit..........

ok I am sure that there will be a load more of ways that I will think that parkrun has helped me over the past 2 years, but for now I would like to say a very big THANK YOU to parkrun UK and especially parkrun Hanley