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12 parkruns of Christmas
By the time we got to Newcastle it was getting dark. I never imagined we would be so far behind. Some people would call it bad planning, I call it a charity challenge and who cares? +
12 parkruns of Christmas
We arrived at South Shields and I heard Adam and Emma “Daddy, Daddy!” I almost fell to my knees but I thought I’d save that for later. I cuddled Adam and didn’t want to let go. This should have been my last run of the day, I just didn’t know how to say enough’s enough. +
12 parkruns of Christmas
Not exactly sure of how late we arrived at Sunderland but I’m guessing maybe an hour to an hour and a half. As I said earlier, we didn’t care but we had to keep people up to date on social media incase they wanted to join us. +
12 parkruns of Christmas
Despite the smiles above, we were really struggling. Lee agrees that these middle few runs were the hardest. We were knackered, hungry and just wanted to crack on and complete the challenge. +
12 parkruns of Christmas
Albert parkrun was apparently just around the corner so we rolled up and asked for Tracey. Lee had received an email from her and she said that some of them would hang around after their official parkrun to support us. I don’t think either of us expected the welcome we received form Albert parkrun. +
12 parkruns of Christmas
9:05am, Lee and I ran to the starting line. Tees Barrage had very kindly waited and we were introduced to the other fellow parkrunners. We just had time to grab our Santa hats, thanks for waiting guys! +
12 parkruns of Christmas
We arrived at Darlington in perfect time and were greeted by Paul Dalton. He was going to run the first of three laps with us so we knew the route. Cheers Paul! +
12 parkruns of Christmas
We headed south to Shildon and Hackworth parkrun. It was still cold, still dark and I think we were all still half asleep! +
12 parkruns of Christmas
I stayed the night at the Lee’s as we had a 5am start at Blackhill the following day. We were joined by my Brother Mick Nattrass and friend Val Baxter. Val had torn her calf muscle so she decided to bring her bike along. The support and encouragement from both Mick and Val was fantastic on the day. +
