Running a very, VERY muddy Clarence parkrun, Bury, Greater Manchester. Did I mention it was muddy?!
We headed over the Pennines to check out one of the newer parkruns in Greater Manchester. Clarence parkrun, in Bury, was a real surprise in lots of different ways! The team were second to none in terms of friendliness and parkrun passion, and the course was super interesting to say the least! This has to be one of the muddiest parkruns I have ever run! You know it's going to be bad when you're advised to make sure your shoes are tied tightly in the Run Briefing!
If you like Cross Country racing then this will be a great parkrun for you... If you don't then I would strongly advise waiting until the end of the summer to visit! My top tip would be to visit the Tuck Shop straight after parkrun to allow the queue in the café to go down. Then head to The Green for breakfast. Both the Tuck Shop and The Green are community ventures which are well worth supporting, and they couldn't be located in a better position as they are literally a stones throw from the parkrun start/finish.
When you visit this parkrun then make sure you chat to the team, if not you'll definitely be missing out!
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I continue to appreciate the lovely values you have always shown with regard to Parkrun, the running community, and kindness in general. Your videos speak for themselves about the benefits of outdoor exercise with new friends. (And muddy "water features.")
Great video as always Nicola, I ran/walked/slid this parkrun in October on event Number 3 the pop up sign hadn't arrived then it's definitely the muddiest course I've ever completed, running wellies would have been ideal!! It would need at least a month's heatwave to dry that one out! Well done for keeping a smile on your face 😀👏
Slip s!idin away, slip s!idin away, you know the nearer your destination the more your s!ip slidin awaaay!!!! Guess which group i like? Much live to Pops, hope she feels better soon xxx
Aww you bring the joy to a grim parkrun day! Love the park - I bet it is wonderful in summer. Go Poppy's solo run. Thanks for sharing.
yeesh we did Armley parkrun on Saturday and that was very muddy - but not on this level! Well done to you & Poppy for getting round. Might visit if we have a long, dry summer!
Nicola how do you get so positive and excited? I never achieved those feelings when racing. I keep watching your videos to see if any of it transfers to me but to no avail lol. 😂
My home town. The home of the black pudding.
good news did this today and the cross country and woods paths where bone dry i got 22 mins and came 9th out of 121 i really took the field bit very fast
Hi Nicola, great video as always. You weren't kidding wuth the title, were you? See what happens when you head into the devils county? 'Does somebody wash the cones each week?' is the kind of searing, insightful journalism I expect of this channel
I've heard Great Notley parkrun often has similar conditions to this, but haven't done it yet.
Hi Nicola, following watching your video I ran Clarence today. Brilliant, brilliant run, absolutely loved it.
That's my local Park run and I only just watched one of your videos for the first time last week. Nice surprise. The ladies & gents who run it are indeed great! Glad you enjoyed the mud!
What a cool run Nicola. Glad it wasn't knee deep mud and it looked like no one slipped at all. Brought back memories of a 5 mile cross country race I did almost 2 decades ago. It was entirely on a hilly farm and we had had a wet winter and overnight it had snowed about 3-4 inches. The morning temperature was about 10F. The winner of the race wound up running with just one shoe and when I finished I had blocks of ice frozen on my legs between my sweats. New British word of the day for me was "Tuck Shop". Had absolutely no idea what one was. Got the Las Vegas Half Marathon done this weekend... what an experience.
That looks like great fun! Definitely need the mud claws for that one !
This is going on the list, and for winter too. Bit sadistic maybe but splashing around that muddy but gorgeous looking course among that lovely sounding community is my idea of an excellent Saturday morning. I don't care if it takes me 2 hours :-)
Poor Poppy, sometimes we go through a lot of colds etc but the plus side is it boosts the immune system for the future xx
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Ah, this puts the podcast into perspective with all the muddy references!
Mud mud, glorious mud, nothing quite like it for cooling the blood... As my mum used to sing when we were going on family treks 😂
You know it's a muddy one when the RD is in wellies!