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Running Huddersfield parkrun, Greenhead Park. parkrun Tattoos, parkrun Tourism and p-Index Chasing.

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I'd not run at Huddersfield parkrun for ages and I just needed a 9th run at Huddersfield and Fountains Abbey (I've currently run there 8 times) to increase my p-Index from 8 to 9. I headed over on a grey morning to run the Mario Kart course. It was Poppy's first time running Huddersfield parkrun as she was in a buggy last time we ran there!
Vlogging this parkrun really made me appreciate the beauty in the park and Poppy loved zooming around with a Mario Kart steering wheel. Happy memories parkrunning, although apologies to anyone who got hit with an imaginary shell or slipped on an imaginary banana skin!
We met the lovely Emily and Aaron visiting from Peel parkrun and it was so good to catch up with Victoria (VKP) and Family Pattison who I've known in parkrunworld for a really long time! I can't believe I've left it so long since I last visited. It's a fantastic parkrun and I'd highly recommend checking it out.
Huge thanks to Helen and the whole of the team at Huddersfield parkrun for a wonderful morning!
Happy running,
Nicola :)

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@chrispratt24 2 года назад

I grew up in and around Huddersfield and went to Greenhead College - right next to the park. I used to walk through the park every day on my way to college and so it brings back fabulous memories for me. I have lived in Bridgend, South Wales for 31 years - Porthcawl is my home parkrun but whenever I'm in Huddersfield visiting I always make sure I do the parkrun there. Absolutely love it and have made wonderful friends through doing so - not least the lovely VKP :)

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

Awwww VKP! Funnily enough we've just spent a fair amount of time in Bridgend! I ran from Kenfig to Cardiff and then we've visited Porthcawl, Rhossili and Nash Point and run Pontypridd and Pontypool parkruns so feels like I know the area pretty well now! 🙃 I'm actually in love with South Wales now! Although finally managed to drag myself away to Devon as we're running Woolacombe Dunes parkrun this parkrunday 😍

@chrispratt24 2 года назад

@@NicolaRuns just spotted this comment - fabulous. Bridgend is lush. Ideally located on the coast - equidistant from two cities and the coastline is lush. You’ll have to come back and do Porthcawl parkrun - look out for the International Elvis festival in September - always a good week to do it. Ironically I did Woolacombe Dunes a few weeks ago while on my honeymoon! Great parkrun in a lush setting. Tough but fabulous.

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

@@chrispratt24 congratulations!!! Yes it was gorgeous 😍 I ran on the Porthcawl parkrun route on the ultra! 😃

@bethancritchley2552 2 года назад

After listening to the pod & hearing you describe Poppy’s Mario Kart enthusiasm, I couldn’t wait to see this - and it absolutely did not disappoint!! I wish we could all have Poppy’s energy every parkrun day ☺️. What a lovely video!

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

Thanks Bethan, yes Poppy definitely has ALL of the energy! She's the best adventure buddy ever 😃😃😃

@ohadamruns 2 года назад

I have visited 22 different parkruns and Huddersfield remains my absolute favourite!!! I have never done a course quite like it. I love it when you are running and then suddenly see another group of runners (or walkers) doing a completely different part of the course. Beautiful park too :)

@tworunningbrooms 2 года назад

Yes the runners snaking around is an awesome sight.

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

It's so cool isn't it! That first bridge is just the best... The brilliant marshal one side and then turning back to watch the runners running over you. It's just awesome, makes me smile every time! 😃 Which parkruns are in the number 2 and 3 spots? 🤔🙃

@ohadamruns 2 года назад

@@NicolaRuns absolutely! Their volunteers are brilliant. Burgess parkrun gets number 2 because it is super flat and their Ugandan community always put a smile on my face when I lived in London. I'm slowly making my way through all the Manchester parkruns at the moment and I have loved them all. I am at Hyde this weekend for the first time which I used visit loads as a child which is going to be amazing and probably a tad emotional 😊😊

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

@@ohadamruns I'm yet to do Burgess but have heard the best things! 🥰 We absolutely loved Hyde as their marshals were incredible and espoused parkrun spirit. Hope you have the best time. It always means more when there's an emotional connection ❤️

@a97antonio 2 года назад

Loved having a preview of this course, it's one of my NENYDs and has been on my to do list for a while, hopefully this year. I'll definitely run with my boy, looks amazing being able to see all those other runners and have all the sharp corners and tunnels. Just need a massive downpour on Friday evening to get an early cricket cancellation to get there sooner!

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

🤣🤣🤣 we'll do a rain dance for you 😜

@richsullivan1950 2 года назад

Looks a cracking park. Loved Poppy's Mario Kart makeover, really made it. The footage of the chip buttys was stunning too 🍟

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

😂 Always winning if there's a chip butty! It's an awesome park and a really fun place to run. We were laughing to ourselves all the way around when Poppy was firing shells or squid ink at people... Totally not in the parkrun ethos which made it even funnier 🤣

@roisindamm9151 2 года назад

Chip butty after parkrun sounds perfect! Our local post parkrun café does chips but not as a butty. Strangely quite a few people think we're a bit odd for having chips at 10.30 in the morning. We don't care, they taste great.

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

It's honestly one of my favourite post parkrun snacks! Soooooo tasty 🤤 But yeah... Sometimes you get some looks 🤣

@bren70ssss94 Год назад

@@NicolaRuns my favourite is a chip butty curry sauce and a little Bovril 😁👍🤤 yum .

@NicolaRuns Год назад

@@bren70ssss94 sounds good... apart from the Bovril because I'm vegetarian! 🤣🙃

@bren70ssss94 Год назад

@@NicolaRuns Stop being difficult Nicola 🤣🤣

@NicolaRuns Год назад

@@bren70ssss94 okay... A medium rare steak it is for me 😜😂

@anitaplatt1248 2 года назад

Really enjoyed watching this. I can’t get to parkrun this morning so enjoyed a spot of vicarious tourism instead, thanks

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

Thanks Anita, that's an ace way to cope with missing parkrun, feel like you've visited a new one! 😃😃😃

@chewbacca73 2 года назад

Still my favourite course out of the 37 different ones I’ve done. Very organised using the bowling green as a finish funnel. The parking situation is a bit of a struggle sometimes.

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

Honestly I can't tell you how stressed I was that we were going to arrive after 8:15. I was convinced there would be nowhere to park but it was totally fine now numbers have reduced a bit post parkrun pause. It's a shame there's no car park but it's so central so I guess there was just never any room! And parking is always manageable but like you say... When it's a struggle then I do feel for the local residents! Using the bowling green is a stroke of genius isn't it?! 👌😃

@emmarunyeard6832 2 года назад

Ducks aka waddle - flops xx we have 3 who are desperate to infiltrate the goat yoga.. Ducks are awesome so thank you for the duck spotting x

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

Only just seen this comment?! We love ducks 🦆🥰

@barnabynorman157 Год назад

What a wonderful parkrun, defo on my northern want list. And hoolahooping vegans I love! Thanks for sharing.

@NicolaRuns Год назад

For some reason the phrase hulahooping vegans REALLY makes me laugh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 It's a great parkrun, deffo worth the visit 😃

@tonyreeves5083 2 года назад

Wow!!!! I absolutely loved this video and what a smashing park! Poppy’s idea of running with her Mario Kart wheel was really funny and I'm impressed she kept that up through the whole run. My 5yo grandson occasionally runs Huntingdon parkrun with me and the last time out picked up sticks and had to run away from the aliens chasing us through the woods! Got to make it fun 🙂 Thanks Nic - great video

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

Awww that's brilliant! Poppy used to collect speed sticks?! They made her faster apparently 🤣 Definitely got to make it fun 😃 Pleased you enjoyed the video 🤗

@MichaelTinker-dt1rp 6 месяцев назад

i keep watching this over and over the empty paddling pool you passed i use to paddle in that when i was young in the 1970s and they had like a shelter at the side of where you ran

@NicolaRuns 6 месяцев назад

Oh wow! That's so cool! I always think it's sad that it's empty 😔

@MichaelTinker-dt1rp 6 месяцев назад

@@NicolaRuns 17th park run today for me 15th one at Oldham in April going to be doing Leeds Roundhay park half marathon with run though events love that park but 24th March doing the Spenborough 20 miler for the 16th time which is not easy o and i am following you on facebook and the park run app

@NicolaRuns 6 месяцев назад

@@MichaelTinker-dt1rp ooh yes I've run Spen 20 as a marathon training run! 🙃 It's a great race! Well done on your parkrun 😃

@NicolaRuns 6 месяцев назад

@@MichaelTinker-dt1rp and I agree... Roundhay is a pretty special park 😍

@MichaelTinker-dt1rp 5 месяцев назад

@@NicolaRuns guess what i did Huddersfield park run today and loved it now my fav defo will do it again and lovely day for it finished in a time of 21 mins 40 seconds finishing 45th out of 653 went in the cafe you filmed in on this clip just for a take away drink

@Mookiethedog 2 года назад

Wow...amazing energy here all around...from marshals to Poppy! Not sure what a p-index was so Google rescued me there. Well done! As an aside I saw your interview with Run To The Hills and really enjoy following Gary Thwaites....older dude like me! The park in Huddersfield does look beautiful!

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

I'm an avid listener of Run to the Hills now since being on the pod 😃 Gary is lovely! 🤗 There is definitely something special about Huddersfield parkrun. It's an awesome one 😍

@alanalan1406 2 года назад

What a great vlog! This will be our “go to” guide for people wanting to see our lovely parkrun. I prefer a fish finger sandwich to a chip butty, but other than that I cannot find fault with your assessment of Greenhead Park. I’m not going to be able to disassociate MarioKart with our course now 😂😂. Come back soon - there’s so much more to Huddersfield to enjoy!

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

Thanks Alan 🥰 so pleased you enjoyed the vlog. I'm vegetarian so we'll have to agree to disagree about the post parkrun food choice 😉🍟 I definitely won't leave it so long before coming back next time 😃

@MrCol104 2 года назад

Cheers Nic. What a thoroughly entertaining video that was. 🙂 Nice to see you & Poppy before & during the run. This was my 1st visit here. What a stunningly beautiful park it is. The course was very interesting with under & over the bridge, fast sections, lots of sharp turns and sneaky hills. This year, I have made a point of spreading my wings and trying to visit other ParkRuns. It really has opened my eyes to what lovely parks there are. The following week to this I visited Preston ParkRun which was another stunning park. If you haven't done that one, then I would certainly recommend it. Thanks again. Ps. Damn. Didn't realise post run chip butties were available. Feel I've missed out. 😭

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

It was so lovely to see you guys there 🤗 I laughed when I was editing the video as I paused to check to cheer you on and say Col instead of Keith 🤣 Which is your home parkrun? I think it's awesome that you're going to do a bit more parkrun tourism. It's such a great way to see the world! Although I always wonder how much of the course you really fast runners get to see. I'm forever mentioning things to Al and he has no clue as he ran past too quickly 😂 Not sure if that's just him or if that's most fast runners?! We obviously get twice the time to see the park while we're running so it was nice to see you guys exploring the park after your run ☺️ You need to up your cafe game though... Chip butties should be a priority 😜

@MrCol104 2 года назад

@@NicolaRuns My home ParkRun is Crossflatts in South Leeds - I ran 42 of my 1st 50 ParkRuns at that venue. A bit embarrassed to say I’d not done any of the other Leeds ParkRuns up until a 3 months ago (🙈) but am now on a ‘tourism’ streak of about 13. I’m not at Al’s level but still take in my surroundings, appreciate the scenery and always thank marshals each time I pass them. I also like finish and then stay and behind to cheer others on. It’s genuinely inspiring to see those who aren’t as quick, put in a massive effort to finish.

@tworunningbrooms 2 года назад

Preston is another stunning park, which has many similar features to Huddersfield. We took that one in several years ago. 2014 possibly?

@MrCol104 2 года назад

@@tworunningbrooms Absolutely. On the day I visited Preston ParkRun it was a gloriously sunny day which made it all the more stunning.

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

@@MrCol104 oh wow that's an ace tourism streak! Where are you off to tomorrow? There's benefits to running at your home parkrun as well as touring. I miss my parkrun family when I'm travelling about so much! We're at WHM tomorrow though so that'll be lovely 😃 then touring again the week after! 🙃

@tweakLeeds2006 2 года назад

Love the Council Worker Marshall..

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

He's the best! Super enthusiastic 🥰

@2nailchallenge636 2 года назад

Your commentary is always enjoyable

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

Awww thank you, sometimes I think I like talking a bit too much 🤣🤣🤣

@emmarunyeard6832 2 года назад

I love the look of the vibe there, what a buzz at the start xx love poppies warm up xx

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

It's an awesome parkrun, both for the community and also the course and the park itself 😍

@martinbishop4g 2 года назад

Huddersfield parkrun was where my parkrun journey started nearly 7 years ago. I have been back there a couple of times since then, but not recently, (being a southerner), so it was great to visit my Alma Mater again through your vlog. My first impressions of that very first parkrun there was the excitement of setting off with so many smiley people and then, about half-way through, seeing the snake of runners in every direction, on different parts of the park. parkrun pervasiveness at its best!. I remember thinking also that the Marshalls were super friendly and encouraging, full of "northern friendliness".

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

Yes they're super friendly aren't they?! I'm really pleased you enjoyed the vlog. Those moments when you see streams of parkrunners in every direction are so brilliant, they remind you that you're part of something much bigger and that it's really a very special thing 🥰

@jameshickey100 Год назад

What a wonderful park run course

@NicolaRuns Год назад

MarioKart! 😃😃😃

@jameshickey100 Год назад

@@NicolaRuns it not long now until my 10k race half marathon in may

@NicolaRuns Год назад

@@jameshickey100 that's exciting! I love racing 😃 Is it 10km or half marathon though? A half marathon is 21km 🙃

@jameshickey100 Год назад

@@NicolaRuns i would let you know How I got on nicola at Colchester stampede zoo in may

@tworunningbrooms 2 года назад

We did the fourth parkrun here several years ago. A stunning park that ticks all the right boxes, especially in terms of Victorian grandeur. Seeing the runners snake around up and over and under the bridge is an awesome sight. It's one we'll be including in our parkrun series in the coming months.

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

Several years ago... And the rest! 😜 I imagine I was at one of the early ones but I have a terrible memory 🤣 I absolutely love it as a parkrun and can't wait to go back 😃 Enjoy when you return 🥰

@SwimBikeRunStu 2 года назад

Great video.

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

Thank you 🤗

@richardbuck1729 2 года назад

Got to Parkrun a couple of minutes late this morning so had a different experience picking off a few people from the back

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

Oh no! Well done for making it! I hate that sinking feeling when you realise you're going to miss the start! 😱

@MichaelTinker-dt1rp 2 месяца назад

will be running my 25th parkrun here on saturday also someone i know is Marshalling going to get my breakfast afterwards in the cafe

@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад

Have the best time! And congratulations 🎉👏

@MichaelTinker-dt1rp 2 месяца назад

@@NicolaRuns thanks and will also have good time here at Christmas i have 2 Cousins coming over from Brisbane one is 14 and the other will be 10 and if they want will take them to Huddersfield park run the best park run there is

@arrontrevor7086 2 года назад

Looks a fabulous place to run! Regarding the drop in numbers, were there any nearby events that opened up recently that would have helped cause it?

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

It's an awesome parkrun 😃 No it's not another event appearing... But I keep hearing this from all the parkruns we keep visiting. There's a general drop in numbers and also less junior runners since the pandemic. It's just much more noticeable at a larger event as instead of 30 or 40 fewer people it's a few hundred. I'm sure it'll pick back up though ☺️

@jameswhite3976 2 года назад

Love this. Thank you!

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

No, thank you! 😃🤗

@emmarunyeard6832 2 года назад

Is Huddersfield a big town (or is it a city?) I am extremely Southern so quite fascinated by the look of up north xx

@tworunningbrooms 2 года назад

It's technically a large town but has the vibe of a city.

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

Half the size of Bradford and twice the size of Wakefield 😜 #northernanswer 🤣 You know when somewhere feels just the right size... I always think it's that. Not too big and not too small 😃 as John or Dawn said above it's technically a market town but does have a city vibe ☺️

@emmarunyeard6832 2 года назад

@@NicolaRuns a perfect answer x

@2nailchallenge636 2 года назад

Our Aussie Parkrun ambassadors are currently doing parkruns in the UK. Pity you could not meet Ian and Nadine

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

That's a shame, would love to meet them. Which parkruns are they doing?

@2nailchallenge636 2 года назад

@@NicolaRuns they did about 6 and I saw on Facebook they in Ireland now. They started our local Rosebud Parkrun and now are Victoria and Tasmania Ambassadors. Lovely people

@NicolaRuns 2 года назад

@@2nailchallenge636 sounds like they're having an awesome visit! 😃