{"id":2640,"date":"2023-10-01T21:54:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T20:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.totleyac.org.uk\/?p=2640"},"modified":"2023-10-01T21:55:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T20:55:57","slug":"totley-parkrun-challenge-millhouses-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/2023\/10\/01\/totley-parkrun-challenge-millhouses-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Totley Parkrun Challenge \u2013 Millhouses Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Event 6 &#8211; Blood, Sweat and Beers as we return to where it all began\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chris Heggs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>42 of Totley\u2019s very finest foolishly decided that running around a park at 9am in temperatures exceeding 20 degrees seemed like the sensible thing to do &#8211; they were wrong.<br>5 months previously, the Totley Parkrun Challenge was born, with the inaugural run taking place in Millhouses Park. The puddles on the course that day were due to a downpour the previous evening. This time around, they were formed wherever anyone stood still for more than a few seconds to wring out their running attire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As has become the pre \u2013 challenge ritual, several members decided that the best way to hydrate the evening before was to consume cans of alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sep23a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2642 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sep23a.jpg 827w, https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sep23a-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sep23a-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sep23a-230x161.jpg 230w, https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sep23a-350x245.jpg 350w, https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sep23a-480x336.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This time, they enhanced their preparation by sitting in a hot tub barely big enough for the group of men who somehow squeezed in.<br><br>I think we can say that the experiment proved unsuccessful, with Matt Ridge a no show (boo!) and Scott Blanks being absolutely destroyed, following a whopping 1.27% humiliation by Mark Goodison (who rumour has it was immersed in an ice bath shortly before taking to the start line).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Some may have questioned just how random the pairings draw is as yours truly completed the proceedings and fortuitously (or perhaps not) managed to receive a bye in the men\u2019s section.<br>In theory, this meant that I could afford a very gentle jog through the almost tropical surroundings. But that is not in the spirit of the challenge, and so, to show my utter commitment and respect for the event, I somehow managed to throw myself to the ground on the home straight of the second lap, whilst chasing no one.<br>Blood pouring from several minor cuts on my hand, and my pride well and truly dented, I bravely completed the third lap before receiving superb medical assistance (and several plasters for my poorlys) from the race director and the volunteer team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The overall leader board after 6 events shows 3 ladies ahead of the pack (Caz Kay, Kylie McAteer and Yvonne Twelvetree) with the top 3 men (Matt Burden, Richard Watts and Ian Bates) holding a slender lead in their respective league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the seventh challenge, we return to Graves Park on the 21st of October, I hope to see you there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Event 6 &#8211; Blood, Sweat and Beers as we return to where it all began\u2026 Chris Heggs 42 of Totley\u2019s very finest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tac_news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sep23b.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2640"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644,"href":"https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions\/2644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totleyac.org.uk\/2021_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}