Alstervorland Parkrun
Our second park run is in Hamburg, Germany. Alster Park is located on the shore of the Alster - a tributary of the Elbe river.
Parkrun started at 9am which gave us plenty of time for the slow 2.3km jog to the start. The weather was overcast with light showers and cold! I have never run in a beanie before - there is a first time for everything.
It seemed there were quite a few visitors to this park run I heard England and Singapore in the countries being named. The run director started her introduction with the question - what language will we use? She decided on English and completed her introduction and instructions in English with some German thrown in.
The run was two laps of the course which was mostly on a gravel path, except for the section where I thought running on the grass would be a better idea than negotiate if a puddle on the path - I was wrong - I had to run the rest of the course with very wet feet and muddy runners.
I really enjoy this cold weather running, no PB but it was a lovely parkrun and my coldest to date.
But most of all, thanks to the volunteers. Parkrun doesn't happen without you.
