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A group of us went to Bushy Park Park Run yesterday, because I live in E1 to be up at 6am, I'm not a morning person, especially on a day off. The 07.36 from Waterloo was full of runners, it looked like everyone on the train was a Park Runner. Walking from the station to the park felt like the London Marathon, a sea of runners as far as the eye could see heading to the start.
This was because, it was Bushy Park's 1000 Park Run. Bushy Park is the original Park Run venue, first and oldest; something of a Mecca for Park Runners, I've done the big commute because it is the Mother Ship. When we heard it was the 1000th it was too good an opportunity to miss. Thousands of people thought the say and it was rammed. Not a PB day by any way, we just ran 5, 6 abreast in one very long line. Had to que up 200m before the finish line, took 20 mins too get to the finish line. Had to que for an hour and a half in the funnel, to have my finish number 4288 written on my hand becaue they'd run out of tokens.
The finish was completely overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of people who had just shown up, I know the organisers had expected a large crowd but not this big. Everyone took it in good part, qued up and didn't moan about the long wait. Many thanks to all the volunteers, it must of been stressful in funnel.
The last person got through the funnel at about noon, the results aren't out yet and could well be Monday. I believe there were over 6200 finishers in total, a record I expect will stand for a very long time. Really glad to of got up at the crack of dawn to run with so many of us. And a great big THANK! YOU! to all who made this fun happen!