It was Gateshead Parkrun's birthday (at least, I think that's what I heard the announcer say; I could be wrong!) when we went on Saturday, so they had a reporter from the Chronicle taking photos of us - looking fresh, or looking exhausted; he didn't seem to mind. I hadn't known that before I got there, but Sedgefield was cancelled due to the National Cross Country event being hosted there, so I decided to run with my daughter. When I say 'run with', I mean 'at the same event'! She runs much faster than I do, so she took Sienna with her and I ran as quickly as I was able - which meant I finished in 40 minutes and she finished in a lot less! We did however, forget to take a photo of us with Sienna at the parkrun sign. Never mind - we're in the papers!
Anyway, I ended up on the lead photo - amongst a crowd of others - as we all set off near the start (https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/gallery/31-pictures-saltwell-park-parkrun-33466301#Echobox=1771685019). That's not me at the front of the picture - I'll leave you to guess which one is me.
It wasn't the first photo the photographer took as daughter and Sienna were already ahead of me and therefore not in the picture. However, at the end of his 30 pictures, he captured an amazing picture of Sienna (and my daughter's legs lol)
It's the last picture on page 6:
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/gallery/31-pictures-saltwell-park-parkrun-33466301#Echobox=1771685019
Meanwhile, I'm building an agility course - who would have thought it would be so hard to get t-shaped joints and end caps for 32mm pvc piping? Each place I have been for them had between 1 and 5 of either item - I need 24 of one and 16 of the other. Still, I have most of them now and can get started with the first build: a 6-pole weave slalom, followed quickly by a standard bar jump.
The plans for these can be found here: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pets/how-to-build-a-dog-agility-course
I even have some idea of a layout (thanks to Google AI)
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| A-FRAME (Contact) |
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| Jump 1 6-Pole Weaves |
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| Tyre Jump |
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| U-Tunnel --- |
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Without the A-frame:
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| [1] 6-Pole Weaves (Entrance) |
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| [2] Jump 1 |
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| [5] Jump 2 [3] Tyre Jump | 11.3m
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| [4] U-Tunnel |
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