I’m looking to get a 5k PB and was wondering if any Brisbane-based runners had good ideas of where would be a good place to do it. I’m thinking probably Sandgate, but wondered if anyone else had ideas.

  • @pemmykins@beehaw.org
    2•8 months ago

    Is there a UQ parkrun? Lots of people go running along the river there, and it’s extremely flat, although the path is a bit gravelly.

    • AdaAEnglish
      2•8 months ago

      There is! St Lucia parkrun. It’s good. Very flat, but the gravel isn’t the best if you’re aiming for a PB

    • ZagorathOPEnglish
      2•8 months ago

      Yeah that’s my local course and it’s where most of my training has been. The gravel has quite a substantial effect on your speed, I find, plus the route they use has three turnarounds which slow you a lot. It’s also not quite as flat as you instinctively think it is, with a bit of a climb up to where the bridge is. It’s nowhere near as slow as something with a large amount on grass or real significant climbs, but when trying to eke out marginal gains it adds up.

      • @pemmykins@beehaw.org
        2•8 months ago

        Fair enough! I used to live in st Lucia and run from guyatt park to the bridge and back for my 5ks, never joined the park run. Three turnarounds sounds frustrating. Hope you had a good run this morning!

        • ZagorathOPEnglish
          1•8 months ago

          Yeah I used to run 5ks as a loop from the dirt path, up towards the Ville via the back of Grace College, and then back to the dirt path. These days I tend to default to 10k as the dirt path, then along the Esplanade to the St Lucia Golf Course, and back.

          And yeah, my run went fantastically this morning, thanks! My goal was <18 min, but considering my previous PB was 18:46 I would have been happy with anything under 18:40. Ended up with comfortably less than 17:50.