Luton Wardown

Waterlogged Wimpole and I'm in need of an alternative venue for the weekly parkrun.  A fortuitous WhatsApp message came suggesting Luton Wardown.

I'd been a little wary of doing this one in the past because of concerns ofver parking but the offer of a lift there was enough to get me trying another now parkrun course.  As it turns out there is no issue with parking as long as you turn up in reasonable time.

The park in which the run is held is rather beautiful with a lake in the middle and indeed the run incorporates going over one of the bridges.

Unusually for me I prepared for the run with a warm up of approximately 3km (that'll teach me to go to parkrun with someone) and then joined in near the start for the briefing.  The briefing was very well organised (if a little on the strict side - no talking at the back) with a PA system and all aspects of the run covered in good detail.

The course is a little over three laps of the park with a short incline across the grass to be done four times the rest of the course is on concrete paths (which were a little icy on the day but in good condition to run on)

Course Map

The course is relatively flat and in less icy conditions would be a pretty fast course.  There is a narrow bridge at the Southernmost part of the course which could have been a bit of a pinch point but the runners were all very aware of each other and it didn't cause any issues.

Elevation

Unfortunately after the run there was no time to hang around and try out the coffee facilities, particularly disappointing as they are great value with biccies thrown in for free.