The first 'normal day' Saturday parkrun of the new year and it's our local again at Worthing. It's a cold chilly and bright day....perfect for the large gathering, boosted I am sure, by some new-resolution runners and walkers. We have Lenny today so Lesley will shuffle and I will walk, trot or whatever Lenny wants to do. Starting at the back with a nice couple with their 2 dogs who were doing their first at Worthing. Lenny got off to a flying start with the first poo-stop just short of the pier! At this stage there were still a lot of walkers around us and the Tail-Walker. The other couple also had a poo-stop from one of the dogs with the lady saying "4th poo already today" . Lenny was very keen and I was doing my best to pace him (and me ) He paused for wees and sniffs on a regular basis, plus greeting most dogs out for their promenade, with the usual sniff around and see if they were up for a play...some were! One more poo and then a jump up onto a seat at one of the shelters. This I took as wanting to stop.........but no, he jumped down and carried on to the Canada Flag where he sat down on the wall. Even though we were near the turn-around, I felt we had better beat a retreat especially as Lesley waived, on her return leg causing Lenny to get exited and thus making it easier for us to go back. 
Obviously, I didn't get a time in for this week but Lesley did pretty well at just around 42-43 minutes. She met us at the start point and we wandered back, passing by the start and onto the Perch on the Prom cafe/restaurant, that today was doing a special promo for parkrunners after placing an advert close to the top of the Worthing parkrun Facebook site, obviously we felt, somewhat late in the day when quite a few got cheesed off from last summer with Coast cafe queues. The special was for a bacon bap and coffee @ £6.50. However with just the one girl doing her best to serve a rush at 9:45, making coffee and delivering food, and working the till!! Still, chef did well and all the food came pretty quickly, considering. 'Must get another helper next week' she said...........will parkrunners return or will we go back to The Laughing dog or Coast or The Flower Pot or the Kiosk on the Beach, Cloud 9.... etc. etc. ?
We had a Thursday night prom run with the running club. - 2C when we left home with Lenny. A social night with new branch of Gails opening late, especially for us. The promise of a 'free' bun had 44 signed up on Spond despite the chill night.....a good turn out! why? Lenny loved the shuffle to Canada Flag and back to Gails for a chill while waiting for the crumbs to drop on the floor! The weather has been settled with relatively clear days , chill mornings and nights with little breeze to penetrate the bones!. 
Saturday was no exception when we turned up to pose for a promenade picture with friend Pete at Worthing following the decision our Horsham parkrun was cancelled due to ice. To be honest, Worthing should have gone the same way as we found out later, the promenade was very slippery. So much so, we chose to walk out and shuffle back as the frost was now starting to leave patches of relative safety.....for us senior people! Obviously the younger, fitter and faster crew still managed to finish in just over 16 minutes compared with our tardy 43!! It was back to the Laughing Dog for one of their 3 pancake breakfasts with, bacon, egg, mushroom, spinage and crunchy seeds, plus maple syrup topping, 2 plates, half each! Nice one.
