Haile Gebreselassie (actually I mean the Ethiopian who used to always run with a massive smile on his face whose name is spelt a bit like this - I think I 've got it close enough for you to recognise)
Hi Richard - never gone that way as would have to run through town to get to start and plenty of countryside on my side of town.
I presume you must mean Edinburgh marathon on Sunday? Doesn't sound like the time for a parkrun debut on the Saturday to me?? I suppose it will be okay provided you are not an ultra competitive type.
I've persuaded my wife and one of my daughters to run tomorrow so just need to get over the hurdle of telling them they need to get themselves there because I'll be running my warm up 3 miles first!
Nothing to do with Joseph Preston but do you remember David Falconer that used to be on here but got banned - well looks like he has registered for parkruns now but has never run one yet - might be interesting to see what time he manages if he runs on Saturday too.