I'm a parkrun Alphabeteer! Getting a Q at Queen's parkrun, Glasgow. The Kelpies & The Falkirk Wheel

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  • @ruthrobson9112
    @ruthrobson9112 3 місяці тому +3

    Great video that really captures the atmosphere of the morning and the beauty of this parkrun. Thanks for mentioning us, and it was exciting to see ourselves on film!

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      So great to see you guys, what a really lovely surprise! 🥰🤗

  • @barnabynorman157
    @barnabynorman157 Місяць тому

    Another stunning parkrun - I loved the views and the avenue of trees. What an amazing boat lift and I love the horses - they have one of those near Marble Arch in London I think. Thanks for sharing.

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  Місяць тому

      It's gorgeous and don't believe the rumours of how hilly it is. It's not flat but it's not too bad 😃

  • @mattmiller8139
    @mattmiller8139 2 місяці тому

    Another great video, Nicola. Wearing mascara in the rain ! 😆 That was hilarious.
    Well done on finishing your alphabet. Interestingly I met some Scottish runners recently who said that they were struggling to get a B which must be the most common letter in SE England. The only B in Scotland is Bressay in the Shetland Islands.
    I was going to have a ride on the Falkirk Wheel last time I was in Scotland but I arrived too late in the day so it is on the cards for next time. Thanks for posting about the Kelpies. I hadn’t heard of them.

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  2 місяці тому

      Ooh I'm in love with the Kelpies, I think they're stunning! Lol about the B... I've got sooooooo many 🤣 It's crazy how long my alphabet took me! 😳

  • @tykeinbrum
    @tykeinbrum 3 місяці тому +1

    Hey Nic! Great vid, thanks. Congratulations on your alphabet! I was more excited to see your take on the Kelpies and the wheel than the parkrun, to be honest, as they're the reason I've chosen Falkirk for my first ever Scottish parkrun, in six week time! Queen's parkrun does look pretty good, to be fair, but I'm sure Falkirk will be great too. #dfyb 🙂

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому +1

      Ooh yay, you've got an awesome trip in store then! Fingers crossed you get the weather. It's honestly epic, the Kelpies were my favourite 😍😍😍

  • @emmarunyeard6832
    @emmarunyeard6832 3 місяці тому

    Loved the first timers briefing, he was wonderful 🎉

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      Wasn't he?! I had such a smile on my face 😃

  • @troymorgan4955
    @troymorgan4955 3 місяці тому +1

    Great video. I've done it once- it's savage. Great park and tea room in the church. There used to be a 16 mile race in the area and it finished by going up the steps then up to the top of the tarmac path - brutal but so much fun.

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому +1

      Oh my goodness that sounds evil!!! I'd love it! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @alanmcdougall8228
    @alanmcdougall8228 3 місяці тому +1

    Well done on your alphabet. Finished mine a couple of weeks back too.

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      Ooh yay! Congratulations 🎉 And thanks 🤗

  • @andybrook9518
    @andybrook9518 3 місяці тому

    Brilliant video. The parkrun looks lovely and the features in Falkirk are fantastic. Huge congrats on the alphabet!

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому +1

      Thanks so much! It took me a while but I finally made it 😃😃😃

  • @samanthani21
    @samanthani21 3 місяці тому +1

    Great video 😁 Queen's Belfast parkrun is actually named after Queen's University Belfast. There's no Queens's Park in Belfast!

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      Ooh no way! That's funny that they called it that then! Thanks for the info 😃

  • @richsullivan1950
    @richsullivan1950 3 місяці тому

    Congrats Nicola, the full alphabet, great achievement. It does always rain in Scotland - I'm there now and it started raining an hour after I arrived

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      This really made me laugh 🤣 and thanks, the full alphabet has taken me a fair while!

  • @richardbuck1729
    @richardbuck1729 3 місяці тому

    Well done on your thing Nicola! 🥳 I also did a thing completing my 100th parkrun at Horton Park. Included a rare top 10 finish for extra satisfaction.
    Adored the Kelpies when I visited two years ago, have yet to visit the canal there but it looks wheely cool!

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      It was Wheely cool 🤣🤣🤣 but I loved the Kelpies more 😍 thanks and congratulations on your 100th! 😃

  • @abigailrowcroft9399
    @abigailrowcroft9399 2 місяці тому

    Great video. Congratulations on your alphabet!

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  2 місяці тому

      Thanks and thanks! 😃😃😃🤗

  • @jennyharrison4
    @jennyharrison4 3 місяці тому

    This would probably be by nearest Q living in the North West. 3 laps and hilly 🤦🏻‍♀️ Loved the video! 👍

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому +1

      Thanks 🤗 Lol... It's so much better than it sounds🤣🤣🤣

  • @susanheneghan5879
    @susanheneghan5879 3 місяці тому

    Congratulations Nicola 🎉🎉

  • @gypsymuffinABZ
    @gypsymuffinABZ 3 місяці тому

    Great video Nicola & congrats on becoming a Alphabeteer. 👏
    I still have 8 letters to go, but this will be the parkrun I visit to get my Q.

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому +1

      Thanks, can't believe it's taken me so long 😳😳😳 Enjoy it when you visit, it's ace! 😃

  • @geoffh2560
    @geoffh2560 3 місяці тому

    congrats on completing your Alphabeteer Nicola! You're a few ahead of me but I do have this Q on my list so really handy to see what we're in for.

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      Thanks 😊 It's hilly but you'll love it! 😍

  • @miriamsalo7123
    @miriamsalo7123 3 місяці тому

    Woohoo! Congratulations Alphabeteer! 🥳🎊

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      Thank you 😃 I made it eventually! 🎉🎉🎉

  • @shirleylowe8045
    @shirleylowe8045 3 місяці тому

    😂 it always rains in Glasgow! Thanks for the video, it looks like a lovely parkrun

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      It seems like you're right?! 🤣🤣🤣

    • @shirleylowe8045
      @shirleylowe8045 3 місяці тому

      If you come back over the border, you should do Plean parkrun, hilly but an amazing course.

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      @@shirleylowe8045 ooh, thanks for the recommendation 🤗

  • @sallyme
    @sallyme 3 місяці тому

    Congrats 🎉

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      Thank you so much 😃😃😃

  • @jsb_running
    @jsb_running 3 місяці тому

    Well done, it's not easy to get some of those letters!
    I'm only on 52% for alphabet - but then I've only been parkrunning a year.
    Z is the issue. I can't believe that I'm genuinely likely to go to Poland in order to get it (and a new flag on my profile). At least this is a hobby that gets my travelling!

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      Yes yes yes! It's the best hobby for exploring the world and meeting fantastic communities across the globe 😃 I got my Z in Poland 🎉

  • @emmarunyeard6832
    @emmarunyeard6832 3 місяці тому

    Oh the kelpies ❤

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      I'm obsessed! They're amazing 🤩

  • @cameronashton7150
    @cameronashton7150 3 місяці тому

    The run brief & first timers' welcome are held in a very similar performance area or bandstand at Clitheroe Castle.

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому +1

      I was thinking of exactly that!!! I love the run brief there! It's the perfect place for it! 😃

  • @crystalball383
    @crystalball383 3 місяці тому

    Q was only my ninth different parkrun letter! It was at Quakers Walk in Devizes. (Currently on 40% of my alphabet.)
    Still, well done on your alphabet!

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому +1

      Thanks 🤗 I only need Q, U and Z for a second alphabet 😳

  • @royce_runs
    @royce_runs 3 місяці тому

    👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 well done!

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому +1

      Thank you 🤗🤗🤗

    • @royce_runs
      @royce_runs 3 місяці тому

      @@NicolaRuns Sweden next month then it's Portugal 🤞🏻before Lisbon half

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      @@royce_runs I've never been to Portugal... I can't wait to parkrun there!!! 😃

    • @royce_runs
      @royce_runs 3 місяці тому

      @@NicolaRuns half marathon looks awesome. Hoping parkrun gets sorted in time though.

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому +1

      @@royce_runs everything crossed! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

  • @mattgarner2414
    @mattgarner2414 3 місяці тому

    Such a fun weekend! I’m a bit torn about the hangover aspect… I’m quite au fait at using parkrun as a cure, but I realise you’re perhaps not as familiar with that sort of plan… Still, you did allude to the idea that it might have enhanced your appreciation of the laps?😳😅😬

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому +1

      I'm not sure I'm excited about getting more practice at running on a hangover! Saturday nights are fit drinking... parkruneve is sacred! #notacult 🤣

  • @freddiewilkinson2598
    @freddiewilkinson2598 3 місяці тому

    Hi Nicola here is a Q in Devizes Wiltshire called Quakers Parkrun.

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      Oh yes! I forget about that, it's only a year old or something isn't it. Still... Probably quicker for me to get to London 🤔

  • @ChairmanAntelope
    @ChairmanAntelope 3 місяці тому

    22:57 Not sure I’d want to go for a dip in the “wee jetty”.

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      No, I'm not sure I would either... 😳😳😳

  • @notmyrealname6272
    @notmyrealname6272 3 місяці тому

    Right by my flat ❤

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  2 місяці тому +1

      That's cool! I absolutely loved this park/parkrun 😃

    • @notmyrealname6272
      @notmyrealname6272 2 місяці тому

      @@NicolaRuns I almost thought if I looked really carefully I’d spot my dog in the video but I didn’t haha

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  2 місяці тому

      @@notmyrealname6272 that's so funny 🤣

  • @arrontrevor7086
    @arrontrevor7086 3 місяці тому

    Well done on completing your (first) alphabet! I've done all the letters that I can in Poland (Polish alphabet doesn't even have Q). Where did you go for your Z?

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      Zamek w Malborku 😍😍😍 Hope that is the correct spelling! 😳

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      And thanks 🤗

    • @arrontrevor7086
      @arrontrevor7086 3 місяці тому

      @@NicolaRuns Yes it is. That's where I got my first Z too

  • @MichaelTinker-dt1rp
    @MichaelTinker-dt1rp 3 місяці тому +1

    if you are looking for hilly parkruns as i am there is Bolton watched it last night on here by a runner known as the running whale that is on my to do list

    • @cameronashton7150
      @cameronashton7150 3 місяці тому

      Lancashire is full of hilly ones like Bolton: Hyndburn, Haigh Hall, Pendle, Lancaster and especially Witton. It's why we do so much tourism!! 😂

    • @MichaelTinker-dt1rp
      @MichaelTinker-dt1rp 3 місяці тому

      @@cameronashton7150 i have run at Witton park 20 years ago with the 10k i remember it been very hilly

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @MichaelTinker-dt1rp
    @MichaelTinker-dt1rp 3 місяці тому

    i am suprised that is not a parkrun at the Queens park Rochdale ie Saturday one

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому +1

      That would be good!

    • @MichaelTinker-dt1rp
      @MichaelTinker-dt1rp 3 місяці тому

      @@NicolaRuns i am ready for my 2nd Glossop park run this saturday hope to do a PB aswell

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      @@MichaelTinker-dt1rp good luck 🤞🏻

    • @MichaelTinker-dt1rp
      @MichaelTinker-dt1rp 3 місяці тому

      good one at Glossop today knocked 3 mins of my best getting 22 mins finishing 16th out of 140 tommorrow ye ha Roundhay park half marathon and i will have my 25 park run T shirt on as another way is i will be doing the total of 4 park runs in one race

    • @MichaelTinker-dt1rp
      @MichaelTinker-dt1rp 3 місяці тому

      @@NicolaRuns fab half marathon at Roundhay park today again i got 1h46 same as April struggled a bit first 2 laps but found my speed lap 3 with 5k and 10k runners there it was easy to overtake so many of them came 90th out of 519 runners in the half in total number of runners at event was 1197

  • @ThomasCoryate
    @ThomasCoryate 3 місяці тому

    Parkrun: how to add cars to a hobby that's basically pretty green and doesn't involve cars.

    • @NicolaRuns
      @NicolaRuns  3 місяці тому

      Lol... I'm not sure if it came across but I never just go somewhere for parkrun and leave. They're little mini breaks and I explore the world using parkrun as an anchor. Luckily my mum moved to Scotland last year so we were staying with her. She recently had a hip operation so it was so lovely to visit 😃 it wasn't just a drive to Glasgow for a parkrun 🙃 Although I totally appreciate that there are people who would do this. There's a reason it's taken me 16+ years to complete this challenge 😜