We’re halfway into the month of January now and the St Albans parkrun had record numbers last weekend!  The 5km off-road course was put to good use as the usual route was still heavily flooded.  I was the tailrunner which meant I was running at the rear of the group encouraging people around the 5km course who were new to running, & also to give some of the regular runners some gentle motivation & words of encouragement to help them round the undulating course .  It felt good to be part of it & also seeing so many people embracing the great outdoors!