This new Whangarei Parkrun starts on grass, so I warmed up in socks, and ran barefoot.
A bit nasty on the short grass stretch in the cold, but the rest of the 5km course is on concrete, so no problemo barefoot.
I started super conservative, nose-breathing through to 1.5 km, but managed to get in around 29m15s.
Warmup was cut a little short by general confusion, so a slow start’s best for injury prevention.
Overall, a really nice course along the stream, and without the challenging rough cobblestones of the other Whangarei Parkrun.