Leicester Victoria parkrun’s Speedster: 15-Min Finisher Laps Us Twice! 🏁💨 #ParkrunLegend

Join Iona and I on a thrilling run at Leicester Victoria parkrun, where the incredible 15-Minute Finisher left us in awe by lapping us twice! ⚡️🌟

After the run, we enjoyed a mouthwatering breakfast at the nearby Cuban restaurant Bar Dos Hermanos, setting the stage for a day filled with adventure. Highly recommended if you’re parkrunning in Leicester.

But the fun didn’t stop there! Iona and Ruth revisited the National Space Centre, last visited when we did Abbey Park parkrun ( https://youtu.be/X8nWlEAine8 ), uncovering the wonders of the cosmos, guided by “The Doctor” in the planetarium.

Meanwhile, Ewan and I delved into the rich industrial history of Leicester at the Abbey Pump House, home of Leicester’s Industrial Museum. Admiring the grand Victorian architecture and also learning a bit about film and animation along the way!

From fast-paced running to delicious breakfasts and fascinating museum visits, it was a day packed with excitement for the whole family! 🍽️🚀🏛️

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Each week on this channel Ian (Dad) and Iona share our little adventure experiences, often joined by Ewan (Iona’s older brother) and Ruth (Mum) too.

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Good morning it’s Saturday it’s Park day where are we today Ana Lea Victoria well done about to see wils now that was last week’s park run this week we at Leicester Victoria um so it’s one of our localish Park runs trains aren’t running today so it’s car today and we’re here

To do the site of what was my very first marathon started and finished here my main memory is is the long climb back up to Leicester to get back to this park but we’re staying in the park today so no long climb for you and then maybe afterwards Some Space Center fun isn’t

It again a chance to go to the Space Center again which we last did when we did Abby park run first of all we are going to play on the playground are we Iona and then it’s time to find the park Run well today has been pre park run faf on the playground hasn’t it yeah what do you reckon five you enjoyed this one yeah was that obstacle course fun yeah a bit hard though yes it was definitely designed for slightly bigger people than you wasn’t it I did it you did it yeah

So all good fun right should we go and find the start of parkon and see what we’re going to store today wow welcome to all the well done so you go down the hill behind the climbing frame you turn left and left at the bottom and you come back up this small path

Here you need to do the hill three times good morning welcome to Victoria time keepers are you ready 3 2 1 go let’s go you start We are off on Le Victoria Park run and we start by just a little item back section before starting to three laps proper so Hello We’ve done our little start Loop and now we’re heading for the main three Loops so just coming past the start finish again and there’s you and Ruth waiting for Us we are out on the course proper now and you can see the park when to spread out around the loop that we do three times it’s a three laap course I’m expecting the fastest runner to come past us at any moment apparently he does it in 15 minutes something think so a

Little bit quicker than us he could do it twice and still finish before us so pretty impressive we did the one playground before the start but there’s actually quite a few playground scattered around this park so plenty of playround fast opportunity at this park run I thought they weren in there for a

Moment go then this park one has a nice little down and up each lap as well as on the little Loop lap you do to begin with so plenty of undulations to test your legs on the way around but a lovely city park very much like a home park back in back

In cry it’s got that sort of city park feel trees open space lungs of the city so we have just seen who I think is the first finisher flying past us we still just finishing our first proper lap and he’s just coming in to finish which means he somehow lapped us twice

On the way around here that is storming speed impressive thank you Marsh marvelous you are just running past the memorial that marks the start of each of our laps see the person who’s already finished wow that is just blinding Pace incredible but we still got two laps to

Do we get to enjoy it for Longer thank you Marshall thank you we’re on to the downhill section of the loop down and then of course back up again what goes down must go up a lesson you learn very quick Qui CLE as a Runner oh suddenly you can find some ring speed and guess what what I’m getting another blue one you cuz I want my tongue to be blue very blue Tong so back past the memorial for the third time next time we come past there we’ll be heading straight for

That finish a lot of people already were this time having already done their three laps we’ve just got one more lap to do back down and up that hill again how you finding this park P good enjoying it yeah how blue is your tongue right now

Very so what’s the best fits of this Partland then it’s nice for this week to actually we be running on firm surface it’s been a while since we’ve done a completely dry park run isn’t it yeah no muddy trainers at the end of the day yeah so

Which number is this 119 I think wow we just a few more to go to get to your 250 though yeah just a few so we’re just heading up the hill for the last time before the Sprint into the Finish or the slightly faster run into the Finish we

Can see the memorial which marks the Finish just over there not far to go now that’s the finish so close now come on let’s go for it Fierce all the way now so a big open Park means you can see the Finish from quite away away so I’m

Trying toide own I owner that the spin for the Finish should already start she’s not quite so convinced when we’re still going uphill that’s more like it go for it she the lady there say think out the chocolate at the end yeah now breakfast yeah now get that way definitely Fier

Time going keep going running go on last to Rise that was an awesome finish that was a long fast run to the Finish did it feel good you did brilliantly you were flying along I was actually struggling to keep up with you on that last interection really I was you were really fast at one point well well done

So we’re going to get scanned in I want you know how you did cross country yeah and you wanted to beat that person I wanted to beat that person with flower leggings cool so I just put my effort into it you did it was awesome right let’s scand in and get that

Time well done thank you good park run done we are off to find some breakfast Yan is saying he is very hungry that volunteering must have been hard work so we’re off to find one that’s been recommended by some of the park on tourists bardos hos looking forward to a slightly different

Breakfast this morning we have enjoyed a fabulous breakfast at the place this morning haven’t WEA what have you had red leester red leester in and mushrooms wasn’t it not Spanish onlet was that delicious it was tasty I had a what was it I had a burrito a breakfast burrito

Which just Lush bit spicy very unusual not the sort of breakfast I’m used to having so what do you rate Today’s Breakfast as five a completely different place as well with ships hanging from the ceiling and interesting posters on the walls so if you’re in Leicester come

To do Park one highly recommend bardos honos maybe a six out of five a six out of five Jenny thanks for the recommendation making our way back from breakfast and doing a little exploring of the park again as we make our way back we found another of the little

Playgrounds and a walkway which seems have disappeared into the pond just here not really possible to walk over it just now so for the last few weeks we’ve been stepping back in time with National Trust property visits today we’re stepping forward in time and M of the

Children are going to visit the space museum I’m still stepping back in time I’m going to visit the industrial Heritage Museum opposite in the pump house so bit of stepping forward bit of stepping back for us both in Lester after park today Iona and Ruth have gone to the

Space Museum you and I are going to go for the stepping back in time option as we go to Abby pumping station Les’s industrial Museum loving the Mao they’ve got here I remember having moo like this and building something like this when I was

A kid does that mean I should now be in a museum please answer in the comments below what you think am I Museum material now there we are in the pump room itself right now amazing to see the massive engines that would have pumped the water for the

City of Leicester but what I find even more incredible this is a functional space but they celebrated the engineering with beautiful tiling and sort of carvings on the pillars and everything it’s a beautiful space as well as a functional space sh that some of our industrial buildings today are perhaps quite as beautiful

In a world where I now record all of my film on a tiny little GoPro project it on our mobile phones watch it in full surround sound at digital Cinemas this is a step back in time to the way Cinemas used to be with the old style

Projectors 22 minutes of film only on a projector all of that sort of thing fascinating glimpse into the past of our Cinema history something I have just learned today that I never knew was cures the electrical retailer started out as a bike shop it wasn’t until later on that they moved

Into selling electrical components and became the shop that we all know today what I quite like about this site is the Jos of old and new so in the background we have the Space Center looking into the future what’s going to be the future of space travel what’s happening in that

Space and then here in the foreground we have have a steam cran the early days of the Industrial Revolution and how our engineering and Manufacturing began you and I have finished our Museum trip Ruth and Iona are still exploring the futures of space travel together so we decided

To do a bit more exploring of our own which we actually mean is coming along to Abby field the home of Lester’s other park run and go to the cafe that kinds exploring doesn’t it so we’re coming to the end of another day of Park and tourism Adventure have

You had fun at the Space Museum yeah we had fun at the industrial Museum as well and we had a bit of time for some extra coffee and cake you’ve missed out on that haven’t you is it time for a biscuit for you to keep going till we

Get home wasn’t it good for you because of Industrial Revolution it is more about Industrial Revolution stuff for school projects isn’t it why do everywhere we go now it’s an industrial revolution for him indeed right so if you you enjoyed today’s little Adventure do check out when we did Abby park park

Run here in Lester as well that was a lovely park runen to Diana time to head back to the car if you like today’s adventure what do they need to do like and subscribe and we will see you on another little Adventure soon Bye