* shower water running *
it's really early
it's a saturday
what'd todays date?
i don't know what todays date is
is the 22nd of October
it's five thirty in the morning
except we're in Germany
so we're an hour ahead so it's four thirty in Britain
i'm not wearing my parkrun shirt so
let me just ... address that
and now i'm wearing my shirt
i'm ready for parkrun
this is a parkrun video
not a railway video
*door slams *
* music plays *
morning!
it's a long story i'll keep it really short
there's an alphabet challenge in parkrun
as part of the running challenges website
you have to go to a parkrun that begins with every letter of the alphabet
except for X there's none of those so it's only 25
hang on, out of the lift
what happened is that there's no letter Z, parkrun
in Britain, so there's only 25
and back in March of this year, Vicki and I
came to Zary in Poland, there's a video there
and i ticked off my letter Z
and i thought that i'd completely the whole of the alphabet, however
it's a Z with an overdot over it, there's three types of Z
in the polish alphabet, but at the time
they'd done it, and it appeared
in my stats on the parkrun website, and then
i think around June/July there's a link on screen
or below now, Parkrun then updated it
correctly! but so annoyingly, to mean that
the Z with the overdot didn't count as a pure Z anymore
and so it disappeared
off my states, so i've had this annoying blank
on my stats, where technically i haven't
completed the alphabet challenge
which is why yesterday
went to Gatwicj airport, had to get to the north terminal
went to the airport, checked in
got an easyjet flight
got on the plane
you alright? - i'm alrightm you alright?
flew over to Germany
did the thing where i took the camera into the toilet on the plane on the way to Germany
wearing my parkrun band look!
err, landed
got to Berlin
picked up a hire car
Gudentag!
got to the hotel
and that was yesterday, and now this morning
it's 05:50
and i'm leaving just after six o'clock to drive
just under 100 miles
to Zielona Gora
in western Poland
one more thing! this time ...
i've brought some friends
where's the "morning" ?
Moooring! - it's early, it's really early
* Music plays *
alright! we made it
eight thirty-six
hat and gloves?
hat and gloves weather, what's the temperature? - Twelve ... degrees
Hat and gloves?
errm ...
Whe's .. six, i don't know i'm going to take my
bag, and then decide
just that it's in a wood slash forest woods
so there's a hotel here
just not quite sure where it is
well find it, and in the distance
i can see ...
the mighty volunteer
yellow Hi-Vis, hello!
Ziolna, or .. Zeeeeolan?
Zeilona!
Chen Dobry?
proper Z, look!
look actually, the O not so much, the Z ...
yes!
* music plays *
you made it! we finally made it, i know
only just! oh my god
did you not see me flash the lights, like .. you're going the wrong way
do we saw it, and honestly you know
yaeh we realisd by then, but we just htought you were saying hello
HEELLOOO!!
Chen Dobry!
you will be able to see this white sign, with arrow
so the whole couse is marked with those signs
this is Emily when i complete my Z today
i'll be alphabet complete, but you've still got Q to do
so where you gonna do your Q
probably Queen Elizabeth ... near Portsmouth
ok and then these guys have still got I and J and U to go
ah yes, all the letter .... - All of them
what about X? - How are you feeling Matt?
Cold!
there's a place called, Xanter? X A N T E R, i think
which is somewhere in Germany, there's Xanter park
and thery're gonna ... ? - come on parkrun
is there not a xylophone park?
it'll happen one day won't it
somebody somewhere will do one
* Music plays, and chatter *
*Music plays *
i'm waiting for everyone back at the start, which is also the finish!
because of the nature of the course if i go and meet them i don't think i'll be back at the end
by the time everyone gets here
but it's very quiet!
it's very peaceful
Sssssh!
Woooo hooo, go Matt
well done Josh
Z z z z z z z z Woo hoo!
yay! well done Emily
wooo hooo!
woah woah WOAH
does that look like a Z?
no! * laughs *
No?
no no, Ok then
tried to make a human Z, did it not work
did that not come out? i was position ...
20! where were you Emily
22, you, you were 21?
so 20, 21 .. 22
Matt where'd you come? 3rd 4th?
say .. Zielona .. Zielona!
message to parkrun HQ, Ian .. the lot of you
don't .. we've done a pure Z this time
don't take this one away from me
or there will be trouble!
i just got a text from Ian actually - really? saying what
saying, "come home you've not done it properly"
Matt, how was your Z?, backwards!
Josh, how was your Z
is that a fire extinguisher?
Matt, how was your Z? - Cold
Emily, was was your Z * beep *
Vicki, how was NOT doing the Z?
that's good
Matthew Z, - oh we're ZZZZ'd out!
Zielona, thank you very much, see you again thanks Poland!
everyone say bye, Poland bye Poland !!
byeeee!!