I did it 💪 New record! 🏆 5 km under 23 minutes 😎
This gave me a WAVA age grading score of 60.90%, which means I’ve joined the group of the best local runners!
Next goal: run under 22 minutes! 🏃👟 👍
It looks like my recent training approach, running slower to run faster, is starting to pay off.
#mentalhealth #running
On Saturday I completed another 5k Park Run at Victoria Park in Belfast.
This time I decided to take the run easy and I wasn’t trying to beat my Personal Best (at the moment it’s 23:01).
Here are my results:
Congratulations on completing your 30th parkrun and your 20th at Belfast Victoria parkrun today. You finished in 111th place out of a field of 229 parkrunners. You were the 83rd male and came 11th in your age category VM40-44
Worth noting was that it was my 30th park run! My time was 25:17 (two minutes slower than my PB).
| Position | parkrunner | Gender | Age Group | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | Arek JAWORSKI | Male | VM40-44 | 25:17 |
Today, Saturday the 4th of October, I was supposed to take part in Park Run. Unfortunately, due to Storm Amy the event was cancelled.
I started regular running and participation since late June 2024 when I registered for my first Park Run.
My results:
29 June 2024 – my first recorded Park Run at Orangefield. My time was 00:25:56. I finished 65th out of 162 parkrunners and I was the 52nd male and came 7th in age category VM40-44.
I achieved an age-graded score of 53.02%.
26 July 2025 – marked my 23rd Park Run and 16th running at Victoria Park. My time was 00:23:06. I finished in 77th place out of a field of 326 parkrunners. I was the 68th male and came 9th in age category VM40-44.
I achieved an age-graded score of 59.96%.
02 August 2025 – I switched the venue to Ormeau Park and during my 24th Park Run and 1st in Ormeau Park I finally got age grading over 60%! My time was 00:23:01. I finished in 77th place out of a field of 645 parkrunners. You were the 66th male and came 3rd in your age category VM40-44.
I achieved an age-graded score of 60.17%.
This is my personal best score.
On 22 September 20024 I took part in Belfast City Half Marathon.
My official result:
This was my first and so far the only long distance run. Usually, I run for 5 or 10km. The first 15km I was doing in a steady pace of around 30 minutes per 5km. After reaching 15km I started to slow down. When I passed 18km I started to get muscle spasm. At that stage my goal was to simply complete the half marathon.
When I signed up for this challenge my not-so-realistic goal was to be able to finish in about 2 hours.
I was really pleased to achieve the time of 2 hours 10 minutes. As for the start of running career, I say this is a promising result.
Unfortunately, I did not compete in 2025 half marathon. At the moment I’m more focused on shorter distances – like 5km Park Runs.