Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 21 hours ago
We headed over the Pennines to check out Philips Park parkrun. It's been called the toughest parkrun in Manchester so we weren't expecting it to be easy. It was a challenging run with a hill with a sting in the tail that you run twice, plus a different hill on the third, shorter lap. However, the feeling that overrides that is the feeling of being in an incredible sporting area. Having never visited Sportcity Manchester then I loved the feeling of being in an area that lives and breathes sporting greatness, especially being by the National Cycling Centre, the home of British Cycling.
I was super excited that the Run Director on the day was the lovely Philip (who is also co-ED at the event). I would LOVE to find a Nicola parkrun one day! Philips Park itself has so much incredible history and it's rare that I am so excited to immerse myself so fully in a park and its history but Philips Park just feels special. Hopefully that will come across in the video. I mention in the video that Philips Park was opened on the same day in 1846 as Peel Park and that I would link to this video so that's here:
youtube.com/watch?v=GOAkOhVWgYk
Huge thanks to the wonderful team at Philips Park parkrun for a wonderful morning. I wish everyone there a fantastic second year in existence!
If you would like to contribute to the channel then you can visit:
buymeacoffee.com/nicolaruns
or follow me on Instagram:
instagram.com/nicolaforwood
instagram.com/nicola.runs
Some useful links are below.
Happy running,
Nicola :)
parkrun.org.uk/philipspark
sportcity-manchester.com
parkrun.org.uk/peel
We headed over the Pennines to check out Philips Park parkrun. It's been called the toughest parkrun in Manchester so we weren't expecting it to be easy. It was a challenging run with a hill with a sting in the tail that you run twice, plus a different hill on the third, shorter lap. However, the feeling that overrides that is the feeling of being in an incredible sporting area. Having never visited Sportcity Manchester then I loved the feeling of being in an area that lives and breathes sporting greatness, especially being by the National Cycling Centre, the home of British Cycling.
I was super excited that the Run Director on the day was the lovely Philip (who is also co-ED at the event). I would LOVE to find a Nicola parkrun one day! Philips Park itself has so much incredible history and it's rare that I am so excited to immerse myself so fully in a park and its history but Philips Park just feels special. Hopefully that will come across in the video. I mention in the video that Philips Park was opened on the same day in 1846 as Peel Park and that I would link to this video so that's here:
youtube.com/watch?v=GOAkOhVWgYk
Huge thanks to the wonderful team at Philips Park parkrun for a wonderful morning. I wish everyone there a fantastic second year in existence!
If you would like to contribute to the channel then you can visit:
buymeacoffee.com/nicolaruns
or follow me on Instagram:
instagram.com/nicolaforwood
instagram.com/nicola.runs
Some useful links are below.
Happy running,
Nicola :)
parkrun.org.uk/philipspark
sportcity-manchester.com
parkrun.org.uk/peel
