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serious athletesA Liverpool club went by plane to Dublin for parkrun today- posting pics with pints and fry ups BEFORE the flight
Meh, I was always taught you finish strong. I did my first one back post baby today, 40 minutes and you damn well bet I sprinted that last 100m! So what if your time is over 35 minutes?I must be lucky. My parkrun is well run and pleasant. Volunteers don't have to do the whole shift.
Usually done in about an hour as we have 1 regular who has physical difficulties. Then off to cafe for a coffee. Some kind of cake about once a month as there are some keen bakers that must be bored Friday nights
Usually around 130 take part so not too busy.
My pet peeve though is people sprinting past in the last 50m when their time is still only going to be 35mins On a good day
That is ridiculous, we have a local at ours (who I think might have been politely asked to reconsider whether it was for them) who took over an hour and a half to walk the route, 2 laps and barely any hills or tricky terrain. But then equally like they say there's no advertised finish time and now parkrun HQ wants it to be as inclusive as possible... You can't have that and say people need to be finished in under an hourI’ve volunteered a few times at mine but I absolutely lost my shit as a tail walker once when there were a couple in their 50s I’d guess, decided mid way through the walk of 3 laps to go into the cafe that had opened at 9:30 and grab some breakfast and a hot drink. The we’re not fluent in English and I was trying to speak to them about it and told them that they’ve kind of counted themselves out of the event now and I continued. When we’d finished and packed the course up we always go into the cafe for breakfast and a cuppa but later on this couple came steaming in asking why we’d packed up and they actually reported up and we had to have a full investigation on us and our behaviour which was appalling from HQ! We were cleared and the situation was explained to them but these people or those who take 1hr 15 to walk it are reasons why volunteering sometimes declines as people have lives outside of Parkrun and it turns into a 2.5hr shift
I did my first ever today, our website does say you have to be fit enough to walk or run 5k. Glad to hear people have thrown up, I didn’t but crikey the last little bit was a push for me (I’m a beginner jogger)Argh, we've had a few occasions where people drop out after lap 1 then the tail walker has to leg it up to the next set of finishers. We also had an odd situation where someone dropped out mid way through and we managed to lose a tail walker, so it took about 1 hr 45 to wrap the event up.
I'm sure the website used to say something like 'you must make sure you're fit enough to walk or run 5k' but it doesn't say that now. You'd think not taking a break to stuff your face would be a given, but there we are...
Was barcode scanning this morning, no one threw up in the finish funnel, which is a nice change
It will only be their problem when they set a PB they can never beatI was barcode scanning today, it was nice. Someone was pissed off with a girl who was apparently cheating (he said she was cutting corners)Silly not to follow the course but oh well.
To be fair; I think it was that they asked the ferry company if they’d put the route on that they have done before but culled due to lack of demand.I didn't realise that the lot who went to Inis Meáin had actually chartered their own ferry. Flaming hell.
this is the worst thing with juniors (and most competitive sports for children tbh) parents who push their kids to the point of tears, it’s supposed to be fun.- I've helped at the juniors sometimes and now again there are parents who bark at their kids to go faster as they run round and the kid is running along in tears next to them.
I think perhaps the nature of parkrun and their strive for inclusivity has passed you by?My pet peeve though is people sprinting past in the last 50m when their time is still only going to be 35mins On a good day
One of the reasons I dislike my local parkrun and tend to volunteer there but run at others is the pushy parents. The event team have tried to stop parents pushing kids round to the point of tears, but it's still happening.this is the worst thing with juniors (and most competitive sports for children tbh) parents who push their kids to the point of tears, it’s supposed to be fun.
Blimey, hope you don’t mean it like this sounds, when I first started running 35 mins was a pretty unobtainable time so to get to that with a last push was something that made me feel great. Hearing somebody tell me that it was ridiculous doing I that for a time they didn’t deem worth chasing would have really upset me. Not sure why you would be peeved by it anyway.My pet peeve though is people sprinting past in the last 50m when their time is still only going to be 35mins On a good day
Surely everyone wants to finish strong don’t they? My time yesterday was terrible as it was my first but I still pushed myself to speed up at the finish line just for the sense that I’d achieved it. I’m not comparing times to anyone, I don’t care about that.Blimey, hope you don’t mean it like this sounds, when I first started running 35 mins was a pretty unobtainable time so to get to that with a last push was something that made me feel great. Hearing somebody tell me that it was ridiculous doing I that for a time they didn’t deem worth chasing would have really upset me. Not sure why you would be peeved by it anyway.
Why I'm not a fan of runners/parkrun, exhibit AMy pet peeve though is people sprinting past in the last 50m when their time is still only going to be 35mins On a good day
My local one is pretty big, over 400 every week and generally ranges from 18 min - 55min. The website still says,Argh, we've had a few occasions where people drop out after lap 1 then the tail walker has to leg it up to the next set of finishers. We also had an odd situation where someone dropped out mid way through and we managed to lose a tail walker, so it took about 1 hr 45 to wrap the event up.
I'm sure the website used to say something like 'you must make sure you're fit enough to walk or run 5k' but it doesn't say that now. You'd think not taking a break to stuff your face would be a given, but there we are...
Was barcode scanning this morning, no one threw up in the finish funnel, which is a nice change
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