Parkrunners Assemble - the new thread that will remind you to "do not forget barcode" and that "you can walk, jog, run or volunteers"

Well done Halle

My home run was cancelled last week so we went to a nearby one. It was SO busy! My home run averages about 60 runners a week and this one had over 400. It took ages to get going as it’s a bit of a bottleneck at the start. So nowhere near a PB but nice negative splits instead.

Home run is back on this week and I’m setting up again. It’s looking wet and cold at the moment!

I did my first parkrun in ages this week at Feet's home course and got a parkrun pb. Still some work to get to my overall 5k pb. Most importantly there was lots of cake and runners from my club.

I did my first volunteering - bloody cold and drizzly standing around marshalling for over an hour (it's a three lap course and had some walkers), but it was nice to wave/clap people on and I got a surprising number of "thanks marshal!" shouted at me from people going past - I'll have to adopt that myself for the next time running.

I did my first parkrun after having kids (only second one ever) today! In the rain and mud, too. I did C25K over the last few months and finally finished. Feeling quite proud of myself! I'm enjoying running for the first time since being in primary school.

Thanks @runningpink We're starting to think its teething. Had a pretty shitty day, but some Calpol seems to have helped.

@lifeisabeach those runs are the best. No better reward than a hot shower and a cuppa after. There's something very affirming about running in the rain, it makes me feel like a proper runner if you know what I mean.

Got soaking wet and cold doing pre-event set up, then ran with DD. It was very slippery and muddy, and pretty miserable in the rain, but we got round.

No parkrun for me today, we have had to cancel ours due to black Ice.
All the others in the area are also cancelled apart from one who are inspecting the course this morning.

Hope your DD feels better soon

I'm not gonna make it out today, DD hasn't been herself after her vaccinations and has refused a bottle all week. Not really fair to leave her with DH if she might need a feed and he has no way to feed her. I could really use the time to myself as well

I took part yesterday - it seemed longer and tougher than usual! I'm marshalling next week so I hope it's not raining.

Did my first ever Parkrun today! Have done a bit of running before but v bad at running with others. I'd really like to hook into a group in Hertford/Ware to run with, whether at Parkrun, to start at Ware Joggers with, or just on an ad hoc basis if anyone interested?!

@lifeisabeach That's amazing, good on her! I hope DD is up for it when She's old enough. I might have a 250 shirt by then!

Marshaling at Finsbury Park - enjoyed it :)

Biggest workout of the day was bending over my ginormous bump to pick up the football cones I'd put down to guide people through an S bend...

I can only just walk up the hills! There's one quite steep one. I'll work my way up to it eventually I'm sure!

48:18, so already improved on last week.

Wow that’s impressive 78 at age 7!!!

I almost didn’t go but having posted I would on here gave me the extra boost I needed! I managed to run the whole course ... even if I was running at a snails pace (came in after a lady who was mostly walking but doing a bit of running!!) loved it. Well done all those who ran or volunteered! There was a lovely girl who was cheering us all on today - she just happened to be in the park it seemed, and it was very motivational!

Bobbie she was 5 when she did her first parkrun and has now done 78!

@Norbert you don't get fitter if you don't run the hills. Run up and walk down if you need to.

@lifeisabeach congratulations on your 100. I'm aiming to get mine this year, only 40 runs to go! How old was your DD when she did her first proper parkrun?

Did everyone enjoy their parkruns and volunteering today?

We had a minute’s silence for Tracie McGrory, and our RD read out lots more about her, her job and some of the other things she’d done. Made me feel very emotional.

Then straight after he announced it was my 100th run and I was still feeling teary, so probably looked a bit odd trying to smile while feeling sad.

Ran with my 7 yo DD who hadn’t run for a few weeks, but she did really well and we both enjoyed it.

Next stop 250 I suppose!

I'm looking forward to tomorrow. I'm doing the C25k so hoping to get a better time, although there are hills and I practice on flat roads. I usually walk up and run down.

I'll be at bexley tomorrow, if I can time feeding DD well enough. I've worked out I can only miss 10 runs this year if I'm going to get my 100 so I have to get on it. Hopefully tomorrow will be sub 40 and I can shift a little more of this baby weight.

Volunteering tomorrow, too pregnant to run at this stage (36 weeks on Monday!) so doing my bit in hi-viz. I'm marshaling at one of our local runs and DH is running.

Hello all, can I join in? Just getting back into running and off to my local parkrun tomorrow. The aim is to manage the 5k running all the way (except for the bit where there are stairs!) even if it is only at a shuffle paced run...
Really looking forward to it.

We are volunteering my home run this weekend :) my daughter is sad she’s not running it tho :(

Well I've emailed the volunteer coordinator and said put me down for whatever you want doing on 20/01 and I'm now marshalling that day, we'll see how it goes!

Our Run Director makes a plea for people to volunteer 3 times a year. That would give c.990 instances of volunteering and if evenly spaces about 18-20 volunteers per event.

It never works like that - loads of people never volunteer and it's a much smaller group (who crack under pressure of begging emails) who end up doing it monthly or more often. We also have 3 DofEd volunteers from a local school - if you have teens looking for something for their volunteering section, get them to come along.

You can do pre-event set up, post event close-down or token sorting and still run. Also, if you are reliably fast, you could nip round and then barcode scan. Or go slowly and tail walk (for which you get both a run and a volunteering credit).

Also, idle question - anyone know why you get icons for all other Tshirts on the results page, but not a purple one? After all, it's about the whole event, not just the running....