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

Welcome Iblinked
That’s an amazing time! Well done you!
You will be running your 50th before you know it!
I know what you mean about waiting for the results! I got a PB a few weeks ago, and was hovering over the laptop as soon as the data had been uploaded!
(I am part of the core team and it was my friend doing the results so I wasn’t just being a random annoying person!)

Can I join in? I did my 3rd park run today and I half walked half jogged. I finished in a time of 36.05. Just got my email, it was a long wait.

Auntie I didn’t dance but I did screech at the poor folk in front of me who stopped dead just before crossing the finish line which drives me bonkers especially when Timekeeping and even more so on Saturday!
I was lucky not to take them out as I was on full sprint finish in the hope of that PB!
I did apologise after for shouting at them to keep going!

I seen that video! Very funny!

Agree Auntie Stella

I have somehow been sucked into this having just had a random fancy dress costume arrive so I can join some parkrun pals as a theme to visit another local run in a couple of weeks time.

The parkrun in question is having a normal week. No theme. No birthday.

Just 6 of us going to rock up looking like idiots...and why not

mobile.twitter.com/FPparkrun/status/1043590289024258048

Well done!

But did you dance? I've just seen a tweet of this weekend's visitors to Fulham Palace Parkrun.- a set of Morris Men who danced the whole way round (anyeethey did e their barcodes!)

Anyone who tries to tell you that Parkrun is competitive (because it's timed runs with published results) really should look at things like this on the barking mad community side of it

I got a PB today!! This is a rare occurrence these days so I am super happy!

I had a crap Friday so thought bugger it and got up Saturday and did it alone - for my second one I was pretty proud as I usually have family there! I ditched my bag on someone I know as I was late but that meant I had no time to worry about it. Sooooo nearly got the time I wanted, got clogged at the start (big one where we are) and that minute of having to wander about around people would have got me there!

Ha I hadn't heard of that parkrun bingo before Melanie, I'll have to start ticking off my times!

My local was pretty busy at the weekend - the park is being used for a festival next week so they had a big fence around the edge of the paths for the setup, that contributes to making it feel more crowded. No run next week so I'll be looking to go elsewhere - question is do I go easy local alternate or tourist to somewhere new? It's the day before my first ever half marathon, so sensible option would be go local but I do like touristing new places...

How did everyone get on this week?

I revisited one I'd done a few weeks ago, and was hopeful of shaving off a second or 2 from my previous time. BUT they've changed the course slightly - I think it was too short before. So no PB. But on the plus side, I managed to come in with a time ending in 49 seconds, which was the one time missing from my "parkrun Bingo" set (a complete set of finishing times ending in all the seconds from 00 to 59)

Got a PB for this year on Saturday. Now down to 33:30 , so still hoping to hit sub 30 by end of 2018. I’m absolutely loving Parkrun - something I’d never have thought possible

I volunteered on Saturday handing out finish tokens. Always a bit surprised by the number of people who don't have barcodes - a mix of newbies who haven't registered yet, folk who've forgotten theirs, and then idk mysterious non-registered people doing it with mates maybe? I always try to tell them they were e.g. runner number 183, so they can still look up the results page and see the unknown runner at 183 and get their time from that.

drop well done. A minute off is Fab.
scientist thanks. Yes she did enjoy it. She got a bit flustered at the start, she had never done an organised run with a lot of people before, but she had a good run and was really happy with her result of 28 mins. She's coming with me again next week.

And well done marvellous! Did your dd enjoy it?

Well done drop!

Did my second PR today, 34.47 so over a minute faster. Some of that will be the sprint finish although my lungs did not thank me for it!

ah, thank you Melanie that makes sense. Think I missed the timekeeper person, although my dd1 (who also did her first parkrun today) said she saw someone with a "timer thing" as she crossed finished (significantly ahead of me , but she is only a spritely 18 yr old LOL)
I was wondering because it took me good while to get to the next person and get my plastic tag thingy and then to get my barcode scanned.
I have indeed now got my email which has me at 32.00 exact so very close to when I pressed my stava finish button , plus I did start near the back of the crowd and there were over 300 runners.
It was a really good event though. And you get loads of info in the email. The volunteers are fab aren't they. I will def do some of that once I've been a few more times.I cant wait to go again next week. Will have to skip week after as dd is off to Uni plus I am signed up for a 10k on the Sunday.

Ah, just found this! Long time watcher and one time runner. 31 mins so far. It hurt... I need encouragement to do more!

As you crossed the finish line there will have been a timekeeper (probably 2, most parkruns use a back-up one). They click a button each time someone crosses the finish, and later on the results are processed by downloading the timing watch and the scanners. From there, the parkrun elves match up the times with the position numbers with the runner. Your result will then be emailed or texted to you.

Hello all, can I join you? Did my first ever parkrun this morning and really enjoyed it. Can anyone explain how the timing actually works? It was all a bit confusing at the end, I kept waking my barcode at poor volunteers as I finished! Then got a little plastic barcode which I then had to take to be scanned with my barcode. So where did my time actually get logged?
Anyway, will be back next week ,hopefully can improve a bit, although I came in 31.56 according to my Stava which is a 5k PB for me, so pleased with ghat.

the New York-ish one

If you are planning a trip to New York and are super keen......

Great thank you Calm My “plan” is to do 2X 2.5k interval training runs midweek and then Parkruns on Saturday, hopefully boosted by the midweeks. 🤞🏻

I found this Avon www.mumsnet.com/Talk/exercise/3338980-What-next-after-C25K

Avon ok, game on. Let's do this

Calm yes we can do it!! My all-time Parkrun PB is 31:30, so it’s defon doable for me with some hard work!!