parkrun 2020 - all welcome !

parkrun-barcode.com/

Go on parkrun website, search for barcode, it’ll come up. I have a bracelet type of thing.

Thank you @Runningpink ... please can you forward me details of credit card / fob 👍🏼

Please laminate or cover your barcode in sticky tape to protect it. Soggy/crumpled barcodes don’t scan!

And if you decide parkrun is for you I can recommend the key fobs/credit card barcodes you can buy from the website. I have them stashed everywhere just incase!

Nope. Run with it in your pocket, and just get it out to be scanned after you cross the finish line

QQ - do you display your barcode? Sorry first timer here and get nervous if I don't know protocol

Hi just did my 20th Parkrun on NY day, there are 6 PR within about 30 minutes of my house and also a junior one too.

I've volunteered 4 times also. I would like to hit 50 PR this year and 25 volunteers too

Not sure if I can manage or not but I will give it a good shot.

I'm surprised mine's ranked in the 300s on that list, it has a bit of a lump and some subtle undulating but feels relatively flat for the most part

I think that's because gentle undulations, although they add up, don't have the same sapping effect as one or two very steep hills. Huddersfield, for example, feels pretty much flat, but is around halfway in that list. No denying Whinlatter is the toughest though!

I'm surprised mine's ranked in the 300s on that list, it has a bit of a lump and some subtle undulating but feels relatively flat for the most part. It was a fairly early one (on my first go, I ran in 30-32 mins and was one of the last which shows the social shift in parkrun over the last 5+ years as the appeal has broadened!), but it changed parks and renamed about 5 years ago when park 1 had a bad winter for mud and flood defence works were starting, affecting car parking and park 2 had completed some restoration works including new paths around the perimeter. Back in its original park it had a real hill

There’s one that goes through the park opposite my flat . I have no excuse!

I'm lucky enough to live within 30 minutes of 4 Parkruns but I've only ever done the one that's closest.

This morning I did the UKs hilliest and LOVED it - trail run with stunning views across the lakes/fells, think I may become a regular

If you want to find the hilliest parkruns (or the flattest) or just want to know how your parkrun compares to others, try this table:

jegmar.com/stats-hq/fastest-races/parkrun/

I’m not a great runner. But there isn’t a parkrun near me at all. Such a shame.

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Just got my time... 40 minutes. The fastest was 17 so more than double mine . Still, there were 60-odd people after me so not too shabby for a newbie. Can only get better!

I finally did my first Parkrun this morning after having 4 months off running due to back problems. I kept the tail walker company for lots of it but the support was amazing so didn't feel like a total failure. Will go back next weekend for a slow trot and hopefully my fitness will return and I will get faster.

Where's this parkrun with a killer hill, @BuddhaAtSea? I love a hilly one.

I enjoyed today's NYD parkrun, though the mammoth attendance led to some timing confusion, and I haven't got an official result. Doesn't matter though, as I was v slow anyway, due to doing it as part of my long run.

Hoping most of those newbies boosting the attendance enjoyed themselves, and come back on Saturday .

Thanks for all the volunteering info. I'm not quite fit enough to do 5k yet but might go and volunteer until I am ready to run.

I did my planned double - first one was the faster (wouid have been a PB for that course except I had to stop twice as each shoelace decided to untie itself). Second felt like hard work and was a poor time, but looking at Strava afterwards I ran negative splits so that was good, as well as the sense of achievement of doing two.

I'm volunteering this Saturday at my home run, where we're expecting high numbers (pretty typical for January). So if you're considering coming along because more activity is your New Year's resolution, please do. Because we're expecting this and all ready!

Was all set to do the double which would have been no 149 and 150 but had weird stomach in night and wasnt sure I trusted it this morning Annoying as I had all my clothes laid out! Argh.

Volunteering on saturday.

Double for me. Fortunately my local one is only a mile away so for both of them in easily.

Good to see how busy they both were.

Just done my New Years doubles. parkruns 134 and 135 and different event 61 and 62. Drove an hour and did Skipton then a bit further down the road for Cliffe Castle. Superb way to start the year. Just annoying parkruns not something I can do consistently every weekend as DD1 has dance lessons on a Saturday morning 😭

First parkrun of the year done. Volunteered for the juniors on Sunday too. I'm a RD with juniors and I always feel a bit torn when my 3 regular parkruns make their regular appeals for volunteers as I know the feeling of gaps on the roster, but I give most of my avaliable Sunday 9ams to the parkrun movement, whether my DCs make it out or not! I've still volunteered more than run.

Run #37 done this morning. Went touristing to a different one and met a friend. I suspect it was a lot busier than usual. I've been #500+ before, but not when running all! My home run has had 3-400 more than usual and smashed their 600 odd record! I've kind of got a new home run that opened in 2019 that relieved a hundred here and there off the surrounding runs.

I registered about 5 million A-numbers ago, but had a few years of children's activities on the same time slot, so this time last year had only about 7 under my belt. If I got a move on in the early days, I could have had a 10 t-shirt DS2 has his 10, but the DCs are on their winter break until warmer weather comes.

Anyone lurking and wondering whether to go, go for it! I've varied between mid-pack and keeping the tailwalker company and it's always a great experience

I started and restarted couch to 5k a few times now (currently on week 5) and did my first park run today- loved it! I managed it in 45 minutes without stopping or walking once which was amazing. I focused on making sure I kept going rather than speed so I'm really pleased with today.

I' m doing it!. My local running club is amazing. I am joining them again next week. the plan is to complete the Couch to 5K and once I can reasonably run 5K I will go and do the local parkrun. And try a few.