Parkrunners Assemble - reviving the thread that will remind you "do not forget you barcode"

Far too tired this morning so a lie in instead

AIso managed to get a position bingo number - only need another 31 more!

Went to another new parkrun for me - had a really good run. Got quicker as the run went by and just managed a sub 30 min time which was my fastest this year. The course had some slight hills and about half of it was on grass so was especially pleased 😊

Thank you @OhOneOhTwoOhThree and @RunningAndSinging .

These links are so useful, especially the Elliot Line page. I also now have seen the huge amount of parkruns you have in the UK, but I guess you are the inventors of it too 😃

I said to my friend this morning that I don't think I have said Good Morning to and been said it to back by so many people in such a short time, as I have in these three weeks.

It's something I have been meaning to start for a while now, and just so pleased that I have now. Not just for health reasons, but also just getting out there, being around other people and starting the day off well.

I think I have the gist of the bingo now, that had me a bit befuddled at first 😃

Welcome isthismylifenow good username for a new parkrunner!

You can find event turnouts under results on your country’s website and look at the previous weeks numbers and records eg uk is Here. The columns can each be ordered. Lots of charts and list available there. Also Elliot Line’s stats page .

Stop watch bingo is ongoing and it is trying to get all the possible seconds in the clock for your finish time. So for example 30 min 1 second and 36 min 2 seconds each give you a different one of the possible 60. So at the moment you will get one most weeks but it takes an average of over 200 parkruns to get them all.

A pretty run this morning for me, somewhere different from my usual but not new to me. All good.

Hello @isthismylifenow - I was about to recommend the 5K app, and/or the running achievements one - they both have lists of the various challenges people have put together over time. There's also loads of stats on the parkrun website itself like attendance records, week by week results etc.

Welcome to the thread!

Oh I found the bingo on the 5k app.

Not sure i understand it though as it seems to be a new thing for me. I don't recall seeing it last week. I'm thinking maybe it's because it's a new month ?

Hey everyone, I didn't even know this thread was here and it popped up coincidentally as I just got home from doing mine.

I am very new to it. I did my 3rd one today, but I am not a runner, so my friend and I walk. We plan to try to run a bit as we get a little bit fitter, so we are a work in progress. We added in breakfast afterwards today 😃

They made an announcement last week that the week before (our first one), we were the largest turnout in our country, and 3rd in the world. 👀. Also had 190 first timers iirc. Does anyone know where I can find this information as now I'm keen to find out where the top two were.

My stats just came though, we were 1130 finishers today. It's making me really puppy broody though. We don't have that many babies in prams but we have lots of dogs, and so many puppies. I'm sure my timing would be better if I didn't stop to say hello to most of them having their water break.😂 Which in itself is lovely, it's very hot at the moment and they do take keeping the pups hydrated quite seriously.

I tried to skim though previous posts, as I can't work out what the Bingo is that many of you refer to. If there is a post explaining it, would someone mind quoting it for me.

Well done to mini-Anawi!

No parkrun for me thus week, and I am volunteering next week.

@miked99's story reminded me of a time when I did a HM with a massive field of participants. The course was a 10k loop of a park and then left the park and went through. the city. The back pens (ie me and other slower runners) were still waiting to set off when the front runners flew past, having already done half of their run.

Well done 🙂 sounds a good sized group of runners. Some of the courses seem to attract huge numbers, I'm not sure I'd enjoy a really biay parkrun.

It is insane just how fast some people can run isn't it 😳 my legs and lungs hurt just imagining being able to run 10k that quickly.

Went to our local parkrun with my son again today. I can only go fortnightly as take turns with my husband. It was my son's second time and he was thrilled he ran nearly three minutes faster 🙂 its amazing what finally realising someone has asthma and medicating the poor child can do! 🙈

A lovely trip to my Nendy today. Perfect weather and good company. I got 3 seconds for the 3rd time for stopwatch bingo - still waiting for 1,2 and 4 as three of my final 6 - was all excited as I knew it was mainly low numbers 🤨

I thought I had posted, but maybe I just wrote a message but didn't press post...

@Anawi that sounds fab - hope you manage to do it.

@miked99 enjoy your long weekend!

@TeresaCrowd - beware, parkrun is addictive...

I woke up a bit late but made it to my local parkrun just in time for the start. Beat last week's time by a while second - go me - so am still on my fastest time of the year. No other achievements today, except another run towards my double ton at home - I thought I had achieved it last year, but that included volunteering so I reset the app to only count runs.

Did my second ever parkrun this weekend, after my first one on NYD. Both my local courses (did one on NYD and the other this week) have good numbers of joggers around my time around 35 mins, so you are always running with a few people for pacing and motivation. It’s so much more motivating to me than just going for a run which I probably wouldn’t do! I normally do my long bike ride on a Saturday so I’m going to try and do 1 parkrun a month, but wonder if I’ll lose all running resilience in between.

Well definitely go in New Zealand, we are there 3wks and have family who we might be able to coax along. Not sure we'll make the Singapore we're only there for a two day stopover on the way back, will keep it in mind though 🙂

Do it, Anawi - it would be amazing. Great way to meet the locals and be part of something .

I went to our local parkrun again yesterday, got a new pb by about 5mins 😆 which is much less impressive than it sounds as it was the first time I've been alone and not run with one of my children at their pace but it still felt satisfying 😆

We have a big trip coming up in a couple of month, we will travel through Singapore and to New Zealand. I'm wondering if I'm commited enough to try to convince the family to try to do parkruns in both places 🙈 Singapore would be tough, I think they so it at 7am there to combat the worst of the heat. More of a parkcrawl maybe 🤔

Went to Middleton Woods near Leeds this morning - continuing on my quest to complete all the Yorkshire and Humberside ones (hopefully at some point next year). Have done my 30th different venue now and 26th Yorkshire and Humberside one. Was a good mixture of tarmac and trail and was pleased with how it felt. And I got another position bingo place - 32 to go!

Cold this morning, no ice though at my home parkrun. First run for me since New Years Day. Great to be out there again.

Just a regular at my home parkrun for me today - nothing to add to either stopwatch or position bingo, and even calendar is now tracking the same as 2018 (will that change after leap day?)

Tourist volunteering again- chiro advised not to run so grabbed a spot on the roster.

Glasgow this time - that's Q for the alphabet challenge... lovely core team and a great start to the day.

@OhOneOhTwoOhThree Clarence was cancelled because of ice, and we didn't find out early enough to get to Heaton Park. Still on 95 then.

Hope you enjoyed Clarence @beguilingeyes

I had three in mind for this morning as I was heading up the M1 to visit my parents. Managed to get to the furthest away of the three, which made the post-parkrun drive shorter, and finally completed my stopwatch bingo after months of waiting for the last one. A nice reward for a cold and windy parkrun. Also my fastest of the year so far (which isn’t saying much).