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

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miked99 · 03/12/2022 04:03

Hi everyone,
it's been a while since we've had a thread for Parkrunners to share how their run went. So if you ran today , which event were you at, how did you go and if you have the 5K app, did you get any new achievements?

I'm in Australia, so we are at the start of our summer and it was a sunny morning in the low 20s so great for a run. I was at Mosman (Sydney) with my son, it's a 3 lap, out and back course with a short steep hill at the turnaround , that seems longer and steeper each lap.
I came about half-way and the only 5K app achievement I got was for Date Bingo.

Hope everyone else had a good day too

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Yorkshiregold · 29/07/2023 11:21

Well done @SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun. The only 5 lapper I’ve done before is Clitheroe Castle, that also has a hill that got steeper!
I had another run round my home run today but might try a new course in the next few weeks.

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 29/07/2023 09:56

I’m in London for the weekend so was at Highbury Fields today. Probably the most urban one I have done with five laps and around 500 people. Very friendly people and a gentle hill that got steeper with each lap!

I’m not doing very well at the alphabet challenge but I think I should make an H challenge as this is my 6th. I could call it HHHHip HHHOP or something 😏

MirandaWest · 26/07/2023 18:33

BogRollBOGOF · 25/07/2023 17:06

I've had a look at finish time bingo for the first time, and I'm impressed at how many I have. 11 numbers to get. I'm working towards my 100 runs this year, and it's a pretty even spread of seconds which has been a nice surprise.

I also have 11 left to go in stop watch bingo. Most of mine are in the 20s and 40s.
My favourite time is 5 seconds which I’ve done 5 times (103 runs in total).

Rather more to go for position bingo - 38 to go. favourite one is 54 which will be nearly always 154 at my local parkrun. No matter what time I do or how many people there are I often finish in the 150s 😃

SouthCountryGirl · 26/07/2023 16:26

NatMoz · 25/07/2023 13:04

I was in Poland this weekend so completed Zielony Jar parkrun collecting my Z and also for namely challenge🤭.

I would say there were more British than Polish there😅. 4 lapper (ouch) but the volunteer team were amazing and so friendly, we had a wonderful experience and have got the jetsetter bug!

We did one in Poland in 2019 (Zamek w Malbork) and it was mostly full of Brits!

IVFlife · 25/07/2023 23:03

I am run director this week - so hard in school hols to get volunteers as our usual duke of edinburghs are away!

BogRollBOGOF · 25/07/2023 17:06

I've had a look at finish time bingo for the first time, and I'm impressed at how many I have. 11 numbers to get. I'm working towards my 100 runs this year, and it's a pretty even spread of seconds which has been a nice surprise.

NatMoz · 25/07/2023 13:04

I was in Poland this weekend so completed Zielony Jar parkrun collecting my Z and also for namely challenge🤭.

I would say there were more British than Polish there😅. 4 lapper (ouch) but the volunteer team were amazing and so friendly, we had a wonderful experience and have got the jetsetter bug!

BogRollBOGOF · 22/07/2023 14:55

Back to my local parkrun for the first time in a couple of months. Actually I had been there in that time, but for volunteering. I've been exploring and visiting a range of courses and getting a range of course bests.

The cool and rain made for fast running for me. I wanted to test myself a bit and was very pleasantly surprised at the outcome, and I wasn't the freshest either, but wanted make the most of the weather to test myself.

OhOneOhTwoOhThree · 22/07/2023 12:34

Great work @SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun and @Yorkshiregold I had a steady home run too, with a few miles added on afterwards in the rain. Third week in a row we’ve had a wet parkrun, which is unusual for us.

Yorkshiregold · 22/07/2023 12:06

Great work @SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun! I’m also counting post covid PBs. I had a steady run round my home parkrun & got finished before the rain started which was a bonus. I also got date bingo.

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 22/07/2023 10:46

A fast and flat one today. I ran my fastest post Covid parkrun and Strava recorded a 5k pb 😃😃🎉🎉

IVFlife · 15/07/2023 23:13

Hello. New yo this thread but not yo parkrun. I was timekeeping today with a migraine which was interesting. Tomorrow am number checking at juniors.

LizziesTwin · 15/07/2023 21:09

Really struggled with my breathing again today, laps in parks are a nightmare with my hay fever. Very high heart rate. But another volunteer credit & run credit.

MirandaWest · 15/07/2023 20:37

At my home one again this week. A bit quicker than last week and weather was much nicer ie cooler. Although it did start pouring with rain as I finished!

putthehamsterbackinitscage · 15/07/2023 20:14

Lymington for us today./. Holiday has been planned around 3 new locations...

Pleasant enough, rain held off, and mix of grass tarmac and trails with a bit of a climb each lap...

Iwanttoquitthegym · 15/07/2023 19:39

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 15/07/2023 11:49

Happy parkrun day all. A good morning for me with loads of familiar faces at my home parkrun and a celebration for someone’s wedding day and someone else’s 100th run.

We had a wedding at my usual parkrun as well, wonder if we were at the same one!

OhOneOhTwoOhThree · 15/07/2023 19:38

Happy parkrunday! I volunteered this week, barcode scanning this time. I got drenched when the heavens opened. It looked like it was hard work today for the runners.

QueSyrahSyrah · 15/07/2023 18:07

Happy Parkrun Day! Marshalling for us this morning, the promised heavy rain and high winds held off so lovely morning Smile

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 15/07/2023 11:49

Happy parkrun day all. A good morning for me with loads of familiar faces at my home parkrun and a celebration for someone’s wedding day and someone else’s 100th run.

NatMoz · 08/07/2023 12:27

I (stupidly?) decided i wanted to extend my run so ran before parkrun (4.2 miles, longer than i planned) then i ran parkrun and obviously couldn't give up half way round, then ran home!

All in all it was 8 miles🤯🙃, pretty chuffed with that

OhOneOhTwoOhThree · 08/07/2023 11:58

Well done to all the runners this morning. We also had an NHS75 parkrun this morning. I volunteered this week after some local tourism last week. Hope the inaugural went well @CalmConfident - looking forward to seeing where it is, as I suspect it might pop up in my NENDY list.

Thanks for reinvigorating the thread @miked99 , but sorry to hear you have a dodgy knee. Well done to your son!

Happy parkrun birthday @SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun

CalmConfident · 08/07/2023 11:53

Well done all and delighted to hear the NHS themed events went well

CalmConfident · 08/07/2023 11:52

Event went really smoothly, 115 runners and i got roped in last minute to be parkwalker which was fun. I missed my last stopwatch bingo by 1 second AGAIN 😂

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 08/07/2023 10:46

And I realise it is my parkrun birthday today - 6 years since I turned up after couch to 5k not expecting any hills…..

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 08/07/2023 10:34

A stop watch bingo number - first time for ages 😀. Great turn out from the local hospital for the NHS and lots of blue. Not a bad time considering the humidity.