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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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MirandaWest · 08/07/2023 08:54

I’m at my home parkrun - haven’t been here since May 😃 think it will probably be my slowest one here this year - is very warm and my legs don’t like going too fast when it’s warm 😊

beguilingeyes · 08/07/2023 08:00

NHS Parkrun day. I'm off to Valentine's in part of my uniform.

LizziesTwin · 08/07/2023 07:18

How exciting! I’m running & volunteering this morning. My goal is to reach 100 runs & 50 volunteering on the same day, which will be one day next spring.

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miked99 · 08/07/2023 06:50

@CalmConfident that sounds great to be at the first time for a new parkrun.
Congrats to your friend on getting it organised I expect it's a huge effort to get everything approved and sort out all the admin, hope you all enjoy the day

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CalmConfident · 08/07/2023 06:33

A good mornings work there @miked99 -course sounds amazing ! Congrats to your DS and hope your knee feels better soon.

Exciting morning here with an inaugural parkrun to attend. It’s very local and the RD is a friend, she’s worked so hard on this and I am delighted launch day is finally here ☺️

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miked99 · 08/07/2023 02:07

It's winter school holidays in NSW so my son didn't have football and we managed our first parkrun in months. We were tourists at Pamboola Wetlands on the south coast a very very flat, very very cold run round a nature reserve. It was a beautiful setting with lots of kangaroos and birds on the course spoiled only by my knee playing up and having to walk for a large section. I got alphabet bingo, position bingo, date bingo and some other alphabet related achievements and my son smashed his PB so happy all round. Hope everyone else has a good run or volunteer

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OhOneOhTwoOhThree · 25/06/2023 15:51

Oh that sounds lovely @MirandaWest. Glad you enjoyed yourself.

No parkrun for me this weekend - my local one is cancelled for 2 weekends because of events in the park.

MirandaWest · 25/06/2023 07:30

Was great @CalmConfident 😊 lovely chatty run with some friends I’d planned to meet up with and another new venue for me 😊

CalmConfident · 24/06/2023 12:45

Hope you enjoyed your 100th @MirandaWest

MirandaWest · 23/06/2023 20:48

I’m doing my 100th parkrun tomorrow 😃 Will be a bit of a drive to get there but a, meeting up with other people who wear colourful running clothes and to top things off I’ve got a helium balloon too. Will be unlikely to blend in 😃

OhOneOhTwoOhThree · 17/06/2023 11:54

Very nice @CalmConfident !

hope you enjoyed Sewerby @MirandaWest we have family nearby so have done it a couple of times when visiting.

Sounds fun @QueSyrahSyrah and well done in the stopwatch bingo.

Unremarkable run here - ran there and back, started with the parkwalkers as they were mates I hadn’t seen for a while so we chatted our way around the first half lap or so and then ran the rest.

I’m still waiting for that elusive last stopwatch bingo number…there’s always another week.

QueSyrahSyrah · 17/06/2023 11:41

Lovely day, lovely new friendly Parkrun, and I finally got one of the half dozen numbers I have left on stopwatch bingo Grin

CalmConfident · 17/06/2023 11:31

Look what arrived just in time for todays parkrun ☺️

MirandaWest · 16/06/2023 22:24

I’m off to Sewerby tomorrow - nice parkrun by the sea. It will be my 99th parkrun and am hoping to find a 99 flake afterwards 😃

OhOneOhTwoOhThree · 16/06/2023 20:13

Sounds like you have a lovely day planned @NatMoz - hope all goes to plan!

Enjoy your London tourism @QueSyrahSyrah

I'm running at home tomorrow.

QueSyrahSyrah · 16/06/2023 11:48

Happy Almost Weekend All. A very rare bit of Tourism for us tomorrow!

Circumstances mean we only really get to visit other runs when we're away for a weekend; in fact this will be DH's very first tourist run and only the 4th for me😃

I won't be any more specific than 'London' as people in real life know where we're planning to go but we're very excited.

NatMoz · 16/06/2023 09:08

Love the above messages regarding someone's mum! I adore how Parkrun connects people, even anonymously online🤣🤣.

Tomorrow i have a tiny parkrun window of opportunity as my friends are getting to mine for 10:30 before we head off to the Emma Bridgewater factory to paint pottery😜.

I'm going to my local one which is 0.5 miles away (very convenient for tight timings like this). I'm volunteer pacing at 35 mins then will run up the hill home to shower and get dressed for their arrival.

Not sure if i could fit it all in if i had to drive somewhere.

Also last time i paced i was terrible so hopefully i won't be quite so out this time round🤣. Felt like I didn't deserve a volunteer credit i did such a terrible job of it.

OhOneOhTwoOhThree · 13/06/2023 18:37

Oh that’s amazing @CalmConfident She did a brilliant job of the briefing and then cheered us all as we went past. Do say thank you to her next time you speak to her. We had a little chat before the briefing and I really enjoyed meeting her.

CalmConfident · 13/06/2023 07:58

@OhOneOhTwoOhThree well then - you did meet my Mum! How awesome :)

She was shadowing first timer welcome on Saturday, doing it on her own next week ☺️She’s well on track for her 100 volunteers at Brierley by Sept. Doing parkrun stuff at the same time on Saturday even though we are miles apart has given us a rich vein of chat, and helped us feel connected. Mum only ever volunteers and has found a lovely new community of people with purpose, parkrun is a marvellous thing ❤️

OhOneOhTwoOhThree · 12/06/2023 21:39

If she was one of the two ladies doing the first timers briefing, one of whom mentioned Edward’s bench, then I did!

Such a small world! Last time I toured I got chatting to someone who said his son was involved is setting up one of my local parkruns. We eventually joined the dots to work out that said son is married to one of my swimming group. I love how parkrun connects so many people.

CalmConfident · 12/06/2023 21:32

I bet you did :) She was at Edwards bench on Saturday (as Edward on holiday !)

Parkrunners Assemble - reviving the thread that will remind you "do not forget you barcode"
Parkrunners Assemble - reviving the thread that will remind you "do not forget you barcode"
OhOneOhTwoOhThree · 12/06/2023 19:40

Oooooh @putthehamsterbackinitscageIi was there as well! It was absolutely lovely. @CalmConfident all the volunteers were super-friendly. I wonder if I met your Mum?!

NatMoz · 12/06/2023 19:40

I volunteered on Saturday as marshall with my 18m old and Sat coming up I'm a volunteer pacer (but always do a terrible job of it🤣)

Fizbosshoes · 12/06/2023 09:21

I chose the hottest day of the year to do do my first parkrun of 2023. I've been not very enthusiastic about my running recently and disappointed I seem to be getting slower. So I did a pr ive never done before so I cant compare it to my "old" times.
So glad that I did it, and now inspired to go and do my local pr again when I next have a free saturday

putthehamsterbackinitscage · 12/06/2023 09:12

I did Brierley this week - it's my home parkrun, and hadn't been there yet in 2023.

Last time was volunteering as tailwalker so 1st time I'd run it in ages... was a lovely day.

It's a really nice parkrun, plenty of shade and not too hilly.