Page 22 | Parkrunners Assemble - reviving the thread that will remind you "do not forget you barcode"

miked99 · 2022-12-03T04:03:18+00:00

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

CalmConfident · 12/06/2023 07:27

@OhOneOhTwoOhThree congratulations and fabulous planning 😊😊😊😊

CalmConfident · 12/06/2023 07:26

If anyone is ever at Brierley my lovely mum
is a marshal there ☺️ super friendly team and a fab cafe

CalmConfident · 12/06/2023 07:24

The challenges and 5k app have helped carry me from 100 to 250 as it gave me new things to aim for on the way @MirandaWest . well done on pushing to the magic 💯

i just achieved 100 volunteers (mainly juniors) which has given me lots of parkrun pride too ☺️

MirandaWest · 10/06/2023 17:57

Did Nostell Priory this morning - have realised that doing a 10k race the night before, then not really eating or drinking enough afterwards probably wasn’t the best thing and probably contributed to me needing to walk an amount. But my time was OK and now I’ve done 98 parkruns! Need to make sure I keep parkrun momentum once I get to 100 as 250 is quite a way away.

At least I do them more often now - first 25 took me about 7.5 years but the next 75 will have been about 3.25 years and that includes the 16 or so months off for lock down 😃

LizziesTwin · 10/06/2023 17:07

I did set up & then ran at a new to me PR. My run was rather disappointing as I was too hot & I felt tired from doing sprints & cycling & going to a concert yesterday. However it’s another towards my 100.

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 10/06/2023 14:01

Hope your return to parkrun went well. I did my home parkrun. It was lovely to see everyone and run with another regular volunteer for part of the course and have a bit of a chat.

OhOneOhTwoOhThree · 09/06/2023 19:04

Thank you for the Cusworth hill advice! I'll see how brave I'm feeling in the morning.

MirandaWest · 09/06/2023 17:20

I did Cusworth hall about 6 months ago - the hill is quite challenging or is for me at least as there’s not many hills here at all 😃

Planning on going to Nostell Priory tomorrow - will be a new one for me

NDerbys32 · 09/06/2023 13:41

Hi all. Stepping back in to parkrun tomorrow after almost two years out. 138 up until then, and been putting off my return for a while - lord knows why.

Cusworth and Brierley were always good. Cusworth has a bit of a hill though.

Wearing in my new runners today - enjoy tomorrow folks!

OhOneOhTwoOhThree · 08/06/2023 23:48

How funny to think that you were both at the same parkruns last weekend @parkrunner1977 and @SouthCountryGirl!

I did my triple on Saturday - tail walked and got my 50th volunteer credit and 250th run credit, and a double ton at my home run. Failed on stopwatch bingo though.

Visiting my parents this Saturday so will likely be touring somewhere along the A1 or M1 corridor between my home and theirs - Cusworth Hall or Brierly Forest if I'm up and on the road early enough.

parkrunner1977 · 07/06/2023 12:58

SouthCountryGirl · 07/06/2023 12:48

Oh it was amazing! At the Swedish parkrun I did, they did a warm up (we only do warm up at juniors in the UK) to Abba.

And we were treated to the national anthem at both the Swedish and Danish parkruns.

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Sounds like you were at the same two we were at @SouthCountryGirl

SouthCountryGirl · 07/06/2023 12:48

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 07/06/2023 11:05

Were you in Sweden? I’m very jealous if so. Sounds amazing.

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Oh it was amazing! At the Swedish parkrun I did, they did a warm up (we only do warm up at juniors in the UK) to Abba.

And we were treated to the national anthem at both the Swedish and Danish parkruns.

parkrunner1977 · 07/06/2023 12:46

The Denmark & Sweden double was a great success (although not the running times I recorded!) Weather was fab and the turnout for the ones we did were incredible. We were at Amager Strandpark on Monday, a nice 2 lapper by the beach. Attendance was in region of 665, we were told that is more than the usual amount of runners for ALL of the Denmark events put together! At the Sweden event in Vaxjo they normally have about 22 runners, they had 727 yesterday!!! They also led us all in a warm up to Abba's Mamma Mia which was good fun😆A flat 1 lap course around a beautiful lake & park. The town itself was also really lovely. It was a very tiring trip not helped by being delayed flying home (didn't get in until about 2am this morning 😫) but very glad we went and would definitely recommend it 😀

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 07/06/2023 11:06

SouthCountryGirl · 01/06/2023 15:25

I too will be in Denmark and Sweden next week. That will take me to 5 countries.

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I see you were, and Denmark too. How fabulous 😃

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 07/06/2023 11:05

SouthCountryGirl · 07/06/2023 09:30

One of them passed me yesterday as did a few 500 run t shirts.

Bumped into so many friends I hadn't seen for a while. It really was great. So tiring though.

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Were you in Sweden? I’m very jealous if so. Sounds amazing.

SouthCountryGirl · 07/06/2023 09:30

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 03/06/2023 15:57

Local seaside one today with DS and DH. Sunny and lovely. Saw a volunteer 500 t shirt ‘in the wild’ for the first time.

One of them passed me yesterday as did a few 500 run t shirts.

Bumped into so many friends I hadn't seen for a while. It really was great. So tiring though.

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 03/06/2023 15:57

Local seaside one today with DS and DH. Sunny and lovely. Saw a volunteer 500 t shirt ‘in the wild’ for the first time.

CalmConfident · 03/06/2023 14:40

Brixworth today, gorgeous morning to be running next to the reservoir. It was event 111 so quite a few tourists, it was a surprise as I already had that Nelson number - just fancied a change from my local :)

putthehamsterbackinitscage · 03/06/2023 14:23

Whinlatter for us today... great parkrun... tough but I'd go back...

The end of a great week in the lakes for half term ... can't remember a better week weather wise in 30 odd years...

SouthCountryGirl · 01/06/2023 15:25

parkrunner1977 · 30/05/2023 10:06

We travelled to The Netherlands for the weekend to take advantage of the additional parkrun there yesterday. On Saturday we went to Zuiderpark which also meant we completed the alphabet challenge, and then yesterday we ran at Kagerzoom. There were so many tourists that all the attendance records for the Dutch parkruns were smashed this weekend! Off to do the Denmark & Sweden double next weekend with the additional special events taking place there next Monday & Tuesday. That will also take us up to 8 different countries on the World Tourist challenge.

I too will be in Denmark and Sweden next week. That will take me to 5 countries.

NatMoz · 30/05/2023 10:54

parkrunner1977 · 30/05/2023 10:06

We travelled to The Netherlands for the weekend to take advantage of the additional parkrun there yesterday. On Saturday we went to Zuiderpark which also meant we completed the alphabet challenge, and then yesterday we ran at Kagerzoom. There were so many tourists that all the attendance records for the Dutch parkruns were smashed this weekend! Off to do the Denmark & Sweden double next weekend with the additional special events taking place there next Monday & Tuesday. That will also take us up to 8 different countries on the World Tourist challenge.

Oh my! You are my inspiration! I would love to do an international double. Maybe i can try and book one in with my running friend next year🤣. I'm doing Zielony Jar (Poland) in July and it'll be my first international one

parkrunner1977 · 30/05/2023 10:06

We travelled to The Netherlands for the weekend to take advantage of the additional parkrun there yesterday. On Saturday we went to Zuiderpark which also meant we completed the alphabet challenge, and then yesterday we ran at Kagerzoom. There were so many tourists that all the attendance records for the Dutch parkruns were smashed this weekend! Off to do the Denmark & Sweden double next weekend with the additional special events taking place there next Monday & Tuesday. That will also take us up to 8 different countries on the World Tourist challenge.

NatMoz · 29/05/2023 05:28

Have been in the Lake District this bank holiday so went to Fell Foot parkrun on Saturday! Can't beat running along lake Windermere!

Due to busy Saturdays i won't run now at parkrun for 6 weeks!

OhOneOhTwoOhThree · 28/05/2023 23:43

I hear you @CalmConfident. I am one off stopwatch bingo. Managed 2 in February, and 2 more in the whole of 2022. As I’m tail walking on Saturday maybe I can arrange for a suitable finish time, even if it means hovering for 59 seconds at the finish.

CalmConfident · 28/05/2023 19:50

A successful parkrun weekend for us. A PB for DS1, DH returned after a 5 year break…but I missed my final missing stopwatch bingo by 1 second AGAIN (
I need 06…I now have 8x 05 and 5x07 🤣)