Let's talk about inaugural parkruns after they've happened.

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BexleyKev
BexleyKev
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I collect those little token things they give you at the finish ;)

Pirates, Bingo, Uber Cowl Masons... The Wilson Index seems to be one of the latest but I did spot this Star Wars challenge a few days ago - 2 Rs ,2 Ds(R2D2), a C, 3 Ps and an O (C3PO) all finishing off on May the 4th next year ( although i expect they could also do CCCPO.

The 'running different consecutive so that the last 10 runs on your profile spells out a random word' ( usually parkrun ) seems to have lost favour recently though.
LindsD
LindsD
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Ipswich hard to get to for me, HoD.
Hills of Death (HOD)
Hills of Death (HOD)
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1:08pm, 18 Jul 2018
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Hills of Death (HOD)
Oh I see ;-)

I was talking about you last night a bloke from Hillingdon Tri Club goes to your parkrun
LindsD
LindsD
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LindsD
Yes, quite a few. I hope you were saying nice things ;)
Hills of Death (HOD)
Hills of Death (HOD)
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Hills of Death (HOD)
Only the best ;-)

Bloke called John Laird do you know him works in my firm (somewhere)
LindsD
LindsD
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Yes. I know him, his wife and his kids really well :)
multiterrainer
multiterrainer
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Back on topic.... ;) One for the 'now invisible' long term list - a bit more than grapevine though given there's a meeting taking place next Monday...… castlehoward.co.uk
flanker
flanker
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3:49pm, 18 Jul 2018
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flanker
the other common collectable is all the seconds, i.e. finishing times with seconds from 00 to 59. (I expect someone somewhere has given it a name).

And like most of these lists, do enough and it'll happen by itself.

Personally I tend to collect those parkruns with the best cake and breakfast cafes.
JJJ
JJJ
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4:11pm, 18 Jul 2018
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JJJ
"the other common collectable is all the seconds, i.e. finishing times with seconds from 00 to 59. (I expect someone somewhere has given it a name)."

parkrun bingo.

I suppose you can actually try to get the full set but I'd think most people just get them by accident, when I first heard about it I checked and had already done it after 200+ runs.
TomahawkMike
TomahawkMike
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JJJ, I though I had to check on parkrun bingo. I found i need just two...

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Maintained by sLickster
There may be an inaugural parkrun happening near you. Best to check with the local parkrun volunteers to see if they want you to know about it or not.

Otherwise there are plenty of already established parkruns to go to in the UK and abroad, see: parkrun.org.uk

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