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CumbriAndy
CumbriAndy
Feb 2022
3:49pm, 10 Feb 2022
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CumbriAndy
We’re hoping to do Derry parkrun this Saturday. Looked on their page and it says there’s a temporary course. 5.3k anyone ever hear of the like?


Possibly also related to the bit in the Covid Framework that talks about allowing courses to be stretched a bit if necessary to provide space for social distancing at the start and finish?
Snoot
Snoot
Feb 2022
4:03pm, 10 Feb 2022
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Snoot
Whinlatter has been slightly longer since restarting so that there’s more space to distance at the start
KPM
KPM
Feb 2022
4:30pm, 10 Feb 2022
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KPM
Not sure if this has been shared before, but here's a list of all the parkruns ranked by difficulty (easiest to hardest) based on running times set there (compared to people's running times set elsewhere, if i understand SSS right).

thepowerof10.info
Groundhog
Groundhog
Feb 2022
4:30pm, 10 Feb 2022
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Slight quandary here about what to do this parkrunday. At least I thought so, until I realised the Fetch Thames Bridges Challenge event is next week and not this week, so I don't have to decide between Sandhurst (Wilson Index #38) or Burgess (new parkrun). Now I can do both :-)

(I think Burgess would have won.)
mrs shanksi
mrs shanksi
Feb 2022
4:45pm, 10 Feb 2022
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Thanks for posting KPM. So the hardest one I've done is Lyme Park at #698. I ran it with my son so didn't give my full effort. I remember quite a lot of uphill. Fastest I've done is Hull at #37.

Stonehaven one of the hardest too at #658.
Big_G
Big_G
Feb 2022
4:54pm, 10 Feb 2022
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Big_G
Mount Edgcumbe (702) is the toughest I’ve done, but my local one that I do regularly is Torbay Velopark, which is 23rd. Parke (691) used to my local one and I’m yet to do Woolacombe Dunes (705), but I will at some point as it’s not too bad to get to for me.
Looby Loo
Looby Loo
Feb 2022
4:55pm, 10 Feb 2022
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Looby Loo
Thanks for the info. Makes sense!
AndyS
AndyS
Feb 2022
4:56pm, 10 Feb 2022
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AndyS
I did Burgess back in 2018 - some long, mostly flat, straights and a loop around the lake. Fantastic community.
Gobi
Gobi
Feb 2022
4:58pm, 10 Feb 2022
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Gobi
Ive done Dulwich at one end and Bracknell at the other

Cannock Chase is at 152 which surprised me
HellsBells
HellsBells
Feb 2022
5:32pm, 10 Feb 2022
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HellsBells
As one of the ED’s at Storeys Field I’m keeping very quiet about that list!

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