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DoricQuine
DoricQuine
Mar 2022
2:28pm, 10 Mar 2022
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DoricQuine
Thanks DoP. Will be good to be back up in Inverness again. Can't believe it's been two years!
Badger
Badger
Mar 2022
2:44pm, 10 Mar 2022
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chunkyblizzard
I had singled out Wimpole Estate but I could just change my mind now

Wimpole is definitely prettier but between the hill and the terrain it is substantially slower than Storey's Field! (And SF parking is free :) )
chunkywizard
chunkywizard
Mar 2022
2:55pm, 10 Mar 2022
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chunkywizard
thanks for the heads up Badger!
No.12
No.12
Mar 2022
1:31pm, 11 Mar 2022
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No.12
40 min pacer tomorrow. I am not sure I can run that slow so it might just be a fast walk
HappyG(rrr)
HappyG(rrr)
Mar 2022
1:34pm, 11 Mar 2022
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HappyG(rrr)
Volunteer 22 tomorrow. Number checker. 3 more to go then I'll go back to running it instead for a while (while I'm not injured!) Do love my local wee parkrun. Wonder if we'll top 100 runners tomorrow? :-) G
Gobi
Gobi
Mar 2022
2:36pm, 11 Mar 2022
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Gobi
No.12 having run as a 40 min pacer I will say it is a little Insulting to walk. I was thanked for at least looking like I was running

I used a very short shuffle stride.

My Mrs is 3x 5km runner and she looked apauled at the thought of someone walking pacing her. To be fair she gets annoyed at me when I run backwards :-)
AndyS
AndyS
Mar 2022
4:49pm, 11 Mar 2022
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AndyS
I'm pretty sure that if I could still keep up with a 40 min pacer, I wouldn't care how they were doing it!
No.12
No.12
Mar 2022
4:59pm, 11 Mar 2022
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No.12
No.12 having run as a 40 min pacer I will say it is a little Insulting to walk. I was thanked for at least looking like I was running I used a very short shuffle stride. My Mrs is 3x 5km runner and she looked apauled at the thought of someone walking pacing her. To be fair she gets annoyed at me when I run backwards


Haha. I will do my best to look like a runner..short shuffle stride seems a good idea
Bazoaxe
Bazoaxe
Mar 2022
8:10pm, 11 Mar 2022
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Bazoaxe
Volunteer 22 tomorrow. Number checker. 3 more to go then I'll go back to running it instead for a while (while I'm not injured!) Do love my local wee parkrun. Wonder if we'll top 100 runners tomorrow? G


I am down to do my 25th volunteer next weekend. Timekeeper which is my most frequent role undertaken
Looby Loo
Looby Loo
Mar 2022
8:27pm, 11 Mar 2022
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Looby Loo
I am packing away tomorrow at my local so I can run then marshalling at Junior on Sunday. It will take me to 38 volunteers.
Fair play on the timekeeping I'd be too scared to do that.

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