parkrun Café

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The Mussile
The Mussile
Apr 2022
8:22pm, 14 Apr 2022
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The Mussile
Free stuff is nearly always good 👍
HappyG(rrr)
HappyG(rrr)
Apr 2022
11:20pm, 14 Apr 2022
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HappyG(rrr)
I'm happy to buy the kit. Funds a laudable organisation. It might be over priced but the quality is OK. Or am I missing some objection to buying parkrun HQ merch? :-) G
One Thousand Odd Spiders
One Thousand Odd Spiders
Apr 2022
11:47pm, 14 Apr 2022
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One Thousand Odd Spiders
Always been my attitude :)
Gobi
Gobi
Apr 2022
6:18am, 15 Apr 2022
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Gobi
HG - I think some unhappiness was caused during his companies early launch days and using parkruns information to contact users.

I've not bought anything because:
1. I'm from when the kit was free
2. I'm not a huge advocate of parkrun and what it has become down the years so no desire to be a billboard
3. It feels a bit like a business spawned out of a captive audience with products very deliberately aimed at a certain type of person(a bit smart here as they have aimed at the right part of the parkrun market)
4. I don't need anything
Big_G
Big_G
Apr 2022
7:09am, 15 Apr 2022
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Big_G
I have to say, it’s decent quality, but personally I wouldn’t have paid for one.

One thing that confuses me a bit is the Contra stuff, which kind of seems like it’s in competition with the parkrun stuff (ie, both sell shirts), and yet Contra is also on the parkrun site, and says profits go to parkrun. I’ve never noticed anyone ever wearing the Contra gear though, and the apricot shirts are a different brand, aren’t they?
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
Apr 2022
7:12am, 15 Apr 2022
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LazyDaisy
Anyone else wake up today and think it was Saturday? 🙃
The Mussile
The Mussile
Apr 2022
7:17am, 15 Apr 2022
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The Mussile
HG, I am not keen on branded merchandise of any description and find the parkrun gear to be very overpriced with it. Just my personal opinion.
Hunkyteddy
Hunkyteddy
Apr 2022
7:29am, 15 Apr 2022
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Hunkyteddy
Yes I almost put my parkrun shorts on lol
chunkywizard
chunkywizard
Apr 2022
8:03am, 15 Apr 2022
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chunkywizard
Contra was set up by PSH I believe
Big_G
Big_G
Apr 2022
8:23am, 15 Apr 2022
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Big_G
Yeah, that’s what it says on their site, with profits going to parkrun. It just seems a bit odd, to me, that it is a separate brand, with a different one producing the official apricot shirts.

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