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LindsD
LindsD
Mar 2023
10:31pm, 10 Mar 2023
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Omce a month at Northala
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No.12
Mar 2023
7:00am, 11 Mar 2023
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Weekly at Lydiard
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
Mar 2023
8:06am, 11 Mar 2023
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Once a month at Cheltemham.

Decided not to parkrun - damp and windy seafronts are not appealing this morning.
Big_G
Big_G
Mar 2023
9:17am, 11 Mar 2023
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Something different for me today. A Polish parkrun - Bydgoszcz parkrun, which I still can’t pronounce (it kind of sounds like I’ve sneezed…). I got a hotel about 2 miles from the event so jogged there, did the event at an easy effort and then jogged back. They’ve been going quite a while as this was their 361st event at this location. It was a nice event, flat, along the canal, and over bridges/sluices, and I think that’s my first parkrun event I’ve ran whilst it’s been snowing.

This isn’t a complaint - just an observation, and differences with U.K. events. There were zero marshals or signs up on the course, and there were 3 or 4 places where it would be very easy to make a wrong turn, or carry straight on when there was a hard left/right. At the top and bottom ends of the course, the route turned onto a narrow pavement with traffic on the road. I can’t help but think this course wouldn’t happen in the U.K., but I’m glad I did it and it’s my first Polish parkrun.

As an aside the event name is the city name, not the park name, but it’s the only event in the city.

I arrived fairly late last night so although I grabbed some food before I went to bed, I haven’t seen much of the town yet as the parkrun was the opposite direction to the town. I’ll go for a wander soon and of course figure out the local food, and find somewhere decent to eat for later on :)
AndyS
AndyS
Mar 2023
10:51am, 11 Mar 2023
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Elgin parkrun - with Kaydeepix and Old Croc
HunkyTeddy
HunkyTeddy
Mar 2023
10:58am, 11 Mar 2023
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LazyDaisy fair enough, I looked out for you as I didn't see this message. Wasn't too bad condition wise.
dobbers
dobbers
Mar 2023
11:17am, 11 Mar 2023
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Did Roundhay on their Winter course today and first time I have run a whole parkrun on snow - hard work :-)
dobbers
dobbers
Mar 2023
11:20am, 11 Mar 2023
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Big_G parkrun outside UK do seem to be a lot more relaxed with marshals and signs. I did Halle in Germany last year with a total of 5 runners, a run director and 1 person scanning with minimal cones and signs on route. Lucky for us Brits the first finisher was a local so we just followed him on the 3 lap course.
HellsBells
HellsBells
Mar 2023
11:22am, 11 Mar 2023
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Busy at Storeys this morning as two nearby were cancelled. The sun came out just in time :-)
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Mar 2023
12:18pm, 11 Mar 2023
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Big_G parkrun outside UK do seem to be a lot more relaxed with marshals and signs. I did Halle in Germany last year with a total of 5 runners, a run director and 1 person scanning with minimal cones and signs on route. Lucky for us Brits the first finisher was a local so we just followed him on the 3 lap course.


I suppose it reflects the fact that each country has different levels of insurance requirements and probably different legal requirements, and different levels of accepted/required Health & Safey standards and so forth. I was amazed at the lack of the latter at a Dutch leisure park a few years back, it was somewhat refreshing to a degree but also a tad alarming at times.

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