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Groundhog
Groundhog
Mar 2023
5:25pm, 13 Mar 2023
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At Guidford they have quite a lot of volunteers and they call out all their names at the start, 32 this week. Lots of applause during the reading.
Ally-C
Ally-C
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1:54pm, 14 Mar 2023
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Ally-C
Anyone done Narin Beach in County Donegal? It looks fantastic, all on sand.
JJJ
JJJ
Mar 2023
9:55am, 15 Mar 2023
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At Guidford they have quite a lot of volunteers and they call out all their names at the start, 32 this week. Lots of applause during the reading.


So the run brief isn't brief then!
Gobi
Gobi
Mar 2023
1:19pm, 15 Mar 2023
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Gobi
Wow, sounds like the briefings are quite extended.

Do they now start around 0830 to get people running by 0900 ?

Do they change in the cold ?
chunkywizard
chunkywizard
Mar 2023
2:27pm, 15 Mar 2023
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when it's cold and wet mine last about 60 seconds!
Idristhedragon
Idristhedragon
Mar 2023
2:50pm, 15 Mar 2023
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Idristhedragon
I’ve never been at a parkrun where volunteers are named
chunkywizard
chunkywizard
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2:54pm, 15 Mar 2023
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chunkywizard
me neither unless it's a milestone announcement
Fizz :-)
Fizz :-)
Mar 2023
3:05pm, 15 Mar 2023
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Fizz :-)
Corby gives a shout out to the tail walker(s), and pacers when they have them, but that’s all.
Pothunter
Pothunter
Mar 2023
4:44pm, 15 Mar 2023
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We always used to name the volunteers but since lockdown we’ve had a generic thanks unless any of them are celebrating significant milestones (we’ve got a few regulars who are well into the hundreds) or completing DofE volunteering.
Eynsham Red
Eynsham Red
Mar 2023
6:11pm, 15 Mar 2023
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If all of our volunteer slots are filled we’d have up to thirty four names to call out which I think is a little excessive time wise at Witney.
With the general background chatter that goes on during the briefing many people probably wouldn’t hear or take note of the call outs.

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