parkrun Café

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Ally-C
Ally-C
Jul 2023
11:32am, 29 Jul 2023
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Ally-C
Camperdown earlier, forgot how hard it was 😂
Bazoaxe
Bazoaxe
Jul 2023
11:57am, 29 Jul 2023
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Bazoaxe
Timekeeper today. Had two discrepancies with the other timer. One was a really tricky situation I haven’t seen before. A young lad regularly does parkrun on a wheeled aid in around 23 mins. Today he had a huge group behind him most of whom just filed in behind but a couple tried to pass on the line. I reckon we had about 10 clicks required in less than a second. One of us must have got one less or too many.
Bazoaxe
Bazoaxe
Jul 2023
12:00pm, 29 Jul 2023
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Bazoaxe
Results out and it was 10 people who we got in a row in a two second spell
Foxy
Foxy
Jul 2023
12:18pm, 29 Jul 2023
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Foxy
Second week in a row for the Super Sausage - Salcey last week & Northampton Uni this week (LonDone on hold due to train strikes).
StuH
StuH
Jul 2023
1:22pm, 29 Jul 2023
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StuH
RD today and it was a 'Fibonacci'. Was expecting larger than usual numbers despite HQ discouraging the challenge. We actually had less than last week.
Dvorak
Dvorak
Jul 2023
1:42pm, 29 Jul 2023
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Dvorak
If only you had some bagpipes, V'rap. It was Drumpellier's fourth birthday today and our local piper (Falkirk/Plean regular) was there. I heard him say after he hoped he was getting a volunteer credit for it.

I never knew it was the birthday today, but thought something was afoot as the main parking was full. The RD gave the briefing from a grassy knoll, rather than by the start (better, as he was elevated and had the wind at his back) then the piper led everyone a loop through the finish and back up to the start.

For the curious, there's a video facebook.com
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Jul 2023
1:55pm, 29 Jul 2023
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Velociraptor
I've probably still got a recorder or two, Dvorak ;)
Dvorak
Dvorak
Jul 2023
1:59pm, 29 Jul 2023
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Dvorak
Well, there you go. Easier to transport, for one thing. He runs as well (quite quickly) but it does take him a few minutes to pack his pipes away. Flew past me in his kilt at about 300m today.
Pothunter
Pothunter
Jul 2023
10:13pm, 29 Jul 2023
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Pothunter
Chucked it down at Greenwich today. Timekeepers eventually resorted to standing under a tree off to the side of the finish line. BBC weather app was still report8ng a 0% chance of rain :-)
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Jul 2023
1:44am, 30 Jul 2023
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Lip Gloss
Camperdown earlier, forgot how hard it was 😂


Did it a few weeks ago and forgot how hard it was

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