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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Oct 2023
4:12pm, 10 Oct 2023
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
I can only spot one in 413 runs! 31:13 Rother Valley 20/5/23
Sombrero
Sombrero
Oct 2023
5:58pm, 10 Oct 2023
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Sombrero
I was there, Mrs Jigs. 😄
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Oct 2023
7:41pm, 10 Oct 2023
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
You were, we chatted :-)
57.5 Degrees of Pain
57.5 Degrees of Pain
Oct 2023
10:04pm, 10 Oct 2023
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
All this palindrome talk clearly discriminates against the sub-20 runner 😉!
Big_G
Big_G
Oct 2023
11:10pm, 10 Oct 2023
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Big_G
Nice idea from Cornerstone Lakes parkrun, Chicago. Quite a long Facebook post, following a request for runners to write down their home events.

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On Saturday we asked all of our visitors to write the names of their home parkruns on these cards, and without further ado, here is the map of the results: google.com

The 165 parkrunners who joined us represented 103 home parkruns from 9 nations. The UK (as you could probably tell from the enthusiastic cheers Saturday) led the way with 82 events, followed by Australia with 8, and the USA, Poland, and Ireland with 3. There were also representatives of parkruns in New Zealand, South Africa, the Netherlands, and Russia.

Those 103 included the original parkrun (Bushy) and 21/25 of an alphabet challenge (the missing letters were N, U, Y, and Z). The most commonly represented parkrun letter was W, with 14 different events.

Also included were 2/4 compass points (2 easts, Eastleigh and Eastville, and 3 souths, South Boulder Creek, South Manchester, and Southampton). Geographically-speaking, the northernmost parkrun represented was Aberdeen in Scotland, and the southernmost was Waitangi in New Zealand.

Thanks to all for indulging this mini-project (and enduring the queue for cards Saturday), thanks again for joining us at Cornerstone Lakes, and safe travels to wherever you might have joined us from in this big wide world.
Pothunter
Pothunter
Oct 2023
11:17pm, 10 Oct 2023
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Pothunter
I’ve got 6 x 22:22 :-) (also got 2 x 21:12)
Pothunter
Pothunter
Oct 2023
11:18pm, 10 Oct 2023
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Pothunter
All this palindrome talk clearly discriminates against the sub-20 runner 😉!

Only the 16 to 19 min runners ;-)
57.5 Degrees of Pain
57.5 Degrees of Pain
Oct 2023
7:14am, 11 Oct 2023
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
Only the 16 to 19 min runners
Never quite threatened the 15:51 mark sadly. My only palindromes seem to be 3 x 20:02, two of which were pacing 20 mins I suspect. I would move over and shout encouragement in the finish straight to hopefully not a couple of pacing fails!
LindsD
LindsD
Oct 2023
7:48am, 11 Oct 2023
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LindsD
Love that Big_G
mrs shanksi
mrs shanksi
Oct 2023
7:59am, 11 Oct 2023
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mrs shanksi
Our ED from Stonehaven was at Cornerstone Lakes. Looks like a great event

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