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Gobi
Gobi
Jan 2024
10:23am, 31 Jan 2024
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Kirsty I love the fact you are planning 750 and I'm still 5 years from 500 :-)

According to my primitive research you only started 23 parkruns before me !!!

Renaming got me thinking

Bushy , Wimbledon, Banstead Woods , Basingstoke were all renamed
darrenf
darrenf
Jan 2024
11:46am, 31 Jan 2024
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darrenf
Did my PB at Bushy in 2017. It was a huge outlier of a time and I never got closer than ~50 seconds away until suddenly coming up 2 seconds shy at Malmö last year, 166 Parkruns later. Getting a new PB is one of my aims for 2024, along with reaching 50 events.

Two renames since I ran them - Endcliffe (was Sheffield Hallam) and Monsal Trail (was Bakewell).

Kolomenskoe (in Moscow) is recognised for the "We were here" badge in the 5k parkrunner app for no longer existing. Curious to know if Parkrun Russia ever returns whether I will lose the badge!
57.5 Days of Pain
57.5 Days of Pain
Jan 2024
11:49am, 31 Jan 2024
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57.5 Days of Pain
Trivia question. Which is the earliest event that retains the name it began with?
Fizz :-)
Fizz :-)
Jan 2024
11:56am, 31 Jan 2024
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Fizz :-)
The first one after the ten that started as time trials? Gorleston Cliffs?
Gobi
Gobi
Jan 2024
11:57am, 31 Jan 2024
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Gobi
Eastleigh was early
57.5 Days of Pain
57.5 Days of Pain
Jan 2024
12:08pm, 31 Jan 2024
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57.5 Days of Pain
The first one after the ten that started as time trials? Gorleston Cliffs?
You got it. Glasgow was the first new 'parkrun' after 10 time trials. But later renamed to Pollock.

Gorleston Cliffs was next.
Fizz :-)
Fizz :-)
Jan 2024
12:12pm, 31 Jan 2024
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Fizz :-)
wiki.parkrun.com I had a bit of help :-)
Ally-C
Ally-C
Jan 2024
1:06pm, 31 Jan 2024
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Ally-C
Talking of events, Aberdeen for me on Saturday, hope it’s not too windy, not overly fond of sand in yer face 😀
riggys99
riggys99
Jan 2024
1:35pm, 31 Jan 2024
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riggys99
Hopefully for me my first time at Clumber park followed by a few a walk and some bird watching
dobbers
dobbers
Jan 2024
2:15pm, 31 Jan 2024
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dobbers
Melton Mowbray for me with luck - the wind outside is getting up again

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