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Dooogs
Dooogs
Feb 2022
9:45pm, 5 Feb 2022
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Dooogs
I missed volunteering through oversleeping (rather than a legit reason like getting lost) once, Fields. Sent them a grovelling apology and they were absoutely fine: I went back volunteering there the following week. :)
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark)
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark)
Feb 2022
10:32pm, 5 Feb 2022
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3M (aka MarkyMarkMark)
Over 500 participants at York this morning. That start is getting crowded again!
LindsD
LindsD
Feb 2022
11:01pm, 5 Feb 2022
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LindsD
Please don't let it put you off. They will be delighted to have you back
Badger
Badger
Feb 2022
11:07pm, 5 Feb 2022
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Badger
A while back i absent mindedly came off a roundabout at the wrong exit and ended up detouring via the M11. Not actually that much longer once I’d stopped panicking and figured out what the route would be, but blew in a few minutes late apologising profusely. Reaction? VC laughing like a drain and telling me about another volunteer who’d been running a little late even before they absent mindedly drove to the wrong parkrun entirely…

Worse things happen at sea :)
Craigellachie
Craigellachie
Feb 2022
11:56pm, 5 Feb 2022
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Craigellachie
Really sorry you had a panic attack Fields, that’s no fun at all. But having a panic attack and feeling embarrassed doesn’t mean anyone else will think any less of you. Sleep on it a couple of nights then send a short polite email. I’m absolutely sure you’ll be welcome back.
Fragile Do Not Bend
Fragile Do Not Bend
Feb 2022
6:32am, 6 Feb 2022
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Fragile Do Not Bend
Fields, I’m an RD and 100% I’d be happy someone turned up, not cross they were late. I sometimes don’t get a chance to brief a new scanner until after the run has been set off anyway.
Badger
Badger
Feb 2022
8:16am, 6 Feb 2022
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Badger
Hadn't registered Fields was down for scanning. That was my job yesterday and at five to nine, RD and VC were up at the start and I was on my own at base. Two more scanners arrived shortly afterwards, had never used the app before so had to check they were ok with that. Final scanner arrived 15 minutes 15 seconds later (our first finisher who got scanned then started scanning himself). Everything was fine. So long as there's someone who's had a bit of experience the RD might not even need to worry about anything but ticking them off on the sheet.
HellsBells
HellsBells
Feb 2022
8:18am, 6 Feb 2022
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HellsBells
[Thanks for that Badger, I was more stressed by the missing finish tokens person I’d just found out about!]
Badger
Badger
Feb 2022
8:40am, 6 Feb 2022
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Badger
[rightly so!] This was unusual obviously, generally it's much slicker than that. But it was all fine in the end.
57.5 Days of Pain
57.5 Days of Pain
Feb 2022
8:57am, 6 Feb 2022
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57.5 Days of Pain
Glad you enjoyed Torvean despite the conditions AndyS. I like the cafe, but have yet to find time to visit after parkrun since Torvean started.

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