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BarefootEm Jan 2020 11:05am, 22 Jan 2020 253 posts	Quote Pin BarefootEm What do you do (if anything) when you hit a particular milestone? I'm about to run my 250th (all welcome at Mallards Pike on 29th Feb!) Will be taking cake of course, but wondered how others have marked the occasion?
Homer Jan 2020 11:08am, 22 Jan 2020 13,700 posts	Quote Pin Homer 250! Well done!
larkim Jan 2020 11:57am, 22 Jan 2020 10,116 posts	Quote Pin larkim I'd just turn up, make sure the team didn't announce it, then wait for my email allowing me to claim my t-shirt. No fanfare, no ceremony. But that's just me!
minardi Jan 2020 4:10pm, 22 Jan 2020 5,127 posts	Quote Pin minardi We generally seem to take cake or sweets to Boston for special occasions
minardi Jan 2020 4:10pm, 22 Jan 2020 5,128 posts	Quote Pin minardi Congratulations on 250 - brilliant. How long has that taken?
chunkywizard Jan 2020 4:17pm, 22 Jan 2020 7,112 posts	Quote Pin chunkywizard congrats on the upcoming 250. I am not big on celebrations but the RD on the day did give me a shout out. Some people bring cakes, some people run with balloons, do what makes you feel special!
RunnyBunny Jan 2020 4:23pm, 22 Jan 2020 1,003 posts	Quote Pin RunnyBunny With my 50th I made flapjacks, but that was many years ago when parkruns were much smaller, and I knew lots of people there, and there was a bit of a cake culture. Didn't do anything for my 100th (different, less cakey parkrun). For my 250th I larkimmed.
Velociraptor Jan 2020 4:26pm, 22 Jan 2020 44,955 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Same as larkim. Except that when I went along for my 100th I suspect the RD knew and was going to keep saying, "ANY MORE celebrations?" and not start the run until I 'fessed up.
RunnyBunny Jan 2020 4:28pm, 22 Jan 2020 1,004 posts	Quote Pin RunnyBunny It's nice to see people celebrating though, and it's at least 5 years to the next one if you're at 250! My 250th was a bit off-the-cuff as it was the 2nd New Year Double run so I wasn't sure whether I'd have done the first/bother with the 2nd etc.
BarefootEm Jan 2020 7:18pm, 22 Jan 2020 259 posts	Quote Pin BarefootEm Thanks everyone, I did my first parkrun in 2012, so it's been a long time coming!