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TomahawkMike
TomahawkMike
Aug 2017
4:40pm, 15 Aug 2017
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TomahawkMike
Interesting - Where do they get marked as assisted? When I looked up parkrun records there is a 13:14 at Perth on the table (2 rows below Penrose). the runner has a category of WMC. Any ideas what that age category means?
Jovi Runner
Jovi Runner
Aug 2017
4:41pm, 15 Aug 2017
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Jovi Runner
Could the W stand for wheelchair ie para athlete?
Jovi Runner
Jovi Runner
Aug 2017
4:45pm, 15 Aug 2017
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Jovi Runner
Even being dragged along by a greyhound, 13:23 sounds a tad suspicious - maybe it's just me being a cynic but /I smell a rat - lingering in the trees and then bursting out? I don't know that course but is it possible to take a short cut/wrong turn?
becca7
becca7
Aug 2017
4:50pm, 15 Aug 2017
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becca7
Penrose is out and back. I guess that they must have a marshall at the far turn. The runner has times at around 14 minutes at other parkruns.
Ceratonia
Ceratonia
Aug 2017
5:45pm, 15 Aug 2017
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Ceratonia
His dad recorded a 100% WAVA finishing second at Leamington a few months back, also greyhound assisted.
Dvorak
Dvorak
Aug 2017
5:54pm, 15 Aug 2017
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Dvorak
It's pretty unusual for a greyhound to run so far. I wonder what they could do a mile in?
The_Saint
The_Saint
Aug 2017
5:55pm, 15 Aug 2017
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The_Saint
Yes agree with the wheelchair athlete comment
Ceratonia
Ceratonia
Aug 2017
5:59pm, 15 Aug 2017
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Ceratonia
Not a wheelchair athlete in this case - very good runner with good times on the track, running with a very quick dog.
iRicey
iRicey
Aug 2017
5:59pm, 15 Aug 2017
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iRicey
WMC is wheelchair.

Very impressive time even with a greyhound. Your legs still have to ground that fast!
Marvin
Marvin
Aug 2017
6:03pm, 15 Aug 2017
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Marvin
Wow that's a bit rude! It's one thing to suggest a course might be short or a wrong turn but to accuse someone of cheating, who probably isn't on here and unable to defend himself. As Bolt would say. WOW!

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