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Aug 2017
5:20pm, 29 Aug 2017
217 posts
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Nessie
Local one is about 4 miles across town, then Alness (25m), Aviemore (30m) and Elgin (40m). I've done Aviemore and Alness once each (both started this year, so they were inaugurals), not done Elgin yet. I'll probably do those two again, and I really need to go through to Elgin, but possibly only a couple of times a year each maximum. Too many kids activities on to spend a couple of extra hours travelling.
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Aug 2017
7:00pm, 29 Aug 2017
3,223 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
I am 19 miles from my nearest parkrun, east and west. I helped set both up so I feel duty bound to appear! I do mix in shopping, banking and extra running into each trip. As the crow flies, Alness is 19 miles northwest but I'd need a boat, Aviemore 26 miles south but with some big mountains in the way.
I do virtually all my commuting by running so the drive to parkrun is a bit of a novelty.
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Aug 2017
7:08pm, 29 Aug 2017
3,224 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
Nessie - how did I miss you when there were only a few of us in the cafe? Mind you they kept me busy sorting a few processing glitches.
I related the story about Gordon going the wrong way on the return leg of an out and back course to a colleague who is an Inverness Harriers teammate of ours. The response was that he could get lost on a running track!
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Aug 2017
7:21pm, 29 Aug 2017
1,929 posts
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Eynsham Red
My nearest (Harcourt Hill) is 4.7 miles away, but my regular, Oxford, is 5 miles from me. Oxford is marginally easier to get to and avoids paying two 5p tolls across the Thames. The main reason though is that I much prefer Oxford's course.
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Aug 2017
7:24pm, 29 Aug 2017
4,712 posts
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chunkywizard
My closest is 5K away but that's good for cycling or running to. If I don't go there I like a bit of tourism but my NENYD is now getting up to 50mins away.
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Aug 2017
7:30pm, 29 Aug 2017
24,475 posts
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Lip Gloss
I am lucky to have a few close by but usually choose the one by the beach. When I go to OH's sister in Golspie I will travel through to Alness. I did like Elgin.
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Aug 2017
10:26am, 30 Aug 2017
336 posts
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Arjin
Our nearest parkruns were 11 and 12 miles away, so I got a team together and we started one at the end of the road.
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Aug 2017
5:26pm, 30 Aug 2017
219 posts
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Nessie
I'm desperately trying to picture you 57.5! I was sitting with the "adults" and the kids were over in the corner, so we were surrounding you!
LOL at the running track comment. He does always look rather focused!
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Aug 2017
10:27pm, 30 Aug 2017
846 posts
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CharlieP
I have seven within 10 km of home. From work, just down the road, it's eight. 
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Aug 2017
10:36am, 31 Aug 2017
61,408 posts
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Gobi
Closest is less than a mile from my house and in have been once.
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