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Jan 2018
4:26pm, 5 Jan 2018
13,050 posts
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RichHL
Happy 300th!
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Jan 2018
4:33pm, 5 Jan 2018
62,684 posts
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Gobi
JD - i have
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Jan 2018
4:40pm, 5 Jan 2018
4,157 posts
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Metro_Nome
Come to Aberdeen Gobi. we will welcome you 
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Jan 2018
4:58pm, 5 Jan 2018
966 posts
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CarollyP
You have the option not to run, surely? That's not me being facetious - when I was faced with what ended up as 51 weeks off running I chose to volunteer instead, as I simply couldn't see the point of walking what to me is a timed run.
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Jan 2018
5:03pm, 5 Jan 2018
37,484 posts
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Velociraptor
Many of us DO see the point of completing the event as a walk, and I suspect this might apply even more to someone who was on 299 runs and had organised their celebratory cake in advance.
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Jan 2018
5:05pm, 5 Jan 2018
967 posts
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CarollyP
NB I have absolutely nothing against people walking because they're striving to improve to a point where they can run at least a bit, and I agree that parkrun should be accessible to as many as possible. But for me it's about the run.
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Jan 2018
5:08pm, 5 Jan 2018
37,485 posts
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Velociraptor
For me it's about the run too, and if I wasn't capable of running and couldn't secure the tail walker slot I'd volunteer ... or, as had happened far more times than not, stay at home.
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Jan 2018
5:09pm, 5 Jan 2018
969 posts
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CharlieP
Ah, yes, I now see the implications of a pre-declared milestone date. As you were.
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Jan 2018
5:17pm, 5 Jan 2018
3,212 posts
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Curly45
Interesting. I often jog around a parkrun for a slightly more interesting way to get some miles in.
I dont see someone walking who runs them normally as any different, in fact when I had a fractured rib I walked one (I also volunteered during my recovery time).
One of the best things about parkrun is it is whatever your want that week and you dont have to decide in advance.
However, I do think that the run should be central to the ethos of the thing. Yes its nice to give me an option to go for a jog in nice surroundings, but the primary purpose should be people giving it their all, whatever speed that is.
Most people are at parkrun to test themselves. I find this focus on wellbeing strange, mostly because it is a result of the thing they are trying to pretend doesnt happen: the race, but perhaps there are reasons for it around securing funding in the future?
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Jan 2018
5:28pm, 5 Jan 2018
2,030 posts
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StuH
I only occasionally 'give it my all', other times it's a nice easy run with friends, or just another way to 'get some more miles in'. Nearly always accompanied by coffee and socialising afterwards. But on all of those occasions, it's still about the run.
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