parkrun thread
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Jan 2018
8:49pm, 13 Jan 2018
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beebop
York parkrun today, sixth anniversary: 551 runners, lots of cake, cold weather. Heslington parkrun today, inaugural, about 4.5 miles away: 532 runners! Don’t know about the cake, but the weather was probably similar... |
Jan 2018
9:14pm, 13 Jan 2018
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Dvorak
Record turnout at Falkirk today, 324. Record by 18, on a day which was still pretty darned cold. 25 debutants and 20 doing a second parkrun. And my mate finally got to run his 100th, after missing out when a couple of events were cancelled due to ice  :-).
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Jan 2018
3:09pm, 14 Jan 2018
63 posts
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Hunkyteddy
Has anyone on here done the Ham Hill course at Yeovil Montacute? Thinking of giving it a go in the next week or so. I have done YM and judging by the results posted of yesterday's race Ham Hill looks even harder! Also, can you count it as a new course 
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Jan 2018
3:15pm, 14 Jan 2018
4,104 posts
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Zehnderboy
LD - we tried the app a couple of weeks ago, same result as you - some fictitious recordings and a reset - we've decided to continue with the stopwatches for now. 653 at Tilgate today, 23 higher than our previous record set last week - we had a local neighbour (Horsham) cancel last week, but back on this week (at an alternative venue) - so very surprised to see the high turnout again. We also had some sad news at our pre-run brief as we lost 2 parkrunners last week Next week we are hosting the ambassadors, so we could be set for a repeat large attendance. |
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Jan 2018
7:35pm, 18 Jan 2018
70 posts
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Hunkyteddy
Yeovil Montacute cancelled again anyway. Oh well, maybe next week.
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Jan 2018
8:22am, 19 Jan 2018
1,115 posts
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TomahawkMike
Hunkyteddy. . I see what you mean...the ham hill course is totally separate (as opposed to a winter diversion). I went before xmas on the 'normal' one. Good fun. Might try the ham hill course next time I am passing through Somerset on my way to the rellies in Devon. Its quite a rain sensitive course judging by recent cancellations. Perhaps not one for normal trainers
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Jan 2018
9:46am, 19 Jan 2018
993 posts
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beebop
Anybody done Bearsden parkrun? I believe there are hills, or one hill repeated?
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Jan 2018
10:43am, 19 Jan 2018
18,894 posts
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fetcheveryone
Never mind the hills, what about the bear?
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Jan 2018
12:33pm, 19 Jan 2018
15,205 posts
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Dvorak
You mean the parkrun adjacent to Bearden (posh suburb of Glasgow) golf course but named Drumchapel (large, partly demolished, peripheral council scheme)? Yes I have. Once. It was my highest ever parkrun placing (16th). Despite that, I haven't been back in eighteen months. Three laps with an in/out. To borrow a phrase I read recently, it is a parkrun for the aficionados. Each lap starts with a steep descent, then has a climb, a dip, an even more arduous climb, then a run down to the lap start. Due to the topography (it is run more or less along a hillside) any elevation tracks tend to be a bit out. On Tim Grose's runbritain-derived difficulty ratings, it is fifth-hardest in the UK. Something about those ratings: fetcheveryone.com/blog/5988/0/0#blog375667 A blog including my run there: fetcheveryone.com/blog/5988/2016/6#blog353624 Don't let that put you off ;-). Some friends included it in a New Year double before heading to the (hilly but not as) Tollcross. Mind you, one of them is doing a 24 hour bike race in the Highlands this weekend. |
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Jan 2018
12:37pm, 19 Jan 2018
15,206 posts
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Dvorak
(There are bears, but in the woods is probably the safest place from them ;-). They don't usually emerge until Saturday afternoon anyway.)
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