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Gobi
Gobi
Jan 2018
12:01pm, 25 Jan 2018
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Gobi
Morning all

Has anyone done Walsall ?? It looks like it might be quite fast

I am looking at this Saturday, Brueton, Wolverhampton(run before and so I know it is a reasonable quick course) Coventry
Sigh
Sigh
Jan 2018
1:49pm, 25 Jan 2018
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Sigh
Hi - Yes, done Walsall, flat & fast - just get near the front if you're going for it. Course here: fetcheveryone.com/t-13531225
Gobi
Gobi
Jan 2018
2:59pm, 25 Jan 2018
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Gobi
17 min runner so thanks
Mark​​
Mark​​
Jan 2018
5:49pm, 25 Jan 2018
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Mark​​
Walsall is my home run, and I think it is great. On paper it is not quite as fast as Wolvo as it has more sharp turns, but the elevation changes seem kinder. Three laps, and if you are running it in 17 minutes you will need to overtake everybody running >24 minutes, probably while they themselves are busy racing.

I won't be there this week, I'm hoping to find a parkrun up in Glasgow.
Hunkyteddy
Hunkyteddy
Jan 2018
6:31pm, 25 Jan 2018
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Hunkyteddy
Yeovil Montacute/ Ham Hill cancelled again. Might give Weymouth a go!
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
Jan 2018
6:56pm, 25 Jan 2018
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LazyDaisy
If anyone was thinking of touristing to Tewkesbury, it's flooded off again - apparently the worst floods since the parkrun started there :-(
Hunkyteddy
Hunkyteddy
Jan 2018
8:27pm, 25 Jan 2018
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Hunkyteddy
Yep, amongst others. Might need to keep an eye on this for a few more weeks!
parkrun.org.uk
Dvorak
Dvorak
Jan 2018
9:31pm, 25 Jan 2018
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Dvorak
Hopefully the Scottish ones will be able to proceed en masse this week: it would be nice to have a full house. Weather looks no worse than a bit wet. There is the possibility of two or three being waterlogged though.

And I am getting my annual volunteer duty* ;-) out of the way, so won't be running any.

*Yes, I wrote duty. I think parkrun HQ is decidedly wishy-washy over this. I don't think volunteering is awful, but I'd nearly always rather be running. But parkrun relies on volunteers, so I take a turn. Not that often, but if everyone did the same, it would be more than more than enough.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Jan 2018
9:56pm, 25 Jan 2018
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Velociraptor
Having been a late starter at volunteering, I've been enjoying it even more than running. But this weekend I'm going time-trialling at Workington provided the forecast 40+mph winds nudge along a few hours in one direction or another and don't co-incide with parkrun.
Jovi Runner
Jovi Runner
Jan 2018
9:10am, 26 Jan 2018
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Jovi Runner
Walsall is a bit twisty in parts but definitely fast and flat - as long as you dont get caught up at the start.

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Maintained by Hendo
A discussion of all things parkrun.

Here's a wiki giving brief reviews of parkruns up and down the land:

fetcheveryone.com/article-view.php?id=545

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