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Fizz :-)
Fizz :-)
Jun 2018
11:07am, 16 Jun 2018
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A fantastic milestone at Corby this morning, a young man called Josh (6.4) ran his 50th parkrun medal bunting

Probably not the youngest ever, but pretty close to it, and certainly the youngest at Corby.

Well done Josh :-)
Andrew65
Andrew65
Jun 2018
11:28am, 16 Jun 2018
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Had a nice catch-up with DIYDiva at Crane Park this morning :)
Metro_Nome
Metro_Nome
Jun 2018
11:52am, 16 Jun 2018
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The RD at parkrun this morning mentioned about Runners who have done 90+ runs and not volunteered and there was some (fairly good natured but I think still inappropriate) booing in the crowd. Didn’t like that.
StuH
StuH
Jun 2018
12:08pm, 16 Jun 2018
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I agree, some people may have very legitimate reasons they can't (or feel they can't) volunteer.

I sometimes think people need reminding of the definition of volunteer.
Dvorak
Dvorak
Jun 2018
12:09pm, 16 Jun 2018
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Strathclyde parkrun, it seems, was not one for the ornithophobic, especially the anatidaephobic, today duck facebook.com
StuH
StuH
Jun 2018
12:13pm, 16 Jun 2018
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:-O At least they weren't Canada Geese, they scare the living *poo* out of me!
larkim
larkim
Jun 2018
12:14pm, 16 Jun 2018
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Calling out groups by the RD isn’t on, not good form at all (IMHO). Guilt tripping individuals into parkrun volunteering isn’t the way to encourage.
Andrew65
Andrew65
Jun 2018
1:07pm, 16 Jun 2018
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MN- That is really not in the spirit of parkrun imo. I would be tempted to contact that RD and politely express your opinion if I were you.
Sigh
Sigh
Jun 2018
1:32pm, 16 Jun 2018
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First trip to Macclesfield parkrun today, in their 8th week now. Really good course around South Park (no sign of Cartman and the rest), and coffee afterwards was in a nearby pub which offered us bacon baps - it would have been rude to say no!
BexleyKev
BexleyKev
Jun 2018
3:44pm, 17 Jun 2018
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MN wonder if it was the same one that I went to last year and the vounteer co-ordinator's approach to encouraging those assembled to volunteer was to point at them and shout out 'Guilty - you are all guilty of not volunteering' an opinion that he stuck by post run when i explained to him that many of those assembled had probably volunteered more times than he had.

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