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Jun 2018
4:50pm, 19 Jun 2018
546 posts
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Nessie
Come to Inverness and have the pleasure of being lapped by the chap pushing his 3 year old in a buggy..... (he was 3rd finisher one week!)
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Jun 2018
4:54pm, 19 Jun 2018
5,077 posts
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larkim
I don't think those nervous of taking part are specifically nervous of anyone who can run any specific time - they are just nervous of being surround by "runners" when they don't self identify as such. It might seem utterly irrational to those who have never had those sorts of fears, but believe me they are real and exist.
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Jun 2018
5:19pm, 19 Jun 2018
2,895 posts
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Bob!
Dibble:
A few weeks ago i was RD during National Volunteering Week. In the briefing, instead of asking everyone to just thank today's volunteers, I simply asked everyone who had ever volunteered to put their hand up (it was about half of those present) and asked them all to be applauded. Highlighting how many do actually volunteer certainly seemed to send out a positive message as we were inundated with requests to volunteer the following week!
Love that Dibble, may use it at some time in the future.
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Jun 2018
5:21pm, 19 Jun 2018
6,258 posts
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The_Saint
I've been lapped at a track event (nowhere to hide) and note the exact point at which Dewi Griffiths laps me at the Welsh Cross Country every year at Singleton Park - you aren't a real runner until you have been lapped.
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Jun 2018
5:23pm, 19 Jun 2018
1,684 posts
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Goofee
Being lapped by Steve Way in the Hampshire XC league is always a proud moment for me 
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Jun 2018
5:25pm, 19 Jun 2018
6,259 posts
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The_Saint
Steve Way is a much more currently topical lapper than Dewi, so kudos.
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Jun 2018
5:42pm, 19 Jun 2018
3,465 posts
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ndellar
I got lapped by Steve Way several times in the Stockholm 100K a few years ago (5 mile laps and he was FAST). I had done some stalking of Brits doing the race so every time he went past I shouted and he gave a little thumbs up. Also got lapped by Liz Yelling at the Alton Towers National XC once.
Go me! :-D
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Jun 2018
6:10pm, 19 Jun 2018
1,035 posts
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Brunski
@larkim - Even my wife wouldn't go to a parkrun (despite me doing them regularly) until she was happy that she would be fast enough to take part.
Which is sensible if you are concerned about your times and want to do as well as you can (putting in some training beforehand). However most people will have heard about parkrun from a colleague/family member/friend and be aware of the times people run/walk and should be able to judge if they can currently run/walk fast enough so they won't get those negative feelings.
It's a bit like starting tennis or any other sport, if you've not played before you'd be nervous of not being able to serve, so you might practice a big on some free courts before going to a leisure centre and playing next to those who've been playing for ages.
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Jun 2018
6:18pm, 19 Jun 2018
5,078 posts
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larkim
It's easy to rationalise, but she was a 30 minute capable runner at the time. It was doing that activity en masse that made her anxious. Of you don't have any anxieties about that suit of thing is difficult to comprehend and may seem irrational, but it is a real fear of not fitting in etc.
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Jun 2018
6:32pm, 19 Jun 2018
3,908 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
I was beaten by a man pushing a buggy when I set my all time parkrun PB. I was so scarred by the experience that I have never been back to Strathclyde and refused to run sub-18 for the next 3 years (OK, the second part might not have been a choice ).
I have not listened to the interviews, but did anyone ask whether parkrun base their policies on hunches and anecdote, or research data?
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