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Jun 2018
1:02pm, 23 Jun 2018
22,955 posts
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LazyDaisy
100,000 finisher for Cheltenham today 
'It'll never catch on', said a local runner when we were in the throes of setting up parkrun here
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Jun 2018
2:03pm, 23 Jun 2018
3,590 posts
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Windsor Wool
My son got DQd today for finishing 8s ahead of his mother thanks to his sprint finish. This does not promote participation. If he had seen this then he’d be devastated.
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Jun 2018
2:09pm, 23 Jun 2018
5,826 posts
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chunkywizard
Which parkrun WW? That's a bit harsh, do you know if she could see him cross the line?
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Jun 2018
2:10pm, 23 Jun 2018
3,265 posts
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KimCanRun
That’s shocking. RD mentioned a few weeks ago about a kid finishing unaccompanied the previous but said he’d be an arsehole if he disqualified a kids time.
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Jun 2018
2:11pm, 23 Jun 2018
1,290 posts
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CumbriAndy
Name & shame WW - that's appalling. Even the corporate bigwigs at parkrun towers have recognised that a sprint finish, while the child remains in clear sight at all times, is a sensible exception to the 'arm's length' rule.
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Jun 2018
2:11pm, 23 Jun 2018
26,827 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
That’s tough WW, he must have been near his mother for all but the last few yards.
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Jun 2018
2:12pm, 23 Jun 2018
5,829 posts
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chunkywizard
I've heard the within an arm's length rule be amended with 'apart from a sprint to the line'. I guess it depends on whether he was visible at all times and if the 8secs only occurred within the last sprint. Have they been warned before?
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Jun 2018
2:13pm, 23 Jun 2018
3,591 posts
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Windsor Wool
Upton CW. The finishing straight is dead straight as you know and was lined by his grandparents and dozens of friends from the club. Thankfully, I had run back after my own finish and was actually running along side him, we even have a pic so I hope to get him reinstated but still....
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Jun 2018
2:15pm, 23 Jun 2018
3,592 posts
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Windsor Wool
They did mention it in the briefing to be fair but Upton is such a friendly, well run pr that I never, ever thought it to be an issue....
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Jun 2018
2:15pm, 23 Jun 2018
3,593 posts
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Windsor Wool
Can’t really blame the organisers though, just applying the rules I suppose.
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