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Arjin Jul 2018 4:44pm, 10 Jul 2018 354 posts	Quote Pin Arjin Jesus! If I wasn't a regular parkrunner, this would not encourage me to try it. It makes parkrun look like a pile of shite.
Andrew65 Jul 2018 4:44pm, 10 Jul 2018 906 posts	Quote Pin Andrew65 Fair point spiedog. I hadn't really thought about the next generation.
Velociraptor Jul 2018 6:42pm, 10 Jul 2018 38,590 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor The next generation of fast runners will learn of parkrun from their peers, running clubs, or even their own families, not from an advert. What LD said about it being too long - self-indulgently long - is very true, and if it's going to work as a television ad it would be best shown as little snippets making one point at a time and encouraging people to find the long version on the internet.
BAzoaxE Jul 2018 7:20pm, 10 Jul 2018 13,227 posts	Quote Pin BAzoaxE I didnt want to watch that but ended up feeling I had to. OMG what is it all about. In general all these fab marketing things are lost on me. I saw they tried to contrast perception v reality but managed to get both horribly wrong In fact that video could have been made as a spoof by someone like Gobi to illustrate how he feels. It surely isnt real. Is it ?
DocMoye Jul 2018 7:42pm, 10 Jul 2018 23,071 posts	Quote Pin DocMoye Still haven’t watched it I’m torn between finding out what you are all talking about and not wasting my life !
Sigh Jul 2018 7:57pm, 10 Jul 2018 1,918 posts	Quote Pin Sigh It actually reminded me of a spoof video I saw a few years ago - just looked it up on YouTube. So, the parkrun one isn't even original. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUOzkIV6Ba0
LindsD Jul 2018 8:05am, 11 Jul 2018 23,781 posts	Quote Pin LindsD ION, two of the people in the video are my friends. That doesn't mean I, or they, have a positive opinion about the content.
Fizz :-) Jul 2018 9:01am, 11 Jul 2018 2,851 posts	Quote Pin Fizz :-) We watched it last night. WW thought it looked like something they might have made on The Apprentice.
Andrew65 Jul 2018 9:13am, 11 Jul 2018 911 posts	Quote Pin Andrew65 I suspect that it might have been made by a group of 6th form Media Studies students. The problem that PR HQ face is that the event is attended by a wide range of people, for a host of different reasons. There is no way that they can make any kind of promotional material that states the type of people who can attend. Not without excluding some of community. There only option is to break it down into what it is and let individuals decided if it is for them or not. If they just say "It's a free weekly event in which you are timed over a 5k course", it is not excluding anyone, but it also becomes pointless as an advert. Do they need to advertise anyway?? The events have grown by word of mouth alone since 2005.
tonyp2604 Jul 2018 9:38am, 11 Jul 2018 604 posts	Quote Pin tonyp2604 Worcester Pitchcroft parkrun is cancelled (again) this Saturday 14/7. We will be resuming on the 21st.