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Jul 2018
3:37pm, 11 Jul 2018
211 posts
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BexleyKev
Edison - Respect - absolutely right. We need to show respect to all and allow others the space to pass if necessary - that applies to walking down the street texting or taking part in parkrun. No problem with walk/running around with friends in line as long as consideration is given to others and moving aside if asked, or you know someone wants to pass and certainly no need to hurl abuse and claim it as your right to do what you want.
The ad ( doubt it was ever intended as anything to be used outside the parkrun social media pages ) if there is humour in it then that is lost on me.
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Jul 2018
3:50pm, 11 Jul 2018
5,233 posts
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larkim
I suspect the ad is very much intended to escape the walled garden of the parkrun faithful - it looks like the sort of thing intended to create viral traction, get shared around widely and promote the brand through recognition as its shared outside of the normal circle of parkrunners. The fact that it isn't very funny or isn't very good is its weakness!
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Jul 2018
4:01pm, 11 Jul 2018
461 posts
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edison
I just saw our ED shared the ad from our FB page. I'd delete it but reckon he'd not buy the `it was an accident' explanation
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Jul 2018
5:58pm, 11 Jul 2018
24,068 posts
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HellsBells
Wonder if there's been an instruction to share it as our FB page has just done so. I'm sitting on my hands rather than post a comment on it
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Jul 2018
6:36pm, 11 Jul 2018
23,150 posts
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LazyDaisy
It was posted as a preview in our core team group. No-one has commented or shared it as far as I can see.
I'm ignoring it. Best policy for me these days ;-).
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Jul 2018
6:44pm, 11 Jul 2018
5,234 posts
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larkim
Showed it to my family. My wife and 9 year old liked it and laughed.
There's no accounting for taste...
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Jul 2018
7:19pm, 11 Jul 2018
13,233 posts
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BAzoaxE
A few years ago on a 3 lapper I was catching the tail walker on the narrowest part of the course. He had 2 kids on his left all holding hands and a dog on extendable lead on the right. The whole path and a good chunk of the grass was taken and on one side I had a burn and the other bushes. I had to decide what to do. Oh and the tail walker was part of the core team.
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Jul 2018
7:46pm, 11 Jul 2018
4,530 posts
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Metro_Nome
What did you do? Throw them all in the burn? 
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Jul 2018
7:50pm, 11 Jul 2018
13,234 posts
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BAzoaxE
there was enough of a gap between dog and burn and I quietly got past without making comment
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Jul 2018
7:52pm, 11 Jul 2018
41,846 posts
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Fierce and Focused Fleecy
I just watched it, not sure what the fuss is about? It was fine, the orange headband thing is just taking the piss out of the Tough Mudder types isn’t it? And I can see it being the kind of thing which would go down well on YouTube (there are much worse things on YouTube with millions of views). I think it answers the genuine issues people new to parkrun would have (how does it work, will I look stupid, will I be last etc). And people who already run seriously are hooked into running stuff already, I think it’s crap that anyone fast from the next generation hasn’t already heard of parkrun and probably been participating in it from a young age.
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