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Jan 2019
6:09pm, 4 Jan 2019
40,209 posts
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Velociraptor
I've got a GRL plastic card which I think may have a timing chip in it. The wristbands have to be paid for.
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Jan 2019
6:27pm, 4 Jan 2019
1,306 posts
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beebop
It might put a lot of people off if they had to buy a chip before they find out whether or not parkrun is for them. Although quite a few seem to come down for their first run without having printed out a barcode.
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Jan 2019
7:02pm, 4 Jan 2019
6,369 posts
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The_Saint
Back to the PB issue and starting position, PBs are made in the 4th and 5th K, not the first 400 metres
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Jan 2019
7:20pm, 4 Jan 2019
13,846 posts
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Bazoaxe
Indeed. Starting at the front and going too fast initially is less likely to produce a PB than taking a few seconds to cross the line and starting out at the right pace.
I am lucky in my local parkrun can accommodate maybe 15 on the start line and as I am generally in the top 30 I start on the 2nd/3rd row. I am always passed by loads of people who I pass before the first kilometre is out.
In general the etiquette seems to be that everyone starts in a broadly appropriate position.
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Jan 2019
7:52pm, 4 Jan 2019
4,791 posts
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Metro_Nome
While you’re right about setting off too fast the_saint, at some parkruns it can take over a minute to get over the start line. That’s a big difference to your time. And yes if it’s the same difference every week it won’t stop you getting a PB but it can have an effect
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Jan 2019
8:21pm, 4 Jan 2019
168 posts
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philip_m_jones
I can see a day in the not too distant future when parkrun will be chip-timed. I run in the US a few times a year and the club there, https://www.lirrc.org, have their own timing mat, clock etc so their weekly (Wednesday evening) summer races are all chip timed. There is a small fee to pay but that is really no different to parkrun that has a sponsorship model to cover the fees to start up a new parkrun: nothing is really for free.
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Jan 2019
8:35pm, 4 Jan 2019
5,646 posts
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Jovi Runner
Chip timing just won't work at certain venues. I can't see how it could work at ours (Fountains Abbey) as we have enough problems carrying all the existing kit for a 10 min walk down (& then at end back up) a fairly big hill! I'd not fancy carrying two timing mats as well!
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Jan 2019
9:32pm, 4 Jan 2019
17,046 posts
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Dvorak
Something which would reduce the number of volunteering opportunities? That won't fly.
The second last time I started towards the front to shave a few seconds off my time, I kept up with those around me for a bit and was blowing out of my arse by about 400m. Only 4600m to hold on for! (It didn't work. By a long way.) The last time, I ran at my own pace and a hundred streamed past me. A bit grim. (That never worked either.)
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Jan 2019
8:16am, 5 Jan 2019
27,699 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
We are off to Fritton Lake parkrun this morning.
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Jan 2019
9:41am, 5 Jan 2019
3,665 posts
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1step2far
Enjoy Mrs Jiggs. Its a lovely run, and one of my local ones.
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