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Fragile Do Not Bend
Fragile Do Not Bend
Jan 2019
9:11am, 9 Jan 2019
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Fragile Do Not Bend
(eventually not even)
chunkywizard
chunkywizard
Jan 2019
9:14am, 9 Jan 2019
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chunkywizard
Uyuni, yep, Woolacombe Sands looks brutal and my HM plan says 4miles recovery for Saturday! I think I will jog around in Zone 2 and take in the lovely views.
Badger
Badger
Jan 2019
9:16am, 9 Jan 2019
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Badger
Milton (original Cambridge) uses a hooter, IMS, which you can hear all the way back down what is quite a narrow start. The briefing is given from a rise in the middle of a patch of grass, and the runners are queuing for the start around that patch, which with a bit of amplification means it's quite hard to miss the briefing.
Wimpole, on the other hand, the RD shouts "321go!" very quickly, so it's tricky to start on the dot even if you're at the front.
An old school referee's whistle sounds like the perfect low tech solution.
HappyG(rrr)
HappyG(rrr)
Jan 2019
9:19am, 9 Jan 2019
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HappyG(rrr)
Milano was cool - they did their briefing near the start up the side of a hill, because it included a compulsory (!) pre start photo and they wanted to be able to see everyone. The hill allowed everyone to see and be seen include the kids and shorter folk! :-) GG
Bazoaxe
Bazoaxe
Jan 2019
9:49am, 9 Jan 2019
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Bazoaxe
The only possible place to brief at Edinburgh is at the start and the brieferd stand on a wall mid pack who hear best with those at front and back being equally disadvantaged.
larkim
larkim
Jan 2019
9:56am, 9 Jan 2019
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larkim
Does anyone know of any interesting formulations of the parkrun athlete url to get summary data? e.g. if you add &eventNumber=0 it lists all your parkruns. That one is obvious because you can click that link at the bottom of your athlete history, but are there any hidden / creative ones that anyone is aware of?
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Jan 2019
9:58am, 9 Jan 2019
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fetcheveryone
I *do* know that if you put 'trout sniffer' in the postcode search for a well-known sports retailer, it used to bring up an animation of someone giving the middle finger.
Metro_Nome
Metro_Nome
Jan 2019
9:58am, 9 Jan 2019
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Metro_Nome
parkstats.net

not official but a cool summary
Fizz :-)
Fizz :-)
Jan 2019
10:02am, 9 Jan 2019
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Fizz :-)
That is quite cool, M_N.
LindsD
LindsD
Jan 2019
10:19am, 9 Jan 2019
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LindsD
Oh yes. Neckerau and Hasenheide have a pre-start photo.

About This Thread

Maintained by Hendo
A discussion of all things parkrun.

Here's a wiki giving brief reviews of parkruns up and down the land:

fetcheveryone.com/article-view.php?id=545

parkruns with restart permission: google.com

Note: Hendo is a boy.

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