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Jan 2019
11:05am, 31 Jan 2019
17,154 posts
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Dvorak
I did wonder about the run report. Irregular or non existent for many events. I had thought it was meant to be compulsory, but from the wiki, apparently not. Teams though might wonder if it is worth the bother and if it is ever read.
Reckon though that if someone has got as far as the news page they'd also look at the results and see event was still functioning.
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Jan 2019
11:20am, 31 Jan 2019
5,993 posts
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sallykate
We very rarely do run reports - we found it was tricky to keep them engaging rather than formulaic with lots of copy & paste from the HQ report link and we're not sure how much they were read or valued. I didn't realise it was in the ED charter (or whatever was mentinoned on the previous page).
One of our RDs is a Goodgym trainer, so has to write their run reports each week (twice as she covers two areas). And juniors always do a report, quite often written by a junior in our case.
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Jan 2019
11:32am, 31 Jan 2019
10,125 posts
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MazH
I do a rubbish run report....
better to have none at all in my case!
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Jan 2019
12:00pm, 31 Jan 2019
6,688 posts
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larkim
Some reports are fab, some are just dull as ditchwater.
I wonder if they are a bit like the coffee / cakes thing - an appealing part of parkrun for the 1% who actually share in that part of the event?
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Jan 2019
12:08pm, 31 Jan 2019
18,314 posts
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DeeGee
We have had a local athletics character (statistician, stalwart of many road event organisations over the years) who just came down to have a look, and since then has written almost every report. When he's off, he has assigned a deputy to do it for him. He comes down because he is interested in the local athletics scene and he's become a key part of the event.
I won't be so lucky next event I set up...
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Jan 2019
1:56pm, 31 Jan 2019
17,159 posts
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Dvorak
1% are coffee and cakers  ! Heresy, larkim, heresy!
Actually ... Though I would put it higher on average (and some events much higher), whatever impression hq like to give, I would say the whole cafe thing is not key to the vast majority of parkrunners and for many completely irrelevant or possibly even unknown.
The biggest cafe turnout I saw was probably Lochore Meadows inaugural. The cafe provided discount vouchers and got possibly 50% of participants in. 200 or so. (Yes, it was a big cafe, with outdoor space on a fine day.)
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Jan 2019
2:00pm, 31 Jan 2019
30,326 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
That's cake  heresy, is that.
Joking apart, I think many kids are lured by dad or mum with promise of hot chocolate, ice cream, pastry etc. And I don't mean in a bad way, but to enhance the overall experience: enjoy a run AND have a wee sit down and a drink and snack after.
We get quite a few folk stay after at Loch Leven. To be fair, it's an absolutely fab café and venue! G
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Jan 2019
2:08pm, 31 Jan 2019
2,342 posts
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Goofee
At Prospect I would say we tend to get just below 10% most of the time.
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Jan 2019
2:12pm, 31 Jan 2019
18,315 posts
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DeeGee
We have no cafe at Cleethorpes, but I manage to persuade the boy to come down sometimes by offering a breakfast at Wetherspoons, where many of the others meet up afterwards.
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Jan 2019
2:30pm, 31 Jan 2019
3,699 posts
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Alice the Camel
Free “cafe” at Melksham. We use the sports pavilion as a cafe after the run, people donate the necessary. Every so often there’s an appeal for someone to donate a box of teabags or whatever but most of the time it seems to tick along nicely on its own.
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