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Apr 2019
5:07pm, 13 Apr 2019
1,741 posts
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Lesley C
Sorry LG, only way to finish outside the castle is to go up. I really like those trails, makes it interesting.
The proper route should be runable again very soon, it will be a little more challenging.
Around 50% of our runners are first timers, had a massive group this morning for the first timers brief.
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Apr 2019
5:16pm, 13 Apr 2019
33,575 posts
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Lip Gloss
It just makes it 'interesting ' Lesley 
Yes saw there was a lot of first timers today, I got a a course PB today as the last time we were there my friend fell
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Apr 2019
5:49pm, 13 Apr 2019
9,624 posts
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mrs shanksi
Boston parkrun was a lovely route and had very friendly locals. It was great to run with Fenland Flier and chat to Bobbyboy. We sat with three generations of the Eglinton family in the cafe who were so nice and showed us how to get the extra parkrun stats on our phones and I realised that it was my 20th different parkrun today. Now annoying shanksi by telling him which parkruns we should aim for 😀
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Apr 2019
5:50pm, 13 Apr 2019
9,625 posts
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mrs shanksi
Crathes Castle parkrun is one of my faves and I'll be back when it's the 'proper' route.
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Apr 2019
6:27pm, 13 Apr 2019
26,331 posts
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LazyDaisy
As RD today I had two brand-new volunteers on timekeeping. I explained that they each have two stopwatches because the Junsds (?sp) can only count up to 500 and we often go over 500 finishers. I briefed them about starting both watches on Go!, and that they should use one watch up to about 490, then swap to the other watch (helpfully labelled '500+' ) at about that point, to make sure we captured everyone's finishing time and position. They understood, and agreed to swap over at 480 'to be sure'.
Except in the excitement, they forgot. Until runner 514. (We had 599 finishers.)
Ah well, best endeavours and all that.
(Incidentally, we thought that we might have been able retrieve the times off the watches but everything we tried, no dice. Does anyone know of a way?)
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Apr 2019
6:38pm, 13 Apr 2019
66,706 posts
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Gobi
I went to Cannock chase today but looked after my friends 3 year old so she could run.
Excellent hot chocolate :¬)
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Apr 2019
6:49pm, 13 Apr 2019
1,742 posts
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Lesley C
Well done LG! Looking forward to the proper route Mrs S. Good to see JR there today 🙂.
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Apr 2019
6:55pm, 13 Apr 2019
1,340 posts
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12barDavid
I was volunteer coordinator at Brighton & Hove parkrun this morning. I am eternally grateful to the three D of E youngsters who helped me out this morning.
Even with my hearing aids in, I still miss a lot of what people say. These three young ladies helped me sort out the volunteers, handed out the hi-viz, wrote down the names of those who hadn't emailed in etc. To cap it all, I then joined in the run while they took on other volunteering duties.
I shall make sure that when the time comes for me to write up there assessors reports, they will get a glowing recommendation.
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Apr 2019
7:07pm, 13 Apr 2019
27,233 posts
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LindsD
Oh no LD
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Apr 2019
7:58pm, 13 Apr 2019
8 posts
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Chramies
Richmond parkrun this morning - was considering either Peckham Rye or Sunny Hill but early starts can wait. My time is back around what it was when I started doing parkruns in 2014 (although that was Cannon Hill and Richmond is hillier) - still, onward. Richmond being a single lap is good even if the start does get a bit crowded and that first straight is long. Plus, Richmond Park which is scenic joy.
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