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Wine Legs Apr 2019 1:21pm, 26 Apr 2019 4,761 posts	Quote Pin Wine Legs I had never heard of GRL until this thread. Their website is not helpful ... you can't seem to see how big an event is, or the time spread on it... unless I am not operating it correctly. It seems to want a surname. Hey ho, there's none near me anyway.
Dvorak Apr 2019 1:48pm, 26 Apr 2019 17,516 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak You can see the results (and number of participants) on each individual events pages eg Glasgow greatrunlocal.org I'm not all against Great Run Local - I even have a wristband for it (albeit never used yet), but whilst individual events may have a small but happy following (and new ones are launching eg Washington and Whitby); in overall terms - especially given Brendan Foster's initial interviews regarding it (aim: to get a million people running) - it has to be counted as very largely a failure. (A recent Glasgow event recorded a 5K first finisher at 09:36. Unfortunately the identity is unknown - certain Olympic Gold if they can find them and get them onboard )
LazyDaisy Apr 2019 2:07pm, 26 Apr 2019 26,484 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy I've done one GRL, in Southwold, in 2015. It was a little odd in that it's an out and back, with a turn-round point on a long straight tarmac path, yet it is definitely a three mile course, not a 5k. They could very easily have made it 5k but clearly chose not to. Numbers were very low when I ran it, and I see they still are, fewer than 20 most weeks. I suppose the people who run and organise it enjoy it and good luck to them. At least they're not swamping local roads with parked cars and causing congestion on a popular walking and cycling route! You could say it lives up to its name and it's a local run for local people
The_Saint Apr 2019 4:40pm, 26 Apr 2019 6,396 posts	Quote Pin The_Saint I wouldn't go near anything to do with "Great Run" due to their ridonculous pricing of their pay for events.
Too Much Water Apr 2019 6:38pm, 26 Apr 2019 6,708 posts	Quote Pin Too Much Water Fountains Abbey parkrun featured in the Guardian website an article on moving to Ripon
LazyDaisy Apr 2019 7:52pm, 26 Apr 2019 26,493 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy Several cancellations on NT properties tomorrow, in the West anyway, thanks to Storm Hannah.
SirKK72 Apr 2019 9:17pm, 26 Apr 2019 916 posts	Quote Pin SirKK72 For anyone planning Delamere tomorrow it's been cancelled according to their facebook page due to high winds.
larkim Apr 2019 9:39pm, 26 Apr 2019 7,298 posts	Quote Pin larkim Good job I checked here, my wife was planning to run Delamere tomorrow!
Eynsham Red Apr 2019 11:21am, 27 Apr 2019 4,143 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red Feeling chuffed with a new PB by 55 seconds today 😀
Pothunter Apr 2019 11:26am, 27 Apr 2019 1,180 posts	Quote Pin Pothunter Nice on ER