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May 2019
9:26am, 12 May 2019
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12barDavid
When I'm v.c. at my local parkrun, I always tell the volunteers to desert there post if they see a runner in trouble. If they don't feel able to offer support, I tell them to come & get one of the Run Directors.

More trouble at parkrun yesterday. I had a gentle jog over to one of the local Brighton parkrun's. After the parkrun was over, a lady was really laying into the Run Director over a stray dog running all over the course & getting in her way. When the lady runner in question cleared off, I went & spoke to the R.D. She said the lady had sworn at her & was rude & abusive.

I told her that I had been running behind the lady in question for the last two laps & that the dog belonged to a member of the public. It did run along part of the course, but at no time did it run in & out of the runners or cause a hazard. The lady runner was wildly exaggerating.

Maybe that runner had never heard a run director say "And don't forget, we share the park with other users." Mind you, the lady in question was wearing a 250 top, so you would think that she would know the pre-run brief by now.

All's well that ends well though. The R.D. had the last laugh. I notice in the results, the lady in question is down as unknown. Serves her right.
May 2019
3:24pm, 12 May 2019
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LazyDaisy
Indeed it does. And when she emails in to complain I trust the emsil will go straight to HQ where she will receive short shrift. This abuse of volunteers has got to stop.
May 2019
8:27am, 13 May 2019
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DeeGee
Was she wearing a cow cowl, by any chance?
May 2019
8:55am, 13 May 2019
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Fizz :-)
I think that’s harsh (but also sadly possibly true) and is the reason I no longer wear mine.
May 2019
8:59am, 13 May 2019
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DeeGee
I'm one away from earning mine. I'll wear it, hopefully to restore some pride to the garment. I've just found that, every occasion when someone in a 250 t-shirt has decided to tell me how to organise my event better (often in contravention of my permit, or with no regard to local conditions), they've been wearing a cowl. Usually the 250 t-shirt brigade are thoroughly complimentary.
May 2019
9:02am, 13 May 2019
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DeeGee
Does anyone else, when visiting a new place, start to scope out potential as a parkrun venue, or is it just me? Visited a new town with my kids yesterday, found a car park with toilets, ample parking, a cafe nearby and a long riverside path, and the first thing I thought was "Why's there no parkrun here?"
May 2019
9:03am, 13 May 2019
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BexleyKev
12barDavid I think she was at Victoria Dock a few weeks ago.
May 2019
9:08am, 13 May 2019
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LindsD
Yes, me, DeeGee. :)
May 2019
9:28am, 13 May 2019
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BexleyKev
I find that many of the ultra uber cowl mason types ignore me after I have responded to their initial question - which, if they feel that I as a non cowl wearing prole am worthy of being spoken to, tends to be; 'how many runs/different events have you done'? DeeGee i don't put you in that category and will of course welcome you should our paths cross again no matter what you wear ( well maybe not a Hull / Scunthorpe or Lincoln shirt ) ;)

There seems to be a growing mass of xyz parkrun on tour groups visiting other events which is nice as long as the numbers are not too overwhelming but I fail to understand why some of these groups do things that they wouldn't dream of doing at their own event. This week one particularly large group decided to start together ( which is ok ) but they all set off in line across the path ( in a herd ) and restricted others being able to pass until the route widened.
May 2019
9:36am, 13 May 2019
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DeeGee
I don't own a Hull/Scunthorpe/Lincoln shirt Kev. I'm trying to wean my son off Hull City fandom as well - entirely my fault, took him to watch Watford at the KCom.

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