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May 2019
9:23am, 31 May 2019
9,400 posts
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SarahWoo
It's social for me too. I'd much rather volunteer at my home parkrun than run (hence why I've only run about 20 parkruns in the last 8 years).
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May 2019
9:24am, 31 May 2019
41,794 posts
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Velociraptor
Parkrun is almost entirely a "being part of the local running scene" thing for me, more so since I'm not in a local club.
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May 2019
9:26am, 31 May 2019
67,040 posts
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Gobi
It has sadly become less social or is that I have become less social?
No parkrun has.
One used to Tourist to go for coffee and meet the event team and a few runners. Now lots have no coffee and are too big for the chat.
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May 2019
10:01am, 31 May 2019
31,614 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
My running club(s - plural, cos I'm a complete tart!) are my social running. And the ultra scene. I never needed parkrun for social. But it's fab nowadays, because I tend to know about 20 people at every parkrun or event I turn up at (or so it feels like!) so it's sociable too. Depends what you mean by social / sociable, of course!  G
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May 2019
10:07am, 31 May 2019
6,558 posts
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chunkywizard
Gobi, come to Dinton Pastures. There's a lovely cafe and core team members are always in it after close-down and will speak to anyone! We always encourage people to come to the cafe and love seeing the sea of colourful running tees after 10am enjoying the social.
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May 2019
10:11am, 31 May 2019
17,608 posts
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Dvorak
What about parkrun as recovery from injury or illness, Larkim? That could go under t-shirt or see where you are, I suppose, but I'd class it differently.
Thinking on it, I'd end up with over 100% as some of my touristing would also be to chase a time. It's also almost unknown that I just go somewhere, run, and head straight back - that to me is a bit odd. Eg last trip away, to Linwood, I was definitely running to push for a time, but after recovery time, I got my bike out for a cycle in the sun somewhere i hadn't been before.
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May 2019
10:21am, 31 May 2019
67,044 posts
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Gobi
Hg - I was an ultra distance runner before it was cool.
CW- I know the cafe, won the 10km series there If I am south I will visit
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May 2019
10:22am, 31 May 2019
17,609 posts
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Dvorak
Actually, how is everyone defining "touristing"? Any visit to somewhere other than your usual run? In which case i am touristing at my nearest parkrun. Is another return visit to a parkrun I have done multiple times before touristing? I have run 218/311 at my home parkrun; but have four others with at least eight runs. Three of which could be described as de facto home parkruns at some time.
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May 2019
10:24am, 31 May 2019
54 posts
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Chramies
Similar to SarahWoo I tend to volunteer at my home parkrun and run at others.
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May 2019
10:24am, 31 May 2019
67,046 posts
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Gobi
DV- who knows , you just sound like a local area start spreading yourself around
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