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Oct 2019
8:09pm, 13 Oct 2019
36,285 posts
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Lip Gloss
Just wish runners would understand they don't own the space when running parkrun. I was tailwalker yesterday and had a complaint from the member of the public, he was barged and subsequently pushed onto the road. No need for this behaviour at all and then we run the risk of losing our licence
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Oct 2019
8:49am, 14 Oct 2019
18,891 posts
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DeeGee
I bring that particular point up every single briefing! I've even changed the way I do my briefing - started doing the rules before the milestones and tourists, because I've found that people listen more intently right at the beginning. It's not like I go on for hours...!
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Oct 2019
9:56am, 14 Oct 2019
15,399 posts
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Bazoaxe
I would be surprised if that had happened without there having been something that caused the reaction. Doesn’t excuse the runner but I am pretty sure the complainer was not blame free either.
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Oct 2019
10:11am, 14 Oct 2019
9,051 posts
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larkim
Looks like Newcastle now has 3 parkruns with starts within 1.7m of each other as Jesmond Dene started this weekend. Spoiled for choice if you live round there!
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Oct 2019
12:11pm, 14 Oct 2019
36,297 posts
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Lip Gloss
Running 3 abreast caused it.
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Oct 2019
12:27pm, 14 Oct 2019
3,263 posts
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Fizz :-)
DeeGee, we’ve often listened to (or struggled to hear) briefings and thought the safety and rules bit should be first.
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Oct 2019
12:38pm, 14 Oct 2019
32,707 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Just treat parkrunners like children. A big BIG noise (I did a loud wolf whistle to shut everybody up when RD was talking - and I was only a runner, not even a marshal!) and then a "This only takes 2 mins of your life. If you don't shut up and listen to this, we're not having a run. SHUT. IT." Then get on with your briefing! But do keep it short, to the point and LOUD!  G
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Oct 2019
12:39pm, 14 Oct 2019
30,314 posts
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Old Croc
I always mention other park users as first item in brief
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Oct 2019
12:05am, 15 Oct 2019
7 posts
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sparklecloud
larkim, I did Jesmond Dene on Saturday, it was beautiful! It is nice to have so many options in Newcastle now.
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Oct 2019
11:13pm, 18 Oct 2019
399 posts
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njosmith
Local parkrun cancelled this morning at short notice. I went down anyway (as part of the core team) to inform any runners that turned up of the news. About 40 runners did turn up and most decided to run the course anyway and we agreed to run the course the reverse way round. No flags, no orange vests, no barcodes - just a lovely run in a park.
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