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Dec 2019
10:39am, 21 Dec 2019
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chunkywizard
Last minute cancellation at Dinton after the course inspection found a slight issue with a massive lake where the path used to be. I detoured to California Country which was muddy but good! Woodley seems to have taken most of the Dinton crowd.
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Dec 2019
10:50am, 21 Dec 2019
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ThorntonRunner
Kingsbury Water parkrun was cancelled today m.facebook.com |
Dec 2019
11:03am, 21 Dec 2019
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Eynsham the Red knows rain dear.
No parkruns at all n Oxfordshire today 🙁
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Dec 2019
11:41am, 21 Dec 2019
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DingDocMerrily
Westmill was muddy and fun.a diversion to avoid the need to swim but otherwise fine it you wore appropriate shoes ( which I did) Sorry to here so many cancelled |
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Dec 2019
11:51am, 21 Dec 2019
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chunkywizard
Henley was on, that’s in Oxfordshire!
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Dec 2019
12:03pm, 21 Dec 2019
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Eynsham the Red knows rain dear.
Don’t count Henley. It’s more Home Counties than Oxfordshire 😉
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Dec 2019
12:20pm, 21 Dec 2019
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bonners
Bit of a long post, so apologies for that. But can anybody give any advice. Basically left my last job in the Summer, I was bullied out; I've been through a really shitty time, ended up a out of work for a month and have struggled emotionally and financially. Through counselling, running and with no little help from the parkrun family I've gradually hauled myself out of a dark place, have a new job and trying to get back on track. The problem is my old boss who bullied me out is also a parkrunner. I havent seen him since I left the job until this morning a Prestatyn parkrun. I know quite a few people and have quite a chat at the start. I saw him looking a bit miserable and by himself. Fast forward to the end of the parkrun and he was still stood by himself. I realise we will never be friends, but I thought I would try and clear the air and just went up and tried to talk to him. He basically stated that he didnt want to talk after what I'd done. Turns out that an email I sent to his boss when at my lowest ebb about the bullying that I felt was forcing me out of my job, he decided that he would send to the rest of the team to let them know what kind of a scumbag I was. I couldnt quite work out what he was talking about, stayed calm and said I just wanted to clear the air, at which point he called me a 'fXXXXXg cXXX' and said if I wanted to sort it out he would take me into the dunes and sort it out properly. At that point I just walked away. I then reported it to the race director, went off on my warm down. got to the furthest point and bumped into a marshal who is a friend of mine and it all just hit me again, all the dark, dark places from the last few months and I just broke down in floods of tears. I just never thought he could still upset me. But I now feel that I'm not sure if I'm able to parkrun again as I do feel a bit threatened. It followed the same pattern of the bullying in that it was always things where there were no witnesses. I'm really at a loss; I was wondering, I suppose if there is anything parkrun can do? Or is it just my word against his. I have reported it via email to the police. Not so that they'll do anything, just so that there is something on record. Main reason being, is that I know the guy has fairly physically threatened people in the past. Sorry again for the long post, I dont often off load in public, i just feel devastated that I might not be able to parkrun any more as my parkrun family are one of my real support mechanisms I guess. |
Dec 2019
12:38pm, 21 Dec 2019
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Dvorak
I'm sorry all that has happened, Bonners. I have two thoughts: The first is that it is not parkrun's responsibility to do anything about it. It may have happened at a parkrun, between parkrunners, but it is something which could have happened anywhere. If in future the person is violent or threatening to you at parkrun, then it may be? The second is, keep going to parkrun. Don't let this shitbag take it away from you. Maybe see if friends at parkrun can stick close for a couple of runs at least and just ignore him if you see him (easier said than done,. I know). With any luck, he won't even appear again. |
Dec 2019
12:48pm, 21 Dec 2019
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LindsD
I agree 100% with Dvorak's second point. Get some support from your parkrun friends. He was on his own, remember. If there is swearing or threatening behaviour at parkrun we raise an incident. It's happened to us once that there was a fight at the start. If it were me (I'm an ED) and it happened at 'my' parkrun, I would seek advice from HQ. |
Dec 2019
12:50pm, 21 Dec 2019
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Ultracat
Hope you get things sorted Bonners. Ask a friend to run with you until you get your confidence back.
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