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LazyDaisy
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Feb 2020
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Yet another update for anyone who'd like to organise a visit to run at one of the prison parkruns: contact your ambassador who either is, or will know who is, the ambassador for the prison parkrun you have in mind. It's easier to arrange visits to open prisons than closed prisons, for fairly obvious reasons. I get the impression that open prisons at least are keen to have visits from groups of runners.
LindsD
LindsD
Feb 2020
2:09pm, 1 Feb 2020
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Thank LD. I might do that.
PenW
PenW
Feb 2020
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I’ve been to a prison parkrun twice (an open prison) and hope to go again. It was an amazing experience. It was organised through our regional ambassador. We needed to give our names in advance (we were invited) and produce photo ID/sign in when we arrived. We couldn’t take cameras or phones inside and weren’t allowed to post our GPS online eg strava
LindsD
LindsD
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Thanks, Pen. Our nearest is a young offenders' institution. I wonder whether that makes a difference.
PenW
PenW
Feb 2020
2:37pm, 1 Feb 2020
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Not necessarily. It would really depend on the institution, how they work and their policies around parkrun. I would speak to the ambassador for the event (your local ambassador can find out who that is) as LazyDaisy says.

I’m lucky enough to be part of our local ambassador team which is how I got the opportunity to be invited. There were a few others who had been invited by the regional ambassador from his running club.
LindsD
LindsD
Feb 2020
2:38pm, 1 Feb 2020
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Thank you. I've already spoken to one of the other RDs and we will try to progress this if possible.
PenW
PenW
Feb 2020
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I got 2nd lady though 😂 and a sub 20 finish position despite being with the tailwalkers!
LindsD
LindsD
Feb 2020
2:38pm, 1 Feb 2020
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Brilliant! No CQ zones, though.
Pothunter
Pothunter
Feb 2020
3:45pm, 1 Feb 2020
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What’s the rationale about not posting GPS trace? It’s not like the location of the prison is a secret.
jennywren
jennywren
Feb 2020
4:01pm, 1 Feb 2020
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It might show access points to the prison grounds I’m guessing. Good for organising à breakout?

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A discussion of all things parkrun.

Here's a wiki giving brief reviews of parkruns up and down the land:

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