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Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Oct 2022
8:13pm, 8 Oct 2022
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Lip Gloss
Sadly I celebrated my 11th parkrun anniversary by bailing once again at Aviemore parkrun. Had a panic attack shortly after starting so just let tail walker go on. OH had planned just walking with me anyway so we did eventually just walk the route ourselves.


:-(
DoricQuine
DoricQuine
Oct 2022
12:46am, 9 Oct 2022
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DoricQuine
He did JamieKai chameleon

It's happened on this route before which probably didn't help. Frustrating, as it's a beautiful route.
larkim
larkim
Oct 2022
4:29pm, 10 Oct 2022
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larkim
Trying to order the t-shirt for my son, sadly the adult men's medium 100 is out of stock.

But tbh he's not that not that big and one of the youth t-shirts would fit him just fine.

I can't use his ID to access the shop to get a youth one, but presumably if I just grab the athlete number for a youth who has completed 100 I could access this and buy / pay for a t-shirt that has been properly earned.

Would anyone see any issue with doing this to expedite things? I don't know if they log t-shirt purchase against runner ID these days (they certainly don't ration them I don't think) and whilst it's not entirely "right" is it really that wrong? Happy to follow the collective moral direction!!
um
um
Oct 2022
4:41pm, 10 Oct 2022
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um
Large is too big?

I'd be tempted to write to them, shop.parkrun.com
and give them the problem, rather than any subterfuge?
larkim
larkim
Oct 2022
4:51pm, 10 Oct 2022
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larkim
I could risk a small in the men's sizes, but when buying clothes for him generally he's in 15-16yo tops for a male aged 19; the 15-16 size on parkrun's shop is about the right size, it sits somewhere between the S and M sizes on the men's, which feels about right - he's not like a teenage skinny rake, but he's a bit bulkier than a men's S normally.

Droping them a line does sound a very sensible option though!!
larkim
larkim
Oct 2022
4:53pm, 10 Oct 2022
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larkim
tbh quite surprised how easy it would be to get a t-shirt without achieving the milestone just by putting the runner ID in. And actually, if I had thought on I would have ordered him a t-shirt off my ID in advance so that I could have given it to him at the end of his run for an instant reward!
larkim
larkim
Oct 2022
4:54pm, 10 Oct 2022
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larkim
I guess they care less these days when they are being paid for each t-shirt. Not too much point over-securing them.
orbness
orbness
Oct 2022
11:35am, 15 Oct 2022
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orbness
So a lovely day for a parkrun.

Only uploading this because I accidentally got fetcheveryone and Elsie Too in the background!

Elsie Too
Elsie Too
Oct 2022
11:45am, 15 Oct 2022
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Elsie Too
Good to see you today
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Oct 2022
12:05pm, 15 Oct 2022
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fetcheveryone
Hello :-)

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