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Old Croc
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It's done me twice - Blackhill
Ally-C
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😂 @Old Croc
57.5 Degrees of Pain
57.5 Degrees of Pain
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Old Croc wrote:It's done me twice - Blackhill
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minardi
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minardi
@Old Croc :-) Thank you :-)
sparklecloud
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@runningmumof3boys I'll be volunteering as funnel manager at Jesmond Dene the day before GNR - hope you enjoy!

It's always a big turnout in the Dene on GNR weekend due to lots of runners taking the opportunity to grab a J, so it'll be a fantastic atmosphere. It's my favourite volunteer day of the year.
runningmumof3boys
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@sparklecloud I will wear my fetch vest then!!!
larkim
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What's the story with the different names on the "call out" buttons on the parkrun events maps? For uni-starting purposes, we're going to be visiting Cardiff for the next 3 years so took a look.
parkrun.org.uk
On the little popup Cardiff shows as Cardiff Blackweir, Grangemoor shows as Cardiff but the others all have the same name as the parkrun name.

e.g
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
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fetcheveryone
To confuse the foreigners :-)
larkim
larkim
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larkim
It's working!
CumbriAndy
CumbriAndy
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3:42pm, 23 Aug 2024
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I suspect (but absolutely don't know) that it's an inconsistently applied effort to help narrow down the actual location

So, for example, somebody may ask 'Which Grangemoor Park?' (for all I know there may be many) and be answered with 'The one in Cardiff'
Or 'Where in Cardiff?' - 'Blackweir'

In that part of the world, this theory holds up reasonably well if you zoom out a bit and look at Barry Island and Pontypridd but I'm not going to make any predictions about how well it works anywhere else.

Or maybe Fetch is right as usual

About This Thread

Maintained by Hendo
A discussion of all things parkrun.

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

fetcheveryone.com/article-view.php?id=545

parkruns with restart permission: google.com

Note: Hendo is a boy.

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