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larkim
larkim
12 Sep
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larkim
I ran at Durham a few years ago now, pre Covid. The start is near the car park, so I think I probably left any bags etc there. If it's just a bottle of water at the finish, I'd probably just scout out a tree or similar to pop a bottle by / in. Not much direct help, but it is a good half mile or more between the start and the end, and if you're staying in the town centre I can understand why you'd want to avoid heading back out to Maiden Castle. Not that Durham is that big though!
mityellow
mityellow
12 Sep
5:58pm, 12 Sep 2024
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mityellow
hellen wrote:Anyone been to Durham park run. I’m going on Sat and see that start and finish are in diff locations. Wondering if I can leave a bag somewhere? Ideally would like to have a bottle of water for when I finish before jogging back to my accommodation


Durham is my local, assuming there's nothing valuable in the bag then there's a bandstand by the finish where some people leave stuff - it's on the route from the city centre to the start location, but depends where you are staying.
hellen
hellen
12 Sep
6:21pm, 12 Sep 2024
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hellen
Thankyou, I’m staying at St Mary’s on Elvet Hill Road. I want to get back for breakfast if possible so time is of the essence, don’t want to go back to maiden castle!
larkim
larkim
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7:07am, 13 Sep 2024
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As the only female only college at Durham (at my time there) Mary's had a mysterious allure as a young man!! Never set foot in there though, the woman who eventually decided I was marriage material kept me distracted back at our college instead!! 🤣
Jen HB
Jen HB
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7:20am, 13 Sep 2024
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Jen HB
I was at Van Mildert - I think Mary's went mixed the year after I graduated
larkim
larkim
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larkim
Jen HB wrote:I was at Van Mildert - I think Mary's went mixed the year after I graduated

Ooh, snap! We left in 1993 (well, 1994 after I was one of the DSU sabbaticals for a year), well before Mary's allowed men. Have you been back at all?
hellen
hellen
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hellen
I left in 1994 then had a year abroad then back for my PGCE. I went back for a wedding a few years later but not been back since,
larkim
larkim
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9:42am, 13 Sep 2024
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larkim
hellen wrote:I left in 1994 then had a year abroad then back for my PGCE. I went back for a wedding a few years later but not been back since,

You'll be surprised how close Maiden Castle feels compared to how far away it felt as a student!

I've run Durham parkrun just the once, as a stop off on the way up to picking son from Uni in Newcastle. Parked up at Maiden Castle and did a warm up run up to Mildert, past Aidan's, down across Prebends Bridge, along the Bailey, up Old Elvet and back down to Maiden Castle. That would have felt like quite the journey before I got into running, instead it took less than 30 minutes!!

As our times at Durham have overlapped, funny to think paths are likely to have crossed in some way all those years ago. Went back for the reunion dinner 12 months ago, plus ca change, plus ca meme chose!
Meep Meep
Meep Meep
13 Sep
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Meep Meep
Parkrun staff member doing an individual fundraiser?

Wtf is going on? Is Parkrun broke? Staff leaving, magazine cancelled (sponsor pullout?), staff doing fundraisers? Is this thing about to fail?
57.5 Degrees of Pain
57.5 Degrees of Pain
13 Sep
10:49am, 13 Sep 2024
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
Meep Meep wrote:Parkrun staff member doing an individual fundraiser? Wtf is going on? Is Parkrun broke? Staff leaving, magazine cancelled (sponsor pullout?), staff doing fundraisers? Is this thing about to fail?
Person raises money for a chosen charity? You may be reading too much into it.

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