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14 Sep
11:40am, 14 Sep 2024
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Bazoaxe
Notched up 200 today after about a four week wait due to other things on a Saturday morning. It wasn’t pretty but I haven’t been training well so to be expected Annoyingly I was for the second run in a row one second away from one of the three remaining stop watch bingo times Todays result though might just give me the motivation to lose a bit of lard and train properly. |
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14 Sep
11:45am, 14 Sep 2024
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Bazoaxe
Oooh, nice round number as well of 175 at my home run and 200 total.
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14 Sep
12:57pm, 14 Sep 2024
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paulcook
Neal wrote: Now I feel old - when I was there Trev's was also women-only (and is where my wife studied), and I think there were some men only colleges in the city centre. Not sure when Trevs went mixed. I was there 97 onwards and it was mixed then. I don't think it was much before my time, though certainly long enough that every year above me had been mixed too. |
14 Sep
3:05pm, 14 Sep 2024
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Dvorak
Well done on your eventual 200, @Bazoaxe  Now get training
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14 Sep
5:59pm, 14 Sep 2024
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larkim
paulcook wrote: Neal wrote:Now I feel old - when I was there Trev's was also women-only (and is where my wife studied), and I think there were some men only colleges in the city centre. Not sure when Trevs went mixed. I was there 97 onwards and it was mixed then. I don't think it was much before my time, though certainly long enough that every year above me had been mixed too. It was mixed by 1990 but I think only recently, maybe a year or so max. Still tales going around that the hexagonal shapes it was designed of were intended for a female only cohort because apparently 90deg was intimidating 😮 |
14 Sep
9:31pm, 14 Sep 2024
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sallykate
That's weird @Neal . Looks OK now; I was hoping to run it today but I couldn't make it. It looked like a lovely park for a run.
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14 Sep
11:02pm, 14 Sep 2024
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paulcook
larkim wrote: paulcook wrote:Neal wrote:Now I feel old - when I was there Trev's was also women-only (and is where my wife studied), and I think there were some men only colleges in the city centre. Not sure when Trevs went mixed. I was there 97 onwards and it was mixed then. I don't think it was much before my time, though certainly long enough that every year above me had been mixed too. It was mixed by 1990 but I think only recently, maybe a year or so max. Still tales going around that the hexagonal shapes it was designed of were intended for a female only cohort because apparently 90deg was intimidating 😮 I'm trying to remember the yarn we were told. I think it was along the lines of hexagons being a modern architectural interpretation, of probably the castle. We were also warned - especially when drunk - about walking into windows because of unfamiliar angles; though that seemed ridiculously unlikely. |
18 Sep
10:37am, 18 Sep 2024
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Meep Meep
Anyone else think there is a bit of a trend towards events being snarky with their volunteer appeals? One of the Scotland events I follow on FB is getting worse and worse as time goes on. Threat of deadlines and cancellations, fingers getting pointed at people who attend parkrun to run. I understand it must be a pain getting volunteers every week but isn't there good practice guidance given to all teams? Some teams have brilliant volunteer appeals. Others are awful. |
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18 Sep
10:42am, 18 Sep 2024
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larkim
Nope, never seen that.
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18 Sep
10:46am, 18 Sep 2024
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Big_G
Not on Facebook, but it was very, very open recently when I visited Penrose in Cornwall. RD really trying to shame locals, saying "we know who comes regularly and never volunteers", "come on, we are just asking for 2 or 3 times a year", "we are all runners too, you know" and finishing off her speech with something along the lines of "enough of the bollocking, let's start". It did leave a bit of a sour taste, as a tourist, and really not sure if a speech like that would encourage anyone to stick their name down anyway.
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