parkrun thread
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22 Sep
9:27am, 22 Sep 2024
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Big_G
Fragile Do Not Bend wrote: Apparently it’s not unusual for people to miscount their laps at Highbury Fields as it’s a 5 lapper I occasionally see reference to people accidentally doing 6 laps there! Son of a Pronator Man wrote: I ran at Highbury Fields Parkrun when I was in London a few weeks ago. It was my least favourite Parkrun course so far. A lot of park runners on a crowded course. I never seemed to be out of a crowd from the start and then I was quickly into the slower runners at the back. Also there were a lot of bollards on the course, hard to see because of the congestion and also because they were quite small. I agree, I didn’t particularly like it either. I did it London marathon weekend 2023 and I guess it was busier, but I didn’t like the terrain, bollards, and someone also went down hard. But it’s so easy to reach from Kings Cross and other places and as a tourist I look for new one to tick off. Cal Jones wrote: And now I'm a tourist. What numbers are you up to now, Cal? |
22 Sep
10:33am, 22 Sep 2024
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jda
Got to laugh at the idea that having to travel 2 miles to your second-closest parkrun makes you a tourist! Leeds (woodhouse moor) for me yesterday, probably my biggest at 700 people but fairly wide path so 3 laps wasn’t bad at all. Probably helps that I wasn’t really going for it either. All 700 came in under the hour. |
22 Sep
10:37am, 22 Sep 2024
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Son of a Pronator Man
Its proximity to Kings Cross was the reason I went to HF
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22 Sep
12:48pm, 22 Sep 2024
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Foxy
HF was for a long time my back up as easiest to get to from Euston station (2 stops on Victoria line then 300 yard walk) A District line closure heading for Fulham meant we did it last year. I needed an easy to get to one by public transport from MK as had a art class here at 1.30pm & Old Deer Park fitted the bill - I have 35 in London & seemingly all the easy to get to ones. 2 to go for 250 & 5 to go for my Cowell - should just get my Cowell this year (I only do them twice a month due to work / travel) haven't planned where the next 5 will be ? A mystery away days football weekend might move the goalposts - In Jan the mystery destination was Spain so no parkrun - Milan in November would be ideal for pakrun & football but then we could get Portugal or Turkey ? |
22 Sep
2:41pm, 22 Sep 2024
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Dibble
Fragile Do Not Bend wrote: Apparently it’s not unusual for people to miscount their laps at Highbury Fields as it’s a 5 lapper Bideford was 6 laps when I did it (I think it was their alternative course). |
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22 Sep
3:07pm, 22 Sep 2024
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Son of a Pronator Man
This raises an interesting question.. what’s the course with the most laps ?
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22 Sep
3:40pm, 22 Sep 2024
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Cal Jones
jda, when I say a couple of miles, I mean from the nearest station to wherever I'm heading since I don't have a car (I sometimes get a ride with a friend but can't always guarantee that so I do a lot by train). Before I had this hip problem I was running marathons so I'd often go somewhere and run from the station. However, now three miles is enough stress on my hip (even walking can hurt) so I look at parkruns within a mile. I am in London and started with the objective of doing all the London runs which took a couple of years. Then it was everything within the M25. Now it's considerably further. Ticking off a new venue is now both time consuming and costly. Big G - I'm on 282 parkruns total and 182 venues. I'm trying to keep it the same so I can celebrate 300/200 together but that might prove tricky given current finances and health status. We'll have to see. |
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22 Sep
3:44pm, 22 Sep 2024
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Cal Jones
Son of a Pronator Man wrote: This raises an interesting question.. what’s the course with the most laps ? Outside of the prison parkruns, I'd think Highbury, officially, but I did Barclay's winter course which was four (hilly) laps followed by two laps of the lake, so not sure if you'd count that as four or six. |
22 Sep
4:31pm, 22 Sep 2024
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Dvorak
I think that Pollock ran a winter course following sudden and dramatic snowfall of six or seven laps of some playing fields. I can't think of a standard Scottish course which is more than three laps, though. |
22 Sep
5:32pm, 22 Sep 2024
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
We did Eastleigh alternative course due to snow, 14 laps round the 'bowl' December 2010, it was bitterly cold and snowing but we had fun, @Gobi will correct me if I have remembered number of laps incorrectly.
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