parkrun vs Olympics - which has had a greater positive impact to UK sport?

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McGoohan Apr 2016 7:37pm, 12 Apr 2016 22,842 posts	0 McGoohan The point of a park is to be used. You can't selectively charge one group of people. That is the way of the NIMBY twat.
larkim Apr 2016 8:24pm, 12 Apr 2016 623 posts	0 larkim I don't think it's possible to take at face value the parish councils assertion that parkrunners cause damage. It does sound like a small handful of parish councillors have got a complete misunderstanding of parkrun and its finances and have just gone down the wrong path. Whatever the outcome of their meetings today, the relationship between the parish council and the parkrunners will be damaged, possibly irreparably so.
larkim Apr 2016 8:24pm, 12 Apr 2016 624 posts	0 larkim I don't think it's possible to take at face value the parish councils assertion that parkrunners cause damage. It does sound like a small handful of parish councillors have got a complete misunderstanding of parkrun and its finances and have just gone down the wrong path. Whatever the outcome of their meetings today, the relationship between the parish council and the parkrunners will be damaged, possibly irreparably so.
larkim Apr 2016 8:59pm, 12 Apr 2016 625 posts	0 larkim Council has voted 6-4 in favour of charges.
GlennR Apr 2016 9:01pm, 12 Apr 2016 18,587 posts	0 GlennR Cambridge parkrun is in a park that South Cambs council hived off to a private operator some time back because it was too expensive for the council to maintain. The operator raises money from parkrunners in that they charge £2 for parking, but the same charge applies to all park users.
Ultracat Apr 2016 9:07pm, 12 Apr 2016 11,404 posts	0 Ultracat I would think charging for parking would be a good solution to enable parkruns to remain free.
mblnFERCr Apr 2016 9:12pm, 12 Apr 2016 783 posts	0 mblnFERCr McGoohan, at a local parkrun venue the council charges for use of the football pitches - the local league fund it from subs - I don't see any difference. It's a non-public body appropriating a public space for free. I wonder if parkrun does save the health service ay money - what about the inevitable injuries, physio referrals etc? There was an interesting thing on QI (I think - just heard the theme tune in the background so it could be a pavlovian response) where ever so many people took part in a sky dive to raise funds for the local hospital. Each paid £30 (minimum) to jump, but the bill for treatment was into the 10s if not 100s of thousands for the broken ankles sustained.
Flatlander Apr 2016 9:16pm, 12 Apr 2016 415 posts	0 Flatlander Little Stoke Parkrun has been on Fetch forum before http://www.fetcheveryone.com/forum__58605__1__to_all_parkrunners_little_stoke_parkrun_needs_you Parkrun's response is parkrun.org.uk
Marvin Apr 2016 9:32pm, 12 Apr 2016 37 posts	0 Marvin Football pitch hire includes the use of changing rooms, showers, maintenance of pitches (line painting, etc) and exclusive use of the pitches. A run around a park requires none of these things, it has no cost to the council. The comparison is flawed. The path is not appropriated, it's shared freely as parks are suppose to be. How many runners see NHS physios? Everyone I know go straight to see private physios and thus boosts the local economy!
kpeel87 Apr 2016 9:34pm, 12 Apr 2016 32 posts	0 kpeel87 Charging for parking is the obvious solution.