parkrun thread

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Apr 2020
10:26am, 4 Apr 2020
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chunkywizard
I got a fake parkrun PB this morning! It was a new course that is probably the fastest I could do starting and finishing at the end of my drive. It was a single lapper, first 3Km all flat tarmac, then 1Km muddy uphill through the woods then a glorious 1Km downhill finish. All the road crossing were wuite quiet this morning at 8:30

Apr 2020
10:27am, 4 Apr 2020
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Derby Tup
Ace!
Apr 2020
10:35am, 4 Apr 2020
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Dvorak
Probably not, i think, njo. The primary aim is generally to increase the parkrun population, rather than relieve existing parkruns.

(Tangentially, i have a particular view on induced demand re transport. I live on what was the main road from Glasgow to Stirling, and on to the Highlands. Since the 1960s though, a motorway has bypassed the town. Although I'm sure that there is quite a lot of induced demand (since the 60s there has been considerable expansion to motorway links around that initial stretch) there has also been massive traffic growth outwith that. Most times i cross the motorway i give thanks that it's there, as without it living in my house would be pretty much intolerable.)
Apr 2020
11:05am, 4 Apr 2020
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Sigh
Brilliant, well done CW!
Apr 2020
11:10am, 4 Apr 2020
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TomahawkMike
I was slower having taken a hillier route which I will now stick with and work on the time.

I wore my volunteer shirt
Apr 2020
11:12am, 4 Apr 2020
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Velociraptor
I got up a bit too late for fake parkrun this morning and went for a walk instead.
Apr 2020
11:12am, 4 Apr 2020
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Sigh
I'm trying to come up with an out & back route for next week, as a last resort it may be along a main road.
Apr 2020
11:22am, 4 Apr 2020
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HellsBells
My fake parkrun was very slow - something to do with it being 40 laps I think!
Apr 2020
11:26am, 4 Apr 2020
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Sigh
:-O
Apr 2020
12:01pm, 4 Apr 2020
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Old Croc
Blackstob Fake parkrun no.3 done, I volunteered as tail walker and ended up as first finisher. 27:10 - course record for me. Forgot my bar code but as I was RD I added myself in later ;-)

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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

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