parkrun Café

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Pothunter
Pothunter
Jan 2023
1:22pm, 21 Jan 2023
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I think it also has something to do with the number of people at each event. With 50 or 60 people it’s a lot easier for them to spread out than 200.

We put a diversion around a particularly icy patch this morning. We were only about 20m away from the regular path but it felt like we were in a completely different park :-)
JenHB
JenHB
Jan 2023
1:24pm, 21 Jan 2023
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Lovely down at Beeston this morning- view from the cafe afterwards (it's now Lovely blue skies and sunny!)
Pothunter
Pothunter
Jan 2023
1:32pm, 21 Jan 2023
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Finish at Greenwich today
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Jan 2023
6:17pm, 21 Jan 2023
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10 years ago we we would have run the parkrun in far worse conditions than this and just basically explained the danger, said run at own risk and don't be a dick!


I appreciate running on snow is not as risky as running on ice, but this parkrun still went ahead thanks to Gobi :-)



And this parkrun at Milton Keynes :-)

Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Jan 2023
6:18pm, 21 Jan 2023
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I made a mistake with the second photo! That was a race the day after the parkrun pic.
Fields
Fields
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6:23pm, 21 Jan 2023
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Is there a giant running in picture 1?
Minnie Mad
Minnie Mad
Jan 2023
7:28pm, 21 Jan 2023
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This was York parkrun today.



My hair froze and I had frost on my jumper. Coldest and foggiest parkrun ever, but still a good one.
Groundhog
Groundhog
Jan 2023
8:34am, 22 Jan 2023
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Frimley was on and a little busier than normal (but still down on pre-covid numbers). The numbers were fine, as there's loads of room and the course was a bit lumpy in places but manageable. A very nice run.
Dibble
Dibble
Jan 2023
9:24am, 22 Jan 2023
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Gobi I guess what has changed over the years is the fact that a Run Director might easily have felt that a course is ok for a 50 experienced club runners, but not so safe for a mixture of 400 runners, walkers, children, dogs, pushchairs etc.
RooA
RooA
Jan 2023
9:36am, 22 Jan 2023
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Honestly if the ice elsewhere has been anything like the ice here (compacted snow, frozen solid, then the top layer just melting...) it is genuinely unrunnable, almost unwalkable! I doubt most of this weekend's cancellations were over-cautious.

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