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Not running today as I was Run Director.
377 runners, more volunteers than we had HiVis for because one of the local clubs provided the vols and a load of pacers
We were watching finish on our 3 lap course, 3 speedy guys came through and then a lady who looked less sweaty than them and then a load more sweaty guys so either she was an Olympian jogging round at a relaxed pace or someone who couldn't count to 3. We all agreed it was the latter.
Later I had a very apologetic email, she'd realised that 18:16 was a bit quick and could we take her out of the results. She needn't have worried about that, we never put her in as she obviously hadn't done all 3!
This afternoon went for a walk round the park pushing a measuring wheel to check the exact distance for our juniors event starting April or May - everyone's very excited about that, and then we've got a possible new seafront 5k one on its way and also trying to build momentum for an off road one near the big council estate.
I know it's not very PH, but if we can get that going in that area it's going to change people's lives much more than the existing ones in the nice end of town have done.
377 runners, more volunteers than we had HiVis for because one of the local clubs provided the vols and a load of pacers
We were watching finish on our 3 lap course, 3 speedy guys came through and then a lady who looked less sweaty than them and then a load more sweaty guys so either she was an Olympian jogging round at a relaxed pace or someone who couldn't count to 3. We all agreed it was the latter.
Later I had a very apologetic email, she'd realised that 18:16 was a bit quick and could we take her out of the results. She needn't have worried about that, we never put her in as she obviously hadn't done all 3!
This afternoon went for a walk round the park pushing a measuring wheel to check the exact distance for our juniors event starting April or May - everyone's very excited about that, and then we've got a possible new seafront 5k one on its way and also trying to build momentum for an off road one near the big council estate.
I know it's not very PH, but if we can get that going in that area it's going to change people's lives much more than the existing ones in the nice end of town have done.
john2443 said:
I know it's not very PH, but if we can get that going in that area it's going to change people's lives much more than the existing ones in the nice end of town have done.
I don't think training the scrotes to outrun the shop staff is going to effect the change you think it is. 
ETA - We may end up with less of them in prison, I suppose...
Willy Nilly said:
My plan this winter was to get under 18 minutes at my local Parkrun. It was quite windy this moring, but I managed 17:54 and am quite pleased with myself
Wow that's awesome. I am hoping to get close to 18 minutes myself sometime this year. 18:33 was my best time last April, so I'm hoping a similar combination of dry and cool weather will get help me improve on that time. Still not sure what the best way is to achieve it. My usual MO is to sprint the first km and then just hang on as best I can!
EdJ said:
Wow that's awesome. I am hoping to get close to 18 minutes myself sometime this year. 18:33 was my best time last April, so I'm hoping a similar combination of dry and cool weather will get help me improve on that time.
Still not sure what the best way is to achieve it. My usual MO is to sprint the first km and then just hang on as best I can!
Even pace with a sprint finish is the best way. So head out at 3:36/km and grab a bonus second or two in a sprint for the line.Still not sure what the best way is to achieve it. My usual MO is to sprint the first km and then just hang on as best I can!
RizzoTheRat said:
Congrats on the 500th parkrun! I can't imagine running almost every weekend for the next 10 years to catch up!Terminator X said:
I ran the test course at Bracknell Saturday just gone, really enjoyable route. Starts properly on 04 Apr 2015.
Planning on going next week, is it mainly hardstanding/paths or grass?Well there's now an official 500 club T-shirt, it'll be a long time before any of the rest of us get to try one on.
ewenm said:
EdJ said:
ewenm said:
Even pace with a sprint finish is the best way. So head out at 3:36/km and grab a bonus second or two in a sprint for the line.
Thanks for the advice. I'm going to try this tomorrow....1: 3.33
2: 3.43
3: 3:53
4: 3:56
5: 3:43
I managed to do the sprint at the end, but I didn't maintain an even pace like you suggested...!
PGM said:
Managed a PB of 28.25 this Saturday at Aylesbury. I'm a cyclist, just took this up as a family thing to do and a bit of cross training and we're all enjoying it (done 5 of them so far).
What's the protocol for adding to the results wiki?
You just edit it to push everyone below you down a row and type your age grade % in - it's shown in your results email and on the events results page.What's the protocol for adding to the results wiki?
Well done, only 495 more and you'll get your photo on this thread
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