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I play rugby union on Saturday afternoons, so only venture down to ParkRun when the season has finished - so today was my first time this summer. As a prop forward I'm carrying what could generously be called 'a bit of extra weight' or perhaps more accurately - fat.
Having not done any really running since the end of the summer, was pleasantly surprised by a 15 second PB for my local course (my ParkRun PB i expect is out of reach unless I do some tourism having set-it when living elsewhere) . Still way down the list, but I enjoyed it.
Having not done any really running since the end of the summer, was pleasantly surprised by a 15 second PB for my local course (my ParkRun PB i expect is out of reach unless I do some tourism having set-it when living elsewhere) . Still way down the list, but I enjoyed it.
Went to Belfast Victoria Parkrun yesterday. Ran 32:17 which was nearly 5 minutes quicker than last week.
I took my brother with me this week, he’s run a few marathons so he had no bother running with me while pushing his 1 year old in her buggy.
Doing the 5 mile leg of the Belfast City Marathon relay tomorrow, which will be a step up.
I took my brother with me this week, he’s run a few marathons so he had no bother running with me while pushing his 1 year old in her buggy.
Doing the 5 mile leg of the Belfast City Marathon relay tomorrow, which will be a step up.
Cybertronian said:
I ran my season's best by a second this morning, only for me to come up as an unknown runner despite everything scanning correctly.
Have flagged this up with the team, so hopefully they can amend the results before the runbritain import on Monday.
Did they fix it for you?Have flagged this up with the team, so hopefully they can amend the results before the runbritain import on Monday.
MOBB said:
Still the same issue for me though, sub 25 min pace for 3k, then survival lol
Have you tried doing some longer runs? When I first started doing some longer runs prior to a 10k race I got several parkrun PBs as I wasn't dieing off at the end like that.Not been doing many longer runs recently and yesterday and my 5th km was over 20 seconds slower than the rest
KTF said:
Did they fix it for you?
Sadly not 
I've chased again and politely reminded the organising team that this wasn't me forgetting my barcode, but either a scanner hardware failure or an operator failure (most likely). Some may think it's petty, but I love the data available to every runner and I'm led to believe it's an easy enough fix to manually amend the results.
Cybertronian said:
Sadly not
I've chased again and politely reminded the organising team that this wasn't me forgetting my barcode, but either a scanner hardware failure or an operator failure (most likely). Some may think it's petty, but I love the data available to every runner and I'm led to believe it's an easy enough fix to manually amend the results.
It is easy to correct, I always check emails on Saturday eve or Sunday and do an update of scan fails (just been doing it now), as you say it's the event's fault not yours and it's easy to check in the data to see that people are telling the truth, if either athlete or position hasn't scanned we can see the other one and a gap; it's unlikely that both would fail.I've chased again and politely reminded the organising team that this wasn't me forgetting my barcode, but either a scanner hardware failure or an operator failure (most likely). Some may think it's petty, but I love the data available to every runner and I'm led to believe it's an easy enough fix to manually amend the results.
Cybertronian said:
KTF said:
Did they fix it for you?
Sadly not I've chased again and politely reminded the organising team that this wasn't me forgetting my barcode, but either a scanner hardware failure or an operator failure (most likely). Some may think it's petty, but I love the data available to every runner and I'm led to believe it's an easy enough fix to manually amend the results.
I'm reluctant to say this because I am very fond of my home event, but I suspect part of the lack of response is down to organising team apathy and loss of interest.
The core team have been largely the same core team since 2010 when parkrun was practically unknown outside of London and a few other pockets in the UK. In that time, the team have not really grown - more or less lost 2 members and have in the last year gained 2. As one of the frequent largest events after Bushy, it's not friendly or welcoming, which may or may not be a tactic to keep numbers from growing - a visitor shared this feedback with them recently to validate the feeling.
The core team have been largely the same core team since 2010 when parkrun was practically unknown outside of London and a few other pockets in the UK. In that time, the team have not really grown - more or less lost 2 members and have in the last year gained 2. As one of the frequent largest events after Bushy, it's not friendly or welcoming, which may or may not be a tactic to keep numbers from growing - a visitor shared this feedback with them recently to validate the feeling.
Took part in my first today, well, it was a junior parkrun (so 2kms) so took my 6 year old down. She loved it. It had moved from a park on the outskirts of town to a more central location and 91 kids turned up today plus a few adults running with them and there were easily 30 volunteers/marshalls. She's looking forward to next week already and I must be honest, it's inspired me to go to the adult on Saturday's now.
Gilhooligan said:
Cybertronian said:
KTF said:
Did they fix it for you?
Sadly not I've chased again and politely reminded the organising team that this wasn't me forgetting my barcode, but either a scanner hardware failure or an operator failure (most likely). Some may think it's petty, but I love the data available to every runner and I'm led to believe it's an easy enough fix to manually amend the results.
Not all scanners hear the beeps and not everyone hangs around to wait to hear the finish token bring scanned so it’s not an uncommon thing to get an email about.
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