parkrun

[madbadger]

Been away for a couple of weeks and got in Frankfurt Nidda parkrun and parkrun de Fontainebleau last week. Came 8th then 5th! Back to normal this week and about 20° cooler at the moment.

Now done 125 different parkrun locations in 6 countries.

[RizzoTheRat]

madbadger said:

Been away for a couple of weeks and got in Frankfurt Nidda parkrun and parkrun de Fontainebleau last week. Came 8th then 5th!

Out of how many though? I came 5th at one in the Dordogne but there were only 6 runners

Glad I'm not alone in trying to fit in a parkrun when I'm away. A big advantage of having a parkrunning wife is we probably manage more tourism than many, so far managed over 50 in 5 different countries, she's keen to get to Poland at some point to complete the parkrun Alphabet

[madbadger]

RizzoTheRat said:

madbadger said:

Been away for a couple of weeks and got in Frankfurt Nidda parkrun and parkrun de Fontainebleau last week. Came 8th then 5th!

Out of how many though? I came 5th at one in the Dordogne but there were only 6 runners

Glad I'm not alone in trying to fit in a parkrun when I'm away. A big advantage of having a parkrunning wife is we probably manage more tourism than many, so far managed over 50 in 5 different countries, she's keen to get to Poland at some point to complete the parkrun Alphabet

63 at Nidda and 25 at Fontainebleau.

We need to go to Zary too.

[RizzoTheRat]

It doesn't seem to have taken off in France the way it has in other countries, the one we did in Paris was about 50‰ tourists.

[john2443]

RizzoTheRat said:

It doesn't seem to have taken off in France the way it has in other countries, the one we did in Paris was about 50% tourists.

It's strange how some countries get it and other don't - Eire, Australia / NZ / SA get it, but they have the same language, similar culture and lots of people have migrated between us and them so there's some logic but Poland and Russia are both are doing OK and they don't have much in common, Germany seem to be going well, seeing they've only been going for 6 months.

Maybe because of the medical certificate for races in France, mass race participation is too much hassle so it's not part of the culture like it is here, or running just isn't what they do - cycling's a huge thing so maybe that's what fitness fanatics do instead of running?

USA is also very slow on take up, perhaps they are suspicious of something that's free? (and lots of them are fat bds, but you'd think out of 300 million there would be enough who are fit, the big city marathons get lots of entries!)

[RC1807]

I'm doing the parkrun linked "Running Down Dementia 2018" to raise funds for Alzheimer's Research UK.
I only started a couple of weeks ago and have £400 in sponsorship already!

https://www.runningdowndementia.org/

I'm nowhere near the leaderboard in money or km covered, to be fair, but then I'm not expecting to be, either!

[RizzoTheRat]

I'm moving to the Netherlands in August, and apparently there have been some inquiries about starting parkrun over there, but at the moment parkrun HQ don't seem to have any specific plans to add more countries, preferring to build more in the countries they're already in. I'm hoping NL might added eventually though, they're quite in to running over there.

[ED209]

Fastest parkrun in about 3 years for me today 21:55 (somewhere between 350-400 ft of elevation). It nearly killed me! The extra effort to be a minute faster than a steady run just isn't worth it! I was hanging from 2 miles.

[CardinalBlue]

Delighted with a two minuite PB at my local course this morning! I was knew there was a chance I could be quicker, just not that much!

[Halb]

2 minutes, that's pretty darn quick, what's your marathon? 20mins?

[MOBB]

MOBB said:

My pb of 26.05 is now a year old grrrrr. Over winter I was struggling to get much below 30 and was starting to get a bit disheartened.

Managed 26.48 last parkrun so getting close again. Got a charity run on Friday evening where my pb is 28.40 or so so planning to try to go sub 26 as it's a flat course

2 years ago my first parkrun was 38 mins so I should remember that and be happy :-)

Well I bloody did it!!!

24.58

When i started this running malarkey 2 years ago I was 17 stone and my first park run was 38 minutes

Under 14 stone and SUB 25 now woohooooo

[Halb]

that is really good.
good time for a heavy bloke

[Flibble]

Course PB for me today, still about 40s off my parkrun PB though.

[The jiffle king]

Great to see all of the great runs and person al bests!!! Well done chaps and set the next target!!!!

[downthepub]

Did a 10K yesterday, so was timekeeping at Aberdeen on Saturday - more straightforward than timekeeping at juniors!

Oh, and edit to say, has anyone else installed the Parkrun Google Chrome browser extension, it's quite fun and nicely shows your PR stats.

Edited by downthepub on Monday 11th June 19:51

[madbadger]

downthepub said:

Did a 10K yesterday, so was timekeeping at Aberdeen on Saturday - more straightforward than timekeeping at juniors!

Oh, and edit to say, has anyone else installed the Parkrun Google Chrome browser extension, it's quite fun and nicely shows your PR stats.

Edited by downthepub on Monday 11th June 19:51

The Chrome extension is great. So many badges to collect.

[john2443]

madbadger said:

The Chrome extension is great. So many badges to collect.

..and so many things to achieve that I'd never heard of before - BeeGees and Pirates - WTF???

[john2443]

Part 1 of a long interview of Tom Williams (parkrun COO) and Ian Williams (FetchEveryone) here -

https://www.fetcheveryone.com/blog/3/2018/6#blog38...

[KTF]

If anyone lives near Southampton, P S-H is giving a lecture at Solent University on June 20: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paul-sinton-hewitt-...

[Cybertronian]

john2443 said:

Part 1 of a long interview of Tom Williams (parkrun COO) and Ian Williams (FetchEveryone) here -

https://www.fetcheveryone.com/blog/3/2018/6#blog38...

Thanks for sharing that link. Good interview and some not easy questions to ask or answer!