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ewenm said:
We'll done Ewen! You've inspired me, I'll try one of these when I'm back in the uk over Christmas. Just checked and Weymouth looks feasible. I might even get a decent finish.
How does the start work, you just line up and run, then get scanned at the end?
ewenm said:
Ben Jk said:
Halb said:
Ben Jk said:
It's my local too, although I've registered I've not done one yet as it clashes with taking my son to Rugbytots!Did the Birchwood Santa Dash yesterday though. My best is 24.05 so I'm no runner!
Great, let me know when you aim to. Is the Santa dash flat? PF will be a bit slower.I know PF well and know the 5km there is pretty tough with the turns, hills and terrain. Keen to have a crack at it when I get chance.
Got a mention in the run report 
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/penningtonflash/news/201...http://www.parkrun.org.uk/conkers/news/
....new PB of 19:20 - not quite in the same league as you though!
FIK said:
Ewen - anything you can do...
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/conkers/news/
....new PB of 19:20 - not quite in the same league as you though!
Good work! PB outranks first finisher IMO. http://www.parkrun.org.uk/conkers/news/
....new PB of 19:20 - not quite in the same league as you though!
V-spec said:
We'll done Ewen!
You've inspired me, I'll try one of these when I'm back in the uk over Christmas. Just checked and Weymouth looks feasible. I might even get a decent finish.
How does the start work, you just line up and run, then get scanned at the end?
Line up, run, take position tag at finish, scan personal barcode, scan position tag. I carried my personal barcode in a ziplock bag in my shorts zip pocket.You've inspired me, I'll try one of these when I'm back in the uk over Christmas. Just checked and Weymouth looks feasible. I might even get a decent finish.
How does the start work, you just line up and run, then get scanned at the end?
V-spec said:
We'll done Ewen!
You've inspired me, I'll try one of these when I'm back in the uk over Christmas. Just checked and Weymouth looks feasible. I might even get a decent finish.
How does the start work, you just line up and run, then get scanned at the end?
Weymouth is a fairly easy run, part of the loop at the beginning and end can be very wet. Then a drag up to the top of the course before retracing your steps. Wasn't too busy when I ran it but they needed to move the handing over of finish tokens back from the finish line as when the queue built up it was back over the line. Unless they have given up they were doing a very odd warm up chant thing with actions at the beginning.You've inspired me, I'll try one of these when I'm back in the uk over Christmas. Just checked and Weymouth looks feasible. I might even get a decent finish.
How does the start work, you just line up and run, then get scanned at the end?
Our local run, Orpington, will be having mulled wine and mince pies, along with fancy dress on 21st which should be fun.
My local's having an Xmas themed fancy dress day as well on the 21st. Will be dressing as Santa again as I've done for the previous 2 years. Last year, I had an awful cold but soon warmed up once I started running. As each lap passed, I took off another layer of the suit until I was just running in my normal running gear and the Santa hat. I was just 2 seconds off a new PB as well given all the faffing!
ewenm said:
Line up, run, take position tag at finish, scan personal barcode, scan position tag. I carried my personal barcode in a ziplock bag in my shorts zip pocket.
These official plastic tags are a good weather and sweat proof option (got the dual pack):http://www.parkrun-barcode.org.uk
Cybertronian said:
These official plastic tags are a good weather and sweat proof option (got the dual pack):
http://www.parkrun-barcode.org.uk
I got the triple pack, one on each pair of shoes means you just can't forget it.http://www.parkrun-barcode.org.uk
V-spec said:
We'll done Ewen!
You've inspired me, I'll try one of these when I'm back in the uk over Christmas. Just checked and Weymouth looks feasible. I might even get a decent finish.
How does the start work, you just line up and run, then get scanned at the end?
Register online first to get a barcode that you print out and take along with you.You've inspired me, I'll try one of these when I'm back in the uk over Christmas. Just checked and Weymouth looks feasible. I might even get a decent finish.
How does the start work, you just line up and run, then get scanned at the end?
Came third today in my local run at blackhill in a time of 21.07. Which i think is the same as my best ever (although they timed it at 21.04). Came higher up the field than normal as theres a huge cross country run on this afternoon which meant most of the fast lads weren't running.
I think i would have snatched 2nd in the last 100m had some helpful old lady not shouted "he's behind you" to the lad in front of me.
I think i would have snatched 2nd in the last 100m had some helpful old lady not shouted "he's behind you" to the lad in front of me.
Saw my osteopath/physio last week and he spent a fair bit of time on my ITB, the result of which was a parkrun with no knee pain and 54 seconds off my PB!
The nutter on crutches managed 42:54 this week, I'm worried that he'll he'll be faster than me before he looses the crutches
The nutter on crutches managed 42:54 this week, I'm worried that he'll he'll be faster than me before he looses the crutches
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Saturday 14th December 12:37
john2443 said:
ED209 said:
I think i would have snatched 2nd in the last 100m had some helpful old lady not shouted "he's behind you" to the lad in front of me.
It is pantomime season after all!Well done, by my standards that's a pretty good time!
Still at least i can bost i came 3rd out of 56, (even though a few of them are kids)
RizzoTheRat said:
Ooo, there's a new parkrun starting next week about 15 minutes from the hotel we'll be in the week after in South Africa, it'd be rude not too wouldn't it.
"Look at this Mrs Rizzo, I picked a hotel at random, could have been anywhere in the world, to take you on holiday and bugger me, there's a parkrun just round the corner." Will she believe you?
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