TFF Parkrun Fiends...............

[JLLM]

 

[mrs mtx]

Article on the back of the Telegraph sports section yesterday about the struggle to get it back on.

It’s crazy when they are letting ultras and triathlons go on

 

[JLLM]

Any of you lucky people in England running tomorrow?

 

[farmerm]

Any of you lucky people in England running tomorrow?

I would be but I am mountain biking across Wales.

 

[EddieB]

Any of you lucky people in England running tomorrow?

Yes I ran, and knackered my achilles tendon in the process.

 

[farmerm]

Yes I ran, and knackered my achilles tendon in the process.

How’s the recovery going?

 

[farmerm]

First park run in 2 years 2 weeks!! Have lost a minute on my PB but it could have been worse

 

[JLLM]

Looks like we have to wait another 2 weeks in Wales.

 

[EddieB]

How’s the recovery going?

Still sore, no running but I’m riding my bike.

 

[JLLM]

Wales returns tomorrow, forecast is grim, but what the heck.

 

[JCMaloney]

Hasn`t taken long to get back into the usual weekly scramble for volunteers, last week we nearly pulled the timekeepers to marshall points and were going to give everyone 59:59.
Ironic that people were screaming blue murder for parkrun to restart yet its the same old faces doing the jobs that make it happen.
A new local one was launched at Watermead which took some pressure off but we`ve also lost some volunteers to it!
Gammy leg precludes me from joining in at the moment.

 

[JLLM]

Hasn`t taken long to get back into the usual weekly scramble for volunteers, last week we nearly pulled the timekeepers to marshall points and were going to give everyone 59:59.
Ironic that people were screaming blue murder for parkrun to restart yet its the same old faces doing the jobs that make it happen.
A new local one was launched at Watermead which took some pressure off but we`ve also lost some volunteers to it!
Gammy leg precludes me from joining in at the moment.

Same here, we've also lost 2 run directors during lockdown for various reasons which only leaves us with 2, nobody seems keen to take it on but its not sustainable long term.

 

[Aceface]

Everything is just a little strange at the moment re Parkrun, hopefully things will settle to a new normal soon. Lots of people who were regular volunteers (non runners, but enjoyed the social part of it especially some of the more elderly of the Parkrun community), may, I suspect, still be cautious of large groups for medical reasons. The world is different now, some changes will be permanent, but many I think will slowly return.

 

[Neddy flanders]

Equalled PB today. 23.12

 

[JLLM]

Everyone running tomorrow?

 

[EddieB]

Would love to be, still can’t run.

 

[bovrill]

Everyone running tomorrow?

Over two and a half years since my last one, but I might just do it!

 

[Aceface]

Alas no, although I am not feeding the cattle tomorrow morning, I am doing Xmas dinner for family and although I am well prep-ed, even to disappear for an hour or so in the morning, it will feel like i am deserting my post. However, I will be there New Years day......................( BUT,..... having said that, ................................if I am ahead of the game at 8 40am, and everything is under control I may just shoot off and join the parkrun .

 

[JLLM]

Unfortunately its our last in Wales for a while.

 

[bovrill]

Didn't make it in the end.
It was raining!

My excuse was that the bulls deserved an extra bedding up as the damp was blowing on them a bit.