I love Park Run! I have run two now, not very fast but I ran...!
But I love volunteering even more! Much less painful! I've done bar code scanning and today I was a marshal. Love talking to all the runners and clapping and encouraging. If you've never volunteered, I'd highly recommend it. My husband loves it too, he's injured so his return to running will have to wait a bit longer. He decided he could run 5k straight away after 15 years of no running. Now his knee is like a football! I did warn him..!
Going to run next week. Will run it once a month I think. Maybe one day I will get below 40 mins..! 🤪🤪
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Nice for you to be a marshall at this mornings Parkrun Ang33333, yes you should take it in turns, once a month running and the other 3 Saturday's volunteering on the various duties that volunteers do. Nice photo of you and your husband.
Yay Ang, well done for volunteering! I’ve done it twice (run 7 times) and it’s brilliant isn’t it? I think parkrun is the best! Ours has its 1st birthday in a couple of weeks and we’re being encouraged to run wearing onesies!! 🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃🏃😳😳😅😅
I love volunteering too Ang - it's a very rewarding experience 😁 I think mixing it up is a very good idea. I know some people run it flat out every week but I've decided that's not for me - it's very hard work and not always enjoyable.
I'm hoping to be a pacer in a couple of weeks which I think will be fun.
Well Done Ang33333. I love being marshal too. I’m booked in for tail walker in December as I will be running the day after. You get a tick for volunteering and taking part for that one.
Well volunteered Ang! I volunteered today too, I was Tailwalker, it was great fun! Last time I was marshal, which I loved too. Such a great atmosphere at the Park Runs, sets you up for the weekend 😁
I volunteered and was allocated an early marshalling role and then token sorting. Really enjoyed it. When I ran it again today - for the second time - it felt so much more homely (despite over 700 runners taking part today!), I felt like part of the team
Sounds like you’re a real Parkrun convert, Ang. 😊❤️
Have to admit that I’ve only volunteered once so far, when I couldn’t run. I’ll do so when I can’t again, but I like running them when I can.
We’re pretty lucky at ours, as there seems to be a dedicated core team of main volunteers who show up every week. Some are non-runners, or long term injured runners, or old runners who can no longer run. Others seem to be very fit young runners who normally do much bigger distances, but who seem to enjoy volunteering to help encourage newer or less fit runners.
As our used to be a 3 lap course (recently changed to 2), I was amazed how tiring marshalling was. By the time I’d yelled encouragement and rattled my sleigh bells for the whole field, the fast runners were already coming behind the slow runners to do there next lap. I was pretty hoarse with an aching bicep after doing that constantly for nearly an hour! 😂😂
It is tiring! I was in a section where runners were being lapped so had to do a lot of shouting. We have a core team but they need volunteers to. If there are enough, they can sometimes run too 😁
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