Hello Everyone and happy weekend. Today is parkrun day, a free 5K event which takes place every Saturday morning all around the world. It is for everyone, slow, fast, able, disabled, big, small and everyone in between. Oh and don't forget about the super Mum's and Dad's who push their babies in buggies. You can walk, jog, run, run/walk, it's not a race, just a run in the park and loads of us here on Bridge to 10K do it religiously every Saturday morning.
parkrun is back thankfully in most Countries around the World. I am hoping for any Countries still struggling with COVID-19 that it returns to you soon.
Some of us may not be able to do a parkrun at the moment so until parkrun returns fully for everyone some of us will continue to take part on our own in a Virtual parkrun every Saturday morning called a (not)parkrun. Or if you are away on Holidays, prefer to run on your own, or do not have a parkrun close by you a (not)parkrun is perfect, please feel free to join in.
Please post a little run report after your parkrun or (not)parkrun and let everyone know how you got on. The little run report can be done over a post parkrun coffee and treat/cake. (parkrun is all about the after run coffee and cake, and meeting friends old and new).
If you are a new graduate and would like to start, all you have to do is run, walk or jog at a parkrun or a 5K run/jog/walk (not)parkrun anytime today or tomorrow and write a little run report under this post. It's like a little community and it is good fun, sets you up nicely for the weekend. If you want to you can register on the parkrun website and you can log your 5K (not)parkrun. In fact you can log any 5K done during the week as a (not)parkrun.
For anyone whom has not done a real parkrun yet and if it is available to you, give it a try. It is the most wonderful community event. Saturday mornings will never be the same again.
Looking forward to hearing from all of you who ran in real proper parkruns and (not)parkruns. Happy running and have a lovely weekend.
I’m not running at a parkrun today. But I will be volunteering as timer at my local parkrun and this will be my 21st volunteer day. I hope you all have a lovely parkrun day and weekend.
How did you get on Damienair? I must try that role- I was a bit scared of it before the volunteer app came in.
Oh it’s fine Dexy. You pair up with another timer and double check each other during the run. So if you have tapped the phone on the 70th finisher, your fellow timer should also be at 70 and the person handing out the finish tokens should be ready to hand out token number 71.So the 2 timers and finish token person work together and check each other. It’s a lovely volunteering job, nice to be saying well done to everyone crossing the line.
Yes I think the virtual volunteer has made it easier than the old clicker. I’ve done the number checker role running between the time keepers and the finish tokens to make sure they are in step. Our funnel is so long that they can’t talk to each other.
Give it a go Dexy5 nice easy role with the app, so long as you kill the display / lock up your phone as soon as the run starts (else you will find stray finishers on it when you come to finish runner 1), and put it in a plastic bag if it might rain.
I might do it with you one day Coddfish (after my 100)
Definitely. If we do it when UpTheStanley is RD there will be no embarrassment if it goes wrong (which it won’t). I will be chasing down my 200 not long after you have your 100 and hopefully running parkrun by then (successfully completed Garmin’s 3 x (1minute walk - 7 minute run) today by slowing down a bit. Next 3 runs in the programme are 1 mile, 1,5 miles, then a repeat of the interval run.
Well done for volunteering Damienair; I hope the timekeeping went ok, I haven’t been brave enough to try it yet - too much responsibility for me!
It's really fine, nothing to be worried about. It's a nice job.
Nice easy role Oldgirlruns plus with 2 of you one of you is effectively the backup.