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ultrapercy

Parkrun double on NYD: the best recipe to miss January through injury (if your lucky to avoid a car crash rushing between venue 1 and 2).

Pawwed Rig

ultrapercy wrote: »

Parkrun double on NYD: the best recipe to miss January through injury (if your lucky to avoid a car crash rushing between venue 1 and 2).

Depends on how fit you are really. If your max distance is 5k then trying to run 10 out of the blue isn't best idea in the world. If you are used to longer distances and pace yourself appropriately then their shouldn't be any issue.
Alot of folk jog from Anne's to Collins for this run (or vice versa) so may do 15-20k on the day.

TaurenDruid

ultrapercy wrote: »

Parkrun double on NYD: the best recipe to miss January through injury (if your lucky to avoid a car crash rushing between venue 1 and 2).

Seriously? Two 5ks?

BeardySi

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Depends on how fit you are really. If your max distance is 5k then trying to run 10 out of the blue isn't best idea in the world. If you are used to longer distances and pace yourself appropriately then their shouldn't be any issue.
Alot of folk jog from Anne's to Collins for this run (or vice versa) so may do 15-20k on the day.

A nice approx 4k run from Stormont to Orangefield in Belfast for anyone wanting to do similar North of the border

*plugplugplug*

rovers_runner

Does anyone here keep a record of median finish time averages for your local parkrun?
It's documented by parkrun themselves as steadily increasing over the years across the board(which they are fine with), are any local runs bucking this trend?
I do see Marlay Park despite very large numbers appears to be a couple of minutes under the national average for Ireland.
Have the Operation transformation and Parkwalk times skewed the figures that much?
Do people keep records on averages from March - December vs Jan - March to get a truer picture of the health of the nation?

UK averages and increase over time:

Fraggle07

Does anyone know when Shannon Co. Clare parkrun starts up?
I saw that they were looking for volunteers recently.

ger664

Fraggle07 wrote: »

Does anyone know when Shannon Co. Clare parkrun starts up?
I saw that they were looking for volunteers recently.

No confirmed date. Hope this gets off the ground, they probably are trying to gather a core team who are prepared to take it on.

Pawwed Rig

Here's hoping.

Any Xmas day ones on in Clare/Limerick?

Fraggle07

Limerick UL is listed for Xmas day

robinph

Fraggle07 wrote: »

Does anyone know when Shannon Co. Clare parkrun starts up?
I saw that they were looking for volunteers recently.

I was surprised that I heard about this potential new event from a non running source rather than on here, hopefully it gets up and running.

average_runner

Will run wexford tomorrow. Aiming to.do this everytime I visit my dad. Not the fastest but a good run out

arybvtcw0eolkf

Fraggle07 wrote: »

Limerick UL is listed for Xmas day

So is Malahide

Ted_YNWA

average_runner wrote:

Will run wexford tomorrow. Aiming to.do this everytime I visit my dad. Not the fastest but a good run out

Hope you made it down & enjoyed it. Was lovely there today.

Plenty of cakes too to treat everyone too.


Wexford will be on Christmas Day @ 9:30 if you are down too. Mulled fruit punch & minced pies are rumoured to be there if you've been good boys & girls.

diceyreilly

Had a rib injury so missed the last 4 parkruns. Hate missing them.
Should be back to do malahide on Christmas morning.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Well I got my 50th T-shirt out for its maiden parkrun, so parkrun #51 @ St.Annes this morning.



I'm not saying which one of the two 50's T-shirts I am, but I like the guys Led Zeppelin & Judo leg tattoo's

average_runner

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Hope you made it down & enjoyed it. Was lovely there today.

Plenty of cakes too to treat everyone too.


Wexford will be on Christmas Day @ 9:30 if you are down too. Mulled fruit punch & minced pies are rumoured to be there if you've been good boys & girls.

My dad woke up sick so spent time at the caredoc. Perfect day for it even no breeze when out in cross town. Will be other times

Ted_YNWA

average_runner wrote:

My dad woke up sick so spent time at the caredoc. Perfect day for it even no breeze when out in cross town. Will be other times

Sorry to hear that. Hope he makes a quick recovery. Horrible bugs going around the past few weeks.

Pherekydes

Jamir Warm Hamstring wrote: »

Well I got my 50th T-shirt out for its maiden parkrun, so parkrun #51 @ St.Annes this morning.



I'm not saying which one of the two 50's T-shirts I am, but I like the guys Led Zeppelin & Judo leg tattoo's

Well done. I did my 49th today. The wife was ahead of me for ages, but has missed several weeks through illness, so do I just go ahead and do my 50th ahead of her or what? She's only one behind.

py

Pherekydes wrote: »

Well done. I did my 49th today. The wife was ahead of me for ages, but has missed several weeks through illness, so do I just go ahead and do my 50th ahead of her or what? She's only one behind.

I'd say it depends on how comfortable your couch is I think it would be nice to do it together.

robinph

Pherekydes wrote: »

Well done. I did my 49th today. The wife was ahead of me for ages, but has missed several weeks through illness, so do I just go ahead and do my 50th ahead of her or what? She's only one behind.

For the sake of 1 week I'd make it happen on the same time... unless she wants the glory of getting there first in which case you best trip over a kerb or something.

I synchronised my arbitrary 200th to coincide with the wifes 100th and the kids 75th time being pushed in the buggy once we realised that it was so close to happening anyway and was an excuse for some baked goods. Well out of sync now 2 years later.

I'm now just less than 4 years away from my next official milestone tshirt and already planning to try and match that up with an "official" milestone birthday. These things take planning.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Pherekydes wrote: »

Well done. I did my 49th today. The wife was ahead of me for ages, but has missed several weeks through illness, so do I just go ahead and do my 50th ahead of her or what? She's only one behind.

Volunteer until your numbers are matched and she's ready to run, then do a 50th double

Regards to your wife, I hope the new year brings her good health again. Merry Christmas

Pawwed Rig

Volunteer next week and do a double with your wife

Pherekydes

Thanks for the suggestions. We've come to a loose agreement: she'll do Christmas Day in Waterstown, and we'll do our 50th together in Waterford the day before our anniversary.

The couple that parkruns together stays together.

Name Changed

I'm trying to complete the alphabet next year. 4 left, I U Y and Z.

Inch will be done, hopefully just after xmas.

U? Has anyone done Uppsala in Sweden? The city seems to as close to Stockholm airport as Stockholm is.

Y? York or Yeovil ? Has anyone done either and can recommend ?

Z? I've booked a weekend in Gdansk. There seems to be one called Zamek which is run in Malbork Castle. It looks amazing. Has anyone done that? I presume über is best bet from Gdansk down to the castle.

ISOP

Name Changed wrote: »

I'm trying to complete the alphabet next year. 4 left, I U Y and Z.

Inch will be done, hopefully just after xmas.

U? Has anyone done Uppsala in Sweden? The city seems to as close to Stockholm airport as Stockholm is.

Y? York or Yeovil ? Has anyone done either and can recommend ?

Z? I've booked a weekend in Gdansk. There seems to be one called Zamek which is run in Malbork Castle. It looks amazing. Has anyone done that? I presume über is best bet from Gdansk down to the castle.

I have done Yeovil Montacute, it is set on big estate in Somerset with a huge period house as a backdrop, it was absolutely stunning when I visited in the summer, undulating course

Tigerandahalf

Not sure if posted already but the Christmas Day and New Year's Day parkruns are posted on this page.
https://www.parkrun.ie/special-events/

An tAlbanach

Pherekydes wrote: »

Thanks for the suggestions. We've come to a loose agreement: she'll do Christmas Day in Waterstown, and we'll do our 50th together in Waterford the day before our anniversary.

The couple that parkruns together stays together.

How many years married?
You'll enjoy Waterford. Lots of PBs had there recently.

Pherekydes

An tAlbanach wrote: »

How many years married?
You'll enjoy Waterford. Lots of PBs had there recently.

30 years together but only 10 married.

Looking forward to just getting away now.

Pawwed Rig

Happy Christmas parkrunners. Anyone partaking today? We're heading to UL to clear a bit of space for extra mince pies later

Ted_YNWA

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Happy Christmas parkrunners. Anyone partaking today? We're heading to UL to clear a bit of space for extra mince pies later

Heading to Clonmel to work up an appetite