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parkrun, lap two

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,426 ✭✭✭Lazare


    Russborough is off next Saturday, some other group have use of the grounds.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,552 ✭✭✭chinguetti


    Most look like they're starting back on the 25th in Dublin but some haven't made a decision yet and of course, they'll all need to volunteers to start back. After 19 months with no parkrun, people may have found new interests to do on a Saturday morning so time will tell..



  • Registered Users Posts: 322 ✭✭muddypuppy


    With the change in government guidelines we are delighted to announce that all 5k parkrun events can reopen across Ireland from Saturday 25 September.

    Some good news :)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,194 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    Did Naas on Saturday. Flat, fast, no sharp corners or pinch points. Great place to run a fast time, if you're in shape. Fastest time for me since my parkrun PB in June '19 at Darndale.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,552 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Sept 25th, start your engines.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,408 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    Great to be back. Spent the whole run trying to slow my pace a bit. The crowd really drags you along with them compared to running alone



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dub13


    I did St Anne's this morning, was ran very well even hand in hand with the bigger market which I was thinking could be an issue.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,426 ✭✭✭Lazare


    Similar in Corkagh, there's a new market set up at the Start/Finish area. I had the same thoughts, but it worked out really well. All the stall holders had their cars and vans out of there by 9.


    So great to be back.



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,123 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    Post pandemic PB for me today, and not a huge distance off my course PB from that event from 6 years ago. Giving me visions of being able to get close to that again.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,242 ✭✭✭crisco10


    Great to be back, tymons new route is a bit up and down with the double buggy!



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  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,139 Mod ✭✭✭✭adrian522


    Another new route? How many routes have they had now? At least 4 I think.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,242 ✭✭✭crisco10


    Yeah think there's works on in the park.

    I was counting, think it was my 5th routing up there? But could be 4..



  • Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,233 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Delighted to do my 2nd parkrun, 18 months after the first!

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,139 Mod ✭✭✭✭adrian522


    Probably 5 given that the previous route has been run both forwards and backwards.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭Reg'stoy


    Finally got to do my 100rd parkrun in Donabate, 18 months after doing my 99th. Could have done it before it all kicked off, but I wanted to do it with herself and her work schedule meant a delay. A running buddy holding my Laura Lynn challenge t-shirt, was doing his 300th.

    Great to see everyone back, loads of old faces and quite a few new ones, who hopefully will keep it up. Will be hitting the parkrun tourism road again and try to visit a some more runs around the country. Big thank you to a friend for getting us the t-shirts, we weren't the only milestoners there, so hopefully our balloons and t-shirts added to the occasion.

    Oh and don't forget to volunteer every now and again 😁



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭ReeReeG


    Does anyone know if the virtual volunteer app doesn't work with certain phones? I was trying to use it Saturday but the camera is very zoomed in when I go into the app and won't read the barcodes.. I tried zooming out obviously and checked the settings but can't see anything obvious. Its a Huawei phone.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,552 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    No idea, tbh. I was timekeeping at the weekend. Did you scan your own barcode in first, to turn it into 'virtual volunteer' mode? Even on flight mode it does eat away at the battery. I was testing it then yesterday as a scanner with my own wristband at an awkward angle, seems to be a knack to it.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭ReeReeG


    It was too zoomed in to even scan my own. And then holding it far away it just wouldn't focus. Camera works perfectly outside of the app. Bizarre.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭Rossi7


    I've only ran Tymon 6 times, on 4 different routes. Mile 2 might stop folk coming back to it until the works are finished 😀 fair paly to RayCun and the rest of the volunteers. Very well run given the new course and challenges #snotrockets



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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,123 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    There is a confirmed problem with the app and Huawei phones which results in the camera going nuts.


    parkrun HQ know about it, but if you have the motivation it wouldn't do any harm to email them so they can see how many people are having issues with it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,680 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    I think some of the Chinese phones implement the scanning functionality pretty poorly for the purposes of the volunteer app. My old OnePlus was really slow to scan which made scanning a stressful role. Sometimes the issue can be runners with poorly printed and/or faded barcodes. A cursory look at the reviews of the volunteer app on the Play store show complaints from Huawei phone users blaming the app when it's probably the phone that's just not designed with scanning in mind.

    iPhones and Pixels seem to work well if you're due an upgrade soon and you're really, really committed to parkrun 😁.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭ReeReeG


    Haha the phone is quite new so i won't be upgrading 🙃

    Thanks to you and robinph for the feedback, at least I know now the issue isn't the user 😁

    Hopefully it will get sorted at some point



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,408 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    I have been time keeper for the last few weeks and have to say that the app is 1000 times better than that old timing watch. Press B and then press A etc

    Haven't done barcode scanning yet with the phone but won't miss the old scanners either



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,402 ✭✭✭ger664


    Have Xaomi REDMI and had the same issue. Solved the zooming by asking runner to hold up the barcode against the horizon/skyline bright background maybe 3-4 ft away.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,490 ✭✭✭corcaigh07


    Pixel 4a working really well for my scanning.

    Anyone with issues, make sure you properly clean the camera lens. You'd be surprised how much it can help.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭Annie get your Run


    Agreed, love the new app, way better than the watches/scanners and much easier to use than the old app too.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭diceyreilly


    Parkrun 102 done today in Rivervalley.

    Whole weekend ahead of ya after it’s completed.



  • Registered Users Posts: 492 ✭✭Butterbeans


    Got back to Waterstown today. It really was great to see the familiar faces and have the chats. In some ways it was like we'd never been away. Great to be back!



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭diceyreilly


    Fair bit away yet. But does anyone think we will have an bonus parkruns this year. Christmas day falls on a Saturday so that’s that out the window.

    Same as New Years day.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,680 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    Looks like there's no bonus parkruns this year so with the New Year's Day double gone by the wayside.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,035 ✭✭✭opus


    Was collecting someone from Dublin airport at noon today, obviously checked out what events were close-by so ended up doing parkrun #150 at Donabate. Lovely location I must say.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,479 ✭✭✭Sunny Dayz


    Letterkenny parkrun last weekend. My PB there is 30:34. As it was my birthday my A goal was to beat my pb and B goal (fingers crossed) was to go sub 30. Delighted when I crossed the line to see 29:29 on my watch!! It's a great workout of a course, the climbs make you work at them but my god did I fly on the downhills!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,490 ✭✭✭corcaigh07




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,680 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    There will still be a parkrun on New Year's Day but the option of doing a second run at a nearby parkrun is gone.



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,123 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    The loss of the New Years Day Doubles isn't great for new countries developing their parkrun base. It totally makes sense to have limited it for events in the south of England where the density of parkruns is so high and higher chances of issues with overcrowding, or people doing silly things in the name of rushing between far flung events so they can gain some kudos for doing daft things.

    But it was only in the last couple of years that it was even possible to do the likes of an NYD double in the US for example, and parkrun is only just starting to get more recognised in such territories and have events close enough together that a double was even feasible. Removing the options of things like the NYD double which can be used to create more of a "thing" around parkrun in places where people are mostly unaware of it is a shame.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,479 ✭✭✭Sunny Dayz


    Agreed. It's only been possible for us to do a NYDD in the last few of years - have done it twice. My local parkrun doesn't do NYD so it was a bit of fun travelling to 2 different parkruns in the one morning and meeting a few from my local parkrun at each one. The only negative was not hanging about to chat at the first parkrun as you were scooting off to the second one.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,712 ✭✭✭Speak Now


    Is the 2022 NYD double just gone because its falling on a Saturday?

    All Saturday park runs start at 9.30 so flexibility for different start times on non Saturday New Years day runs not an option as a result?

    No park runs in Ireland last time it fell on Saturday (2011).

    Edit - Just saw the link above. Stopped it altogether, just a coincidence that its a Saturday first year its implemented.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭Reg'stoy


    Folks, anybody else have problems over the last two weeks with their wristband not been scanned. Between Donabate last week and Fairview this morning, no phone of any of the volunteers would scan the band, so thanks to both race directors for taking my details. Annoyingly, 3 weeks ago there was no problem, so hoping it was just one of those things with 6 different phones 😏



  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,139 Mod ✭✭✭✭adrian522


    Not great from Parkrun UK...got absolutely destroyed on twitter before deleting the tweet.

    https://road.cc/content/news/parkrun-criticised-mini-93mph-286987



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,105 ✭✭✭gar


    Plus you will get done for import duty now too on the wristbands



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  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,139 Mod ✭✭✭✭adrian522


    You will get charged Irish VAT on delivery but you won't have to pay UK VAT so it shouldn't be too much more expensive than previously.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,552 ✭✭✭chinguetti


    I was at Fairview this morning and my wristband scanned, took a bit of effort by the scanner but fairplay to the volunteer, they tried it a few times. It worked for me by turning it right way up. I know from scanning as a volunteer that the black wristbands are the worse ones to get to scan. If you've a band and it won't scan, most parkruns will send you to the run director who will take your details. Annoying but it seems to be an issue with the bands and not the scanners as it was the same with the old scanners as well.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭Reg'stoy


    Mine is the black with the barcode in white, all three of the volunteers in both Donabate and Fairview tried without success to get it scanned. Might go over the white with a 'grout pen' or something similar and see if I can make the barcode stand out more.

    My compliments to everyone in Fairview, very friendly and a very well ran Parkrun.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,680 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    How old is the wristband? I think my one lasted a year before I started running into “can't scan" problems. I think the actual barcode is susceptible to getting scuffed (wear and tear) over time and they don't work as well.

    I replaced it with the one that has the barcode on the inside. That doesn't have any issue so far but I haven't had it in use all that long. It's a bit of a flaff to take off to get scanned though. 🤔



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,408 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    I've had paper barcodes last longer than a year. I was thinking of getting the wristband but by the sounds of it I am better off sticking to my laminated one.



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,123 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    The current wristbands I've found fine, except the popper bit starred falling off one of the families ones after a long time.


    There was a version of the wristbands that were pretty bad and faded very quickly just after parkrun brought the sales in house rather than from a third party seller, which were by far the most durable. Had several years of use of all the current bands we have though and only losing them has meant needing to get new ones. No issues with scanning any of the colours we have either which include the black, apricot, green and pink versions.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭average_runner


    Can someone please explain to me why so many people drive to Griffeen parkrun? There is not enough room for the cars and the roads outside is becoming so dangerous for kids now, as the road is not clear for them to see the traffic.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭Wottle


    New Parkrun starting in Abbotstown on Oct 23rd, great news, wonder is it the xc course?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,712 ✭✭✭Speak Now


    Tramore finally back tomorrow 🙂



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,521 ✭✭✭✭Murph_D




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