Parkrun..

Lazare · 15-02-2020 03:04PM

Corkagh was like a hurricane. Sideways rain too.

robinph · 15-02-2020 03:10PM

quidel wrote: »

How many adult parkrun events currently in Ireland?

https://wiki.parkrun.com/index.php/Category:Ireland_Events

quidel · 15-02-2020 04:38PM

robinph wrote: »

https://wiki.parkrun.com/index.php/Category:Ireland_Events

Brilliant, it is well up to date too. Thanks.

BeardySi · 18-02-2020 12:03PM

robinph wrote: »

Not sure it's something they are ever going to get ontop of with the stock levels of milestone tshirts to be able to offer replacements for sale as the numbers they have to give out for free is only ever going to increase.

There are something like 3000 milestone shirts earned each week at the moment and the number grows constantly.

They seem to have made a rod for their backs with the shirts. They were a great idea when numbers were manageable but as runner numbers are beginning to snowball globally it's going to get more and more impossible to keep up with demand.

iluvfatfrogs · 18-02-2020 02:04PM

BeardySi wrote: »

There are something like 3000 milestone shirts earned each week at the moment and the number grows constantly.

They seem to have made a rod for their backs with the shirts. They were a great idea when numbers were manageable but as runner numbers are beginning to snowball globally it's going to get more and more impossible to keep up with demand.

Will the 250 tshirt eventually become the new 50??

Pawwed Rig · 18-02-2020 04:50PM

Not necessarily. Once parkrun themselves upscale with numbers there shouldn't be an issue. There are sponsors everywhere now too so they have a cashflow. The merchandising is also a money spinner.

Peckham · 19-02-2020 09:07PM

In CenterParcs this weekend so have the option of visiting Longford, Athlone or Mullingar parkruns on Saturday morning. All are equidistant.

Any recommendations of which one I should do?

Shedite27 · 19-02-2020 09:24PM

Peckham wrote: »

In CenterParcs this weekend so have the option of visiting Longford, Athlone or Mullingar parkruns on Saturday morning. All are equidistant.

Any recommendations of which one I should do?

Take a weekend off and go to the pancake house

Peckham · 19-02-2020 10:00PM

Shedite27 wrote:

Take a weekend off and go to the pancake house

Saturday mornings are normally too busy for me to make it to parkrun, so doing one is a bit of a treat!

Sunny Dayz · 19-02-2020 10:07PM

Peckham wrote: »

In CenterParcs this weekend so have the option of visiting Longford, Athlone or Mullingar parkruns on Saturday morning. All are equidistant.

Any recommendations of which one I should do?

I’m slightly biased but I’d say Athlone!

The pancakes aren’t bad in Center Parcs though.

RentDayBlues · 19-02-2020 10:29PM

Peckham wrote: »

In CenterParcs this weekend so have the option of visiting Longford, Athlone or Mullingar parkruns on Saturday morning. All are equidistant.

Any recommendations of which one I should do?

You’re in longford, would be criminal not to do Longford parkrun! It’s flat - it’s the only one I’ve done out of those 3, but I have heard good things about mullingar

BeardySi · 19-02-2020 10:29PM

Peckham wrote: »

In CenterParcs this weekend so have the option of visiting Longford, Athlone or Mullingar parkruns on Saturday morning. All are equidistant.

Any recommendations of which one I should do?

It's slightly further, but I'd say Mount Lucas. If you only manage the occasional one it might as well be a unique one!

iluvfatfrogs · 19-02-2020 11:42PM

I’ve done all 3 you’ve suggested and mullingar by far the nicest.

ionapaul · 20-02-2020 08:37AM

Easy enough drive from CenterParcs to Longford, did that journey last year when we stayed there. Nice course in Longford too.

Athlone is nice but maybe not as interesting a course and definitely a bit harder.

Duzzie · 20-02-2020 08:49AM

Peckham wrote: »

In CenterParcs this weekend so have the option of visiting Longford, Athlone or Mullingar parkruns on Saturday morning. All are equidistant.

Any recommendations of which one I should do?

I've done Athlone and Longford. Of the 2 I'd highly recommend Longford. Lovely flat course and very welcoming. Athlone were very welcoming too (aren't all parkruns?) but a tougher course. I found the running on a side slope particularly awkward. I would also say that Longford is a nicer setting, I didnt find running around Athlone IT particularly inspiring.

BeardySi · 20-02-2020 03:10PM

Duzzie wrote: »

I've done Athlone and Longford. Of the 2 I'd highly recommend Longford. Lovely flat course and very welcoming. Athlone were very welcoming too (aren't all parkruns?) but a tougher course. I found the running on a side slope particularly awkward. I would also say that Longford is a nicer setting, I didnt find running around Athlone IT particularly inspiring.

Athlone was low on my list of ones to do anyway, but a side slope makes it a nono for me - that wrecks my ankles!

Paul61 · 20-02-2020 04:19PM

robinph wrote: »

https://wiki.parkrun.com/index.php/Category:Ireland_Events

And if you feel like coming North for parkrun before the iron curtain comes down:
https://wiki.parkrun.com/index.php/Category:Northern_Ireland_Events

Duzzie · 21-02-2020 07:15PM

Peckham wrote: »

In CenterParcs this weekend so have the option of visiting Longford, Athlone or Mullingar parkruns on Saturday morning. All are equidistant.

Any recommendations of which one I should do?

Longford is cancelled tomorrow due to flooding.

jimmii · 21-02-2020 07:21PM

My local parkrun is cancelled for the first time that I can recall. I'm down doing the Northumberland marathon tomorrow given the wind house would think there would have been some comms but theres nothing in the updates section for their site since Monday!

average_runner · 21-02-2020 08:21PM

Will griffeen parkrun go ahead, the paths by the pitches will be flooded

Ted_YNWA · 21-02-2020 11:07PM

average_runner wrote: »

Will griffeen parkrun go ahead, the paths by the pitches will be flooded

Still on at the moment.

https://www.parkrun.ie/cancellations/

robinph · 22-02-2020 05:12AM

jimmii wrote: »

My local parkrun is cancelled for the first time that I can recall. I'm down doing the Northumberland marathon tomorrow given the wind house would think there would have been some comms but theres nothing in the updates section for their site since Monday!

Surprised that they said nothing on a page they have previously updated, but there are plenty of parkruns that don't reliably use the standard channels and you have to do a bit of digging to find the correct pages that the do updates via. Also have to allow for the person doing comns from one week to the next being a different volunteer who might then do things an alternative way.

Pherekydes · 22-02-2020 08:27AM

Peckham wrote: »

In CenterParcs this weekend so have the option of visiting Longford, Athlone or Mullingar parkruns on Saturday morning. All are equidistant.

Any recommendations of which one I should do?

Langford and Athlone are both off.

opus · 22-02-2020 04:34PM

Lost Ballincollig & Mallow to flooding in Cork today.

average_runner · 22-02-2020 06:27PM

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Still on at the moment.

https://www.parkrun.ie/cancellations/

Ran it today. Tough conditions, muck was sloppy and had to be careful on the bridge

Ted_YNWA · 22-02-2020 07:40PM

Very windy down in Wexford.

Course will hopefully be going back to a full circuit soon & the horse-shoe loops will end.

Watch this space.

robinph · 23-02-2020 06:54PM

Have been going along to our local juniors event on and off since before our junior parkrunner was a twinkle and the event even officially existed by helping out at the trial runs. Finally today our junior parkrunner made it all the way round the two laps, no moaning on the way (other than I was apparently cheering from the wrong place) and great cheering and high 5s from the marshals on the way round (who mostly knew the junior parkrunner by name as they are from our running club).

Stupid big grin on my face since about half way round when it was clear they were going to finish it.

rainbow kirby · 24-02-2020 09:35AM

My older son is 4 next month and now wants to run at least a bit all the time at parkrun - he did the first km at Alexandra on Saturday with me before deciding that he was cold and it was too windy so the buggy and Robot Trains on my phone were a better option, then did roughly the same at juniors on Sunday with his dad.

cazzer22 · 24-02-2020 08:02PM

Have done my 2nd run director stint down in Clon and it's really helping me to conquer fear of public speaking, highly recommend people to go for it (at their local run) if anyone has a similar struggle. Lovely core group down here.

Sunny Dayz · 25-02-2020 02:32PM

cazzer22 wrote: »

Have done my 2nd run director stint down in Clon and it's really helping me to conquer fear of public speaking, highly recommend people to go for it (at their local run) if anyone has a similar struggle. Lovely core group down here.

I can concur with this. I'm not confident about speaking out infront of crowds or groups of people. parkrun has helped with this. It is a great feeling to look back on a Sat afternoon when the results are processed and run report posted and say I organised that event. I still get a bit nervous when I'm RD incase I mess up or something goes wrong, as well as making sure I can convey everything in my run briefing. What also helps being a run director is getting to know the regulars and then it doesn't feel so scarey cos you're amoungst friends.

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