jimmii wrote: » Does seem bizarre alright. Border runs will be pretty busy safe to say!
Duzzie wrote: » Opening English parkruns in advance is Scotland and Wales doesn't seem like a wise move. No word on Ireland.
OOnegative wrote: » https://blog.parkrun.com/uk/2020/09/07/return-of-parkrun-announcement/
average_runner wrote: » Not sure about that. Our government hinting at national lockdowns again
robinph wrote: » If it is still restricted to 15 players in another months time then I'll be very surprised. Things will continue to change quite quickly as just a couple of months ago people weren't meant to leave the house. At some point it will be 50 people in a group, then 250, then 500 then parkrun will restart. Things might very well go backwards of course and lockdown returns, but it won't stay static with the current restrictions permanently.
diceyreilly wrote: » Our government at the moment won’t allow more then 15 players train together. Say we are a long way off parkrun unless there’s a huge swing and they say just get on with it ( outdoors.
Whilst right now we are not ready to commit to specific dates, we do remain positive that some parkrun countries could reopen before the end of October.
Ted_YNWA wrote: » On the phone scanning, you can scan both at the same time, so this could speed up the process as well.
i008787 wrote: » I would be quite happy if Parkrun either did #Just put a clock at the finish line and you could see your time as you went over finish line. I do not personally need to see it up in an website every week with my finishing place. Knowing my time would be good enough for me #Give every parkrun user possibility of purchasing a finishing chip which simply activates on the finish line No need for tokens, scanners, clock timers, no need for people to Q up for scanning etc. A simpler world no doubt and not to everyones taste I know
DeepBlue wrote: » The scanning issue is going to be more of a problem than implied in the framework. Anyone who had done scanning knows that there is a certain percentage of tokens (both athlete and finish tokens) that don't scan very well. In pre Covid times that just meant a delay while trying a few times to get the scanner to read the barcode which, at worst, could lead to a backlog developing. Now that backlog has other connotations with bunching of runners in the finish tunnel the last thing you want. Ideas of automatic scanners won't work. Scanning is flakey at best due to poor quality of reused barcodes wearing over time and varying camera qualities on smartphones. Washing the barcodes weekly is only going to accelerate the wear and tear on them and render them even harder to scan.
MY BAD wrote: » The scanning could be done by having a few devices on stands like a smaller version of the self checkouts in supermarkets. I'm not sure how they could hand out the chips. In the medium term I can't see it working unless parkrun change their model a fair bit. First come first served of a maximum of what ever the guide lines at the time allow, sign a form saying you don't have a fever, in contact with anyone with covid etc. Pick up a chip, then have chip timing like any race, return the chip after the run. I can't see this happening
adrian522 wrote: » The virus isn't spread through sweat.https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-frequently-asked-questions#:~:text=As%20the%20new%20coronavirus%20is,.)%20could%20pose%20a%20risk.
chinguetti wrote: » If people do parkrun, most will want a time I would guess so it may not be parkrun as it was then. I do think that people could time themselves and that fixes that issue and you could have a mixture of the old way and not parkrun of compiling results. But that would be a slow process for RDs each week. I know a few on here thought I was overly harsh saying that the parkrun would have trouble getting people to volunteer a couple of weeks back but I do think that will be the case. Not because of parkrun the organisation but because of people. There appears to be more and more who are vectors of Covid and are just passing on the virus and not enough is known about it yet. If someone is after exercising and then stops, they will be out of breath and sweating. Both your breath and your sweat in droplets from your mouth or your body can spread the disease. That makes scanning an issue as that is the closest volutneers are to runners/walkers and the highest risk area in my mind.
As the new coronavirus is spreading, be cautious about all possible exposures, including at the gym or fitness center. The virus isn’t spread through perspiration (sweat), but items touched by many people (barbells, etc.) could pose a risk
average_runner wrote: » Could use an app or the hse app. No reason for scanning.
chinguetti wrote: » But the scanning will probably be required for the contact tracing of people if there's a case ata parkrun so it may become such a role, not for the timing but for covid procedure.
average_runner wrote: » Parkrun is not a race so timing not important. Anyone looking for a time will have their own timing device
Murph_D wrote: » You can only scan them if they've been handed out!
ger664 wrote: » Yes that would be the case once you had your mandatory roles covered. I have been it the situation of been short a Marshall and Tail walker. In the covid-19 framework I would expect that barcode scanning would now become a mandatory role and an event could not proceed without the role been filled
