parkrun, lap two

Lazare · 13-09-2021 7:14pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117885308#Comment_117885308

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

chinguetti · 13-09-2021 7:24pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117885308#Comment_117885308

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..

muddypuppy · 14-09-2021 11:29am

https://blog.parkrun.com/ie/2021/09/10/5k-parkrun-across-ireland/

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 :)

Pherekydes · 20-09-2021 4:26pm

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.

The Black Oil · 24-09-2021 12:42pm

Sept 25th, start your engines.

Pawwed Rig · 25-09-2021 3:09pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117932928#Comment_117932928

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

Dub13 · 25-09-2021 4:36pm

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.

Lazare · 25-09-2021 6:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117938059#Comment_117938059

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.

robinph · 25-09-2021 6:52pm

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.

crisco10 · 25-09-2021 11:11pm

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

adrian522 · 25-09-2021 11:35pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117939817#Comment_117939817

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

crisco10 · 26-09-2021 8:22am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117939900#Comment_117939900

Yeah think there's works on in the park.

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

GLaDOS · 26-09-2021 9:37am

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

adrian522 · 26-09-2021 11:10am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117940420#Comment_117940420

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

Reg'stoy · 26-09-2021 9:47pm

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 😁

ReeReeG · 27-09-2021 9:06am

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.

The Black Oil · 27-09-2021 9:56am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117944071#Comment_117944071

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.

ReeReeG · 27-09-2021 10:27am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117944245#Comment_117944245

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.

Rossi7 · 27-09-2021 11:14am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117940420#Comment_117940420

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

robinph · 27-09-2021 11:54am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117944071#Comment_117944071

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.

DeepBlue · 27-09-2021 11:58am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117944384#Comment_117944384

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 😁.

ReeReeG · 27-09-2021 12:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117944802#Comment_117944802

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

Pawwed Rig · 27-09-2021 1:48pm

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

ger664 · 27-09-2021 1:52pm

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.

corcaigh07 · 27-09-2021 4:49pm

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.

Annie get your Run · 29-09-2021 9:09pm

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

diceyreilly · 02-10-2021 12:02pm

Parkrun 102 done today in Rivervalley.

Whole weekend ahead of ya after it’s completed.

Butterbeans · 02-10-2021 1:45pm

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!

diceyreilly · 02-10-2021 3:48pm

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.

DeepBlue · 02-10-2021 6:28pm

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

opus · 02-10-2021 7:05pm

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.

Sunny Dayz · 06-10-2021 11:53am

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!

corcaigh07 · 06-10-2021 11:55am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117968305#Comment_117968305

Has parkrun come out and said that?

DeepBlue · 06-10-2021 12:35pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117982932#Comment_117982932

https://volunteer.parkrun.com/news/june-2020

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.

robinph · 06-10-2021 2:05pm

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.

Sunny Dayz · 06-10-2021 2:55pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117983602#Comment_117983602

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.

Speak Now · 06-10-2021 3:56pm

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.

Reg'stoy · 09-10-2021 7:32pm

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 😏

adrian522 · 09-10-2021 7:39pm

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

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

gar · 09-10-2021 8:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117998505#Comment_117998505

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

adrian522 · 09-10-2021 8:25pm

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.

chinguetti · 09-10-2021 10:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117998505#Comment_117998505

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.

Reg'stoy · 10-10-2021 10:24am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117999061#Comment_117999061

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.

DeepBlue · 10-10-2021 4:05pm

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. 🤔

Pawwed Rig · 10-10-2021 4:53pm

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.

robinph · 10-10-2021 5:49pm

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.

average_runner · 13-10-2021 2:19pm

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.