parkrun, lap two

opus · 02-03-2022 12:13pm

Read today that parkrun in Russia has been suspended.

Not before time in my personal opinion.

robinph · 02-03-2022 1:42pm

They have even gone as far as effectively turning off the parkrun Russia website as it now just has a plain holding page saying that it's suspended. Presumably so nobody can accuse them of still operating for people who don't understand the parkrun setup.

simonw · 02-03-2022 6:56pm

Has anyone run Navan parkrun? would it be ok for a running buggy?

positron · 08-03-2022 1:51pm

I've done it many years ago, and it should be totally fine with a buggy. It's all paved I think, but I recall some parts of it was more like gravel, just poor quality surface. 3 laps of a loop around the park.

robinph · 12-03-2022 5:04pm

Got dragged round to an all time best for me this morning, can't really call it a PB though as the dog was doing most of the work.

16:60 aka 17:00

One less puddle stopped at and would have got that second.

Name Changed · 22-03-2022 6:44pm

Has anyone done a parkrun in Treviso or Farfalle? Heading to Venice in a couple of weeks and am just wondering which one is best or just easier to navigate to?.

Name Changed · 22-03-2022 6:44pm

jcon1913 · 24-03-2022 2:37pm

Sadly the 30 minute runner will be handy when I run my first parkrun in 2 years

DeepBlue · 24-03-2022 3:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118820066#Comment_118820066

Will you have access to a car? According to google maps direction thingy Farfalle seems to be better served by public transport with Venice to Farfalle taking between 45 min to an hour but Venice to Treviso taking 1.5 hours.

By car they are very similar at approx 30 minutes. I've no idea which is nicer but it's Italy so you can't go too far wrong. Maybe check their photos on FB to see which looks nicest.

ArmaniJeanss · 24-03-2022 4:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118820066#Comment_118820066

Neither seem to be thriving - Farfelle averaging around 20 people and Treviso a little less. Not sure I'd be too bothered to be honest unless I was staying right beside one of them.

robinph · 26-03-2022 2:09pm

Two weeks ago I missed out on my sub 17 aspirations with the dog by 1 second. This week, zero running, back and forth to hospital in early hours for Mrs robinph in for emergency surgery, dog barely left the house all week compared to normal as couldn't leave the kid alone at home.

But then today on our final opportunity to officially canicross at parkrun we were obviously feeling a bit eager to run and absolutely smashed the time target with a 16:28, about 2 minutes quicker than I could currently do solo. Then spotted on Strava that I also claimed a KOM segment which was previously held by a world champion canicross runner who does 12 minutes around some courses with his dog. :D

DeepBlue · 14-04-2022 10:44am

I wonder does anyone know what age grade calculator parkrun uses?

Or else how can you determine what time you need to get in order to reach a certain age grade?

Wottle · 14-04-2022 11:22am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118925215#Comment_118925215

"Run grader" app on Android is pretty close to my efforts 0.03% out

robinph · 14-04-2022 12:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118925215#Comment_118925215

It's an old version of the WAVA tables that parkrun then messed about with a bit but refused to say how.

Pherekydes · 14-04-2022 12:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118925215#Comment_118925215

You can work it out yourself with a calculator.

Take your most recent parkrun time and multiply it by the age grade given (expressed as a decimal) and you have the 100% time for your age grade. Then divide this figure by the required age grade to find your target.

My own example:

35:29 -> age grade 45.61% (age 61) -> 35:29 * .4561 = 16:11 (100% for age 61)

If I want to run 60%: 16:11/0.6 = 26:58 approx

DeepBlue · 15-04-2022 12:14am

@Pherekydes

I'm a little embarrassed I didn't think of that method myself 🙈

Thanks all.

Murph_D · 15-04-2022 10:49pm

http://www.howardgrubb.co.uk/athletics/wmalookup15.html has all the bells and whistles, if you play around with it. What grade are you trying to reach?

DeepBlue · 16-04-2022 12:51am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118933228#Comment_118933228

Thanks!

Trying to hit 70%. 69.57 is as close as I've gotten about 3 years ago. At least the handy thing with ageing is that the target gets closer 😆

McGrath5 · 16-04-2022 11:03am

The barking dog at Marley parkrun.

Sussex18 · 25-04-2022 12:40pm

Does anyone know of the nearest Parkrun to Belfast Train Station, coming from Dublin?. Or alternatively near Jury's Inn? Nothing booked yet but would like to.

Thanks

S

Nuttzz · 25-04-2022 5:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118973527#Comment_118973527

Ormeau is the probably the nearest one to the city centre, nice park, pretty flat and quite well attended

gar · 25-04-2022 7:25pm

Yup I have walked from Jury's to Ormeau. Very nice route too

nullObjects · 25-04-2022 7:34pm

Hey folks, just wondering if the barcode has to be printed or if an image on a phone would scan?

(I don't have access to a printer)

The Black Oil · 25-04-2022 8:03pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118975768#Comment_118975768

Yeah, I've scanned phone images. The barcode can be stored on some watches, if you've a Garmin. https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/e7b70c06-9d4c-4efd-865b-2b8bdad9f17c You can also order wristbands from parkrun.

robinph · 25-04-2022 8:13pm

There are also some apps which will generate the barcode on your phone for you, one of which is called Running Achievements. You can also save multiple family members runner ids so you are covered if anyone forgets their wristband.

nullObjects · 27-04-2022 5:18pm

Cheers for the responses, will give it a bash. No hassle if it doesnt work anyway, just thought it might save me the trouble of finding printer.

The Black Oil · 07-05-2022 3:52pm

South Boulder, Colorado.

Duzzie · 07-05-2022 4:01pm

Had the privilege of visiting progression today. What a fantastic welcome we received from everyone. They were very appreciative of having visitors again. If you get the chance to go, do it. You won't regret it.

Pawwed Rig · 07-05-2022 6:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119028296#Comment_119028296

Is that the prison one? I was scheduled to do it 3 weeks after the lockdown started so that was obviously knocked on the head. When did you apply for it?

Duzzie · 07-05-2022 6:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119029023#Comment_119029023

Yes, it is the prison one. I'd been due to do it the week that the lockdown started. I emailed them a few weeks ago to see if I was still on the list and they offered me a place for today, last week was the first event with visitors. AFAIK, the previous waiting list was scrapped, so you'd need to apply again.

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