Parkrun..

Pherekydes · 13-04-2019 2:59pm

Ran Griffeen this morning. Due to an issue with the bottom bridge they rerouted us, adding on about 150-200m.

I was 2 mins slower than 2 weeks ago.

Slow_Runner · 13-04-2019 4:59pm

Ran the new Royal Canal Park run in Kilcock this morning, not normally a fan of out and back sections in races but have to say really works well along the canal. Wind was a bit of a pain on the way back tough!!

vargoo · 13-04-2019 10:56pm

Wedding day Parkrun for happy couple... and 100 friends

Any stories of significant others meeting at parkrun here??

An ulterior motive for me when I started was meeting people at it but I'm fairly new to it still and the weather has generally been sh1t so everyone just bails, haven't really got chatting to anyone at all!

seamusk84 · 13-04-2019 10:59pm

Slow_Runner wrote: »

Ran the new Royal Canal Park run in Kilcock this morning, not normally a fan of out and back sections in races but have to say really works well along the canal. Wind was a bit of a pain on the way back tough!!

Yup, a normal westerly breeze and we will get an assist for the way back! Nice route by the canal

Bananaleaf · 14-04-2019 12:04am

vargoo wrote: »

Any stories of significant others meeting at parkrun here??

Didn't meet my SO there but have made great friends from it. I have a social circle now because of parkrun. I never had that before.

Pawwed Rig · 14-04-2019 12:08am

Zipppy wrote: »

I've always thought Canal park runs would be great... was more thinking of one from phibsboro out to ashtown and back...but too busy a route I guess

Edenderry in Offaly should do this. Lovely section of canal underutilised

Bananaleaf · 14-04-2019 12:12am

Carlow Town parkrun is out and back along the Barrow, but is canal-like. Also, Mullingar parkrun is an out and back one too although, the out and back are not both along the canal.

quickbeam · 14-04-2019 6:58am

vargoo wrote: »

An ulterior motive for me when I started was meeting people at it but I'm fairly new to it still and the weather has generally been sh1t so everyone just bails, haven't really got chatting to anyone at all!

I found I made much more friends from volunteering than from running. Especially since, I'm slow and everyone's usually gone by the time I cross the finish line.

KAGY · 14-04-2019 9:36am

quickbeam wrote: »

I found I made much more friends from volunteering than from running. Especially since, I'm slow and everyone's usually gone by the time I cross the finish line.

+1 for this, especially if it's a paired role like scanning or time keeping. Or on a pacer run, run/jog with a slower pacer so you can chat,

And most places go for coffee afterwards, normally just a core group and a few others but everyone's welcome.

GalwayGrrrrrl · 14-04-2019 9:38am

Did you know there is a parkrun podcast? Only came across it yesterday and a quick search of boards came back blank. It’s called Free Weekly Timed podcast and is like a parkrun fanclub. It’s hosted by Vassos from BBC radio 2. Each episode lasts 29 minutes (the average parkrun finish time). Ive only listened to first episode but it seems interesting. Happy listening!

py · 14-04-2019 9:53am

GalwayGrrrrrl wrote: »

Did you know there is a parkrun podcast? Only came across it yesterday and a quick search of boards came back blank. It’s called Free Weekly Timed podcast and is like a parkrun fanclub. It’s hosted by Vassos from BBC radio 2. Each episode lasts 29 minutes (the average parkrun finish time). Ive only listened to first episode but it seems interesting. Happy listening!

Yup have been listening a while now, enjoyable.

Sunny Dayz · 14-04-2019 11:34am

GalwayGrrrrrl wrote: »

Did you know there is a parkrun podcast? Only came across it yesterday and a quick search of boards came back blank. It’s called Free Weekly Timed podcast and is like a parkrun fanclub. It’s hosted by Vassos from BBC radio 2. Each episode lasts 29 minutes (the average parkrun finish time). Ive only listened to first episode but it seems interesting. Happy listening!

Yep it’s really good. There’s another one called With Me Now which is presented by those who did the original show The parkrun Show years ago. That one is a bit longer, most episodes over an hour so I don’t really got as much time to listen to it.

GalwayGrrrrrl · 14-04-2019 1:54pm

Quick question - are the 10 run milestone T-shirt’s still available for under 17s who’ve done ten 5k parkruns? My son is nearly at 10 runs and I’d like to know if he’ll qualify. Parkrun website and google giving mixed answers!

Duzzie · 14-04-2019 6:40pm

GalwayGrrrrrl wrote: »

Quick question - are the 10 run milestone T-shirt’s still available for under 17s who’ve done ten 5k parkruns? My son is nearly at 10 runs and I’d like to know if he’ll qualify. Parkrun website and google giving mixed answers!

https://support.parkrun.com/hc/en-us/articles/205904361-How-do-I-claim-my-club-t-shirt-

As far as I know they are still doing them if they do the 10th 5k run before turning 17.

Gael23 · 14-04-2019 9:20pm

Someone had a heart attack at Bushy Park yesterday

Ted_YNWA · 14-04-2019 9:26pm

Gael23 wrote: »

Someone had a heart attack at Bushy Park yesterday

He is off ventilator & conscious now.

Swift action of volunteers helped.

Bushy parkrun FB page posted an update earlier today.

muddypaws · 15-04-2019 11:35am

Not too far from the truth

https://uokhun.uk/2018/11/10/fears-grow-for-mum-radicalised-by-parkrun/

snailsong · 15-04-2019 11:48am

7 clubs represented in the first 10 finishers in Westport on Saturday. Record for us I think. Parkrun tourism becoming very popular here.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 16-04-2019 7:28am

vargoo wrote: »

An ulterior motive for me when I started was meeting people at it but I'm fairly new to it still and the weather has generally been sh1t so everyone just bails, haven't really got chatting to anyone at all!

As someone already mentioned you'll meet many more people as a volunteer esp if you're at the finish line time keeping, scanning etc.. They're not overly technical roles, if you can press a button you can time keep or scan

You'll be given instructions, then you're in company from start to finish. If its one of the smaller parkrun run's you'll have plenty of craic, certainly until the average runners start coming it from the early/mid 20 minutes onwards then you've to be on the ball.

Also try find out where most people go for coffee & cake afterwards and join them there, you won't need an invite.. Or alternatively you could break the ice and bring a packet of cup cakes with you or share at the finish, everyone will love you then

As for meeting a partner at parkrun, I'm not looking but I'm sure its been done. There's plenty of opportunity to meet a partner but I'd suggest going for the event, craic and meeting new people and see what developes from there.

Sunny Dayz · 16-04-2019 9:52am

vargoo wrote: »

An ulterior motive for me when I started was meeting people at it but I'm fairly new to it still and the weather has generally been sh1t so everyone just bails, haven't really got chatting to anyone at all!

Give it time. If you are there most weeks you'll start to see the same faces each time. Try to get there a bit earlier, say about 9:10. Some people at my local do a little warm up jog and it can be a good way to have a little chat. Even waiting around the start area you fall into the chats with some people. Wear a top from a run you have done can be a good way to get a conversation going. As others have said, some volunteer roles allow you more time to chat, eg barcode scanning, token sorting. Even marshal with someone else or tail walk can give you some down time. And find out where people go for a post parkrun coffee.
It takes time. I would be quite reserved. But I've gotten to know so many people now through parkrun, acquaintances more than friends but I see them almost every week and often at local races.

robinph · 16-04-2019 10:20am

Jamir Warm Hamstring wrote: »

As for meeting a partner at parkrun, I'm not looking but I'm sure its been done. There's plenty of opportunity to meet a partner but I'd suggest going for the event, craic and meeting new people and see what developes from there.

It happens lots, I know of at least 4 couples who met at the first of the local events that existed round my way. And I'm certain that there are other couples who met through the other local events.

We didn't meet through parkrun and were not an item at the time, but at my first ever parkrun my other half was the tail marshal that day.

Shedite27 · 16-04-2019 1:19pm

vargoo wrote: »

An ulterior motive for me when I started was meeting people at it but I'm fairly new to it still and the weather has generally been sh1t so everyone just bails, haven't really got chatting to anyone at all!

Crossing the line with people it's an easy conversation starter "I was just behind you most of the way/fair play to catch me just at the end/tough running out there today".

Over time you'll line up alongside them and finish alongside the same faces each week and get talking to them before hand.

Coffees and marriage are optional

BeepBeep67 · 16-04-2019 2:15pm

Ran the Jamaica Pond parkrun on the outskirts Boston this weekend as a tempo run.
The weather was pretty bad, but at 318 they 2 x'd their previous biggest field, which was a few weeks ago for their 1st anniversary.
Nice course, about a 2.3k lap around Jamaica Pond, with a 200m downhill start that gives back with some change at the end.

kingtut · 17-04-2019 9:40am

Can anyone tell me if there is a park run in the Phoenix Park?
I am in Dublin this weekend and staying near the phoenix park ... I can't see one on the parkrun page or on the map. Seems kinda strange...

quickbeam · 17-04-2019 9:44am

No, none in the Park. Porterstown or Tolka Valley would probably be the ones nearest, off the top of my head.

kingtut · 17-04-2019 10:18am

quickbeam wrote: »

No, none in the Park. Porterstown or Tolka Valley would probably be the ones nearest, off the top of my head.

Perfect thank you. I'll take a look and see which is easier to get to on public transport

gypsy79 · 17-04-2019 11:06am

kingtut wrote: »

Perfect thank you. I'll take a look and see which is easier to get to on public transport

Where are you staying?

Bravestaar · 17-04-2019 11:27am

Waterstown is close also.

HelenAnne · 17-04-2019 3:00pm

snailsong wrote: »

7 clubs represented in the first 10 finishers in Westport on Saturday. Record for us I think. Parkrun tourism becoming very popular here.

I was there! (But I think I was 11th :rolleyes:) Thanks for having us - lovely course!

arybvtcw0eolkf · 17-04-2019 3:25pm

Anyone using Facebook, and I know its cool to say we don't when we do

Anyway a closed group is Parkrun Laughs.. You'll find some very funny stuff there

kingtut · 17-04-2019 3:29pm

gypsy79 wrote: »

Where are you staying?

West County Hotel in Chapelizod

Bravestaar wrote: »

Waterstown is close also.

Just checked the map and it seems closest to the hotel. Thank you

pc11 · 17-04-2019 5:38pm

Gael23 wrote: »

Someone had a heart attack at Bushy Park yesterday

Sorry, but this is a bugbear of mine. He had a cardiac arrest, not a heart attack. They are quite different things. On the news they always use these words interchangeably but trust me, you'd rather have a heart attack than a cardiac arrest!

Ok, I'll explain:
A heart attack or MI (myocardial infarction) is when there is a blockage (clot) in a blood vessel supplying the heart muscle and the muscle loses blood supply and gets damaged. These days it's not often fatal but it's still not a good thing. You'll likely feel chest pain and probably breathless but you will be awake and breathing. Naturally you should get to hospital immediately as you need treatment to minimise the damage and restore the blood flow. You will have a pulse. You can usually speak. You will likely survive with treatment but you need an ambulance immediately.

A cardiac arrest is when the heart just stops working and you have no pulse or circulation at all and you are DEAD. Without immediate CPR and a defibrillator you will NOT recover. Usually the problem is electrical as in the electrical wiring of the heart goes totally wrong and the heart either stops or is beating in a totally erratic and useless way and you have no pulse. You will hit the ground instantly, you will not be speaking or awake. You are effectively dead.

Now, a heart attack may LEAD to a cardiac arrest if the damage is severe or if it occurs to particular key parts of the heart, but that doesn't mean they are the same thing.

IMPORTANT: if you find somebody collapsed, try to wake them. If you can't, check their pulse. If there is no pulse, call for help immediately, get somebody to bring a defibrillator, and start chest compressions IMMEDIATELY. This is what happened in Bushy and luckily people acted immediately and saved his life.

Using an automatic defibrillator like you see in parks is easy and you can't do any harm as the patient is already dead. Don't hesitate to act. You can only help. It's really worth doing a basic life support course if you can.

snailsong · 17-04-2019 7:47pm

HelenAnne wrote: »

snailsong wrote: »

7 clubs represented in the first 10 finishers in Westport on Saturday. Record for us I think. Parkrun tourism becoming very popular here.

I was there! (But I think I was 11th :rolleyes:) Thanks for having us - lovely course!

Glad you enjoyed it. Did you come back for the tea after? Maybe we spoke. Looking again I see we had 9 distinct clubs in the first 12!

Butterbeans · 17-04-2019 10:14pm

kingtut wrote: »

West County Hotel in Chapelizod

Just checked the map and it seems closest to the hotel. Thank you

Waterstown definitely the closest to you then. You could run up from the hotel in less than 10mins. Lovely course and a very friendly atmosphere there. Enjoy!

opus · 17-04-2019 10:28pm

An official opening date announced for Tramore Valley Park in Cork

Hopefully means the parkrun will restart at some stage this year.

https://twitter.com/corkcityparks/status/1118553401627955200

average_runner · 18-04-2019 12:52pm

Heading down to Gorey for the parkrun this weekend. First time running there

Duzzie · 18-04-2019 2:59pm

average_runner wrote: »

Heading down to Gorey for the parkrun this weekend. First time running there

We love to see new faces, come say hello. Im not RD this week but i will be there getting everything ready. Doing a spot of VI guiding this weekend

diego_b · 18-04-2019 5:36pm

Can't recall if I posted a few weeks back but no matter, bit of parkrun tourism for me in the last month (and a parkrun pb at my home parkrun so that was nice). On the tourist front I got Inch beach done on an ideal day back on the 23rd of March. No wind at all (had been forewarned about that by others from Tralee) and the sand was nice and compact with no noticeable camber so came home 4th overall there in 22:11. Got my parkrun pb in Tralee a week later in 21:42 (almost a year to get 8 seconds off but you take them where you can). Was in Cork two weeks ago for a stag party so took in Glen River parkrun there, found that very tough going with a hill you run on the 2nd and 3rd lap almost coming to a standstill and then you turn and have to fly back down it...the quads were not best pleased (22:37 there). Maybe with more than 3-4 hours sleep I could have ran a bit quicker there but a tough course I found now. Finally last weekend I took in Knockanacree Woods (it's about the same distance from my parents place as Templemore is). Lovely spot to run but v tough if you're more of the roads persuasion as I am...up and down continuously as you run around the course. 2 laps around the circumference of the woods takes in the course, little bit of confusion on the second lap as to where to turn and the marshall had to call myself and the young lad ahead of me back to turn...we lost about 20 seconds maybe and I held back a little to let the young lad go ahead of me. I couldn't catch him for the life of me then over the last 400meters or so (you finish running uphill as well). Came home 24:26 and another 4th place so happy with that. Would take me a bit of work to get some time off that on the trails there.
If you're looking to try out something new would highly recommend all of the 3 there, each v different and pose a different challenge. Definitely planning to give Inch another go in the summer and make a day of it in Dingle then afterwards.

az2wp0sye65487 · 20-04-2019 10:23am

Are the junior parkrun events running tomorrow (Easter Sunday)?

Dudda · 20-04-2019 10:39am

Trinity Hundreds Tailgate wrote: »

Are the junior parkrun events running tomorrow (Easter Sunday)?

Should be. Ours only stops if the route is flooded and impassable from the lake we circle. Nothing else seams to stop it. Check the local Facebook page if they have one.

robinph · 20-04-2019 11:53am

Nice and calm sunny weather this morning helped with reducing the wind resistance and I managed a new course buggy PB by 20 seconds. Mildly annoyed to not have gone another 2 seconds quicker and have snuck under 19 at another course, but have to be happy with that a week out from London.

Next week we practice our counting to five at Highbury Fields.

chinguetti · 20-04-2019 1:03pm

Did Kilcock on the Royal Canal this morning and a lovely morning for it too. Nice course too but I find the out and back courses always seem so long compared to laps one even though they're not!

GalwayGrrrrrl · 20-04-2019 1:26pm

Trinity Hundreds Tailgate wrote: »

Are the junior parkrun events running tomorrow (Easter Sunday)?

The Oranmore (Galway) one is going ahead. Maybe check your local parkrun Facebook to be 100% sure.

az2wp0sye65487 · 20-04-2019 1:47pm

Dudda wrote: »

Should be. Ours only stops if the route is flooded and impassable from the lake we circle. Nothing else seams to stop it. Check the local Facebook page if they have one.

I sent them a message on their Facebook page. Waiting to hear back.

jimmii · 20-04-2019 1:53pm

Did the portobello run today just outside Edinburgh really nice spot. It's a three lapper but it's a nice park for a run. Some fast fast times there.

It was their 4th birthday and they were doing some awards they listed new age records from the last year and they had someone in the 70-74 age group do a time in the low 21s :eek:

Be delighted just to be able to run the whole thing at that age thats incredible!

arybvtcw0eolkf · 20-04-2019 4:35pm

I returned to St.Annes today, haven't been down there since the end of last summer. But with this weather I couldn't think of a nicer parkrun.

Glorious sunshine, great to be back in St.Annes and met a boardsie too

I love that 800m finish in St.Anne's, brilliant.

**Edit, just check my parkrun email PB today day!!.

Pawwed Rig · 20-04-2019 5:56pm

Nice 1. Didn't see you there but it was a nice run this morning.
One thing lead to another and I was still in the park in my running gear at 1pm

arybvtcw0eolkf · 20-04-2019 7:37pm

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Nice 1. Didn't see you there but it was a nice run this morning.
One thing lead to another and I was still in the park in my running gear at 1pm

I was the most overdressed for the start. I'd arranged to meet someone there and told them I'd be wearing a red Run Republic fleece jacket, I was bloody sweltering and had to remove it but found her when I seen someone looking at boards.ie on their phone lol.

So if you seen me I was wearing a fleece and sweating buckets

It was great to be back in St.Anne's, defo my favorite parkrun.

One thing lead to another and I was still in the park in my running gear at 1pm

I got a bit carried away like that on Thursday evening. Done a 10k wearing a backpack carrying my TRX straps, then went straight into TRX on the bars in Father Collins then noticed there's a hill from the bars to the path/bridge at the pond so decide between sets of TRX I'd do hill repeats!.

I was still feeling it in my legs this morning but it didn't seem to do me any harm.

Sunny Dayz · 21-04-2019 8:39am

Very strange lying in bed at 9:30 yesterday morning but a poorly yet good spirited child put paid to my parkrun this weekend. Usually we only seem to miss parkrun when we have something else on. Hubbie went and i quizzed him when he got home, how many were there, who was there, who was missing, any news, etc.

AliasME · 21-04-2019 1:56pm

I did Johnstown this weekend, there's no shelter at the race course so I struggled in the heat. I really miss the old location! Then we tried the new(ish) Heritage park junior which is a lovely course with a Cabinteely style hill three times.

Parkrun..

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