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Chramies May 2019 10:25am, 31 May 2019 55 posts	Quote Pin Chramies Re how you define touristing, I'd say it was the first visit to a parkrun not your usual / home run. Wouldn't really say I'd touristed last weekend as I'd done that one (Wimbledon) before.
Jovi Runner May 2019 10:40am, 31 May 2019 6,268 posts	Quote Pin Jovi Runner Come to Fountains Abbey Gobi. I think were quite unusual across parkrun in that approx 50% of runners got to the cafe afterwards for socialising.
larkim May 2019 10:42am, 31 May 2019 7,696 posts	Quote Pin larkim Out of about 400 runners at my regular parkrun (and I've done about 33% of their events) I think I say hello to about 5-10, but there's little more sociable-ness about it than that for me. As I'm often at parkrun with my whole family, there's no real need or desire for it to be any more sociable than that!
Gobi May 2019 10:43am, 31 May 2019 67,047 posts	Quote Pin Gobi I have done Pierre de Bresse 4 times now. Doesnt feel like touring but it is about 800 miles away. Evolution is interesting Bushy was home but was an 80 mile round trip Basingstoke was home but is a 40 mile round trip Eastleigh was home but was a 60 Mile round trip Newbury was actually home and I ran there. Parkrun data reflects these are my top 4 attended (245 of 391) My daughter lives in Lincolnshire so I have 14 runs at Peterborough and 5 at Kings Lynn . These are my home away from home ones so I dont count these as touring either. My current home is a proper new parkrun which started last year. I have only been 9 times to run and done half as many again volunteers. Has a nice cafe. I struggle with it's new wave approach of heroing up volunteers but they mean well. After this there are a lot of runs/visits between 2 and 5 so seeing friends. In effect i have concluded that really I have only been a tourist 37 times as they are single visits , include Poland , France and Denmark in here.
Dvorak May 2019 11:05am, 31 May 2019 17,611 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak True Gobi, furthest event done is maybe 60 miles drive, 46 miles straight line. Drawing a circle centred at my house, radius FED, there are 23 events done (including a trial), 9 of those only once; 3 events nyd in it. Not very adventurous compared to you (or many). Not even a trip to England.
Gobi May 2019 11:06am, 31 May 2019 67,050 posts	Quote Pin Gobi I have been to Pierre de bresse more times than Falkirk
KinkyS May 2019 11:30am, 31 May 2019 17,672 posts	Quote Pin KinkyS Most runs at a single event? parkrun.org.uk
Wriggling Snake May 2019 11:32am, 31 May 2019 22,776 posts	Quote Pin Wriggling Snake That would be something if it was an 80 mile round trip to run there.
tommy_b May 2019 11:34am, 31 May 2019 19 posts	Quote Pin tommy_b Well that Basingstoke chap clearly jumped on the bandwagon after the first 5 events had passed. Pah.
Gobi May 2019 11:37am, 31 May 2019 67,051 posts	Quote Pin Gobi yeap I know him well, he is a proper regular as well. It is life WS - I used to run to Basingstoke