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beebop May 2020 10:32pm, 1 May 2020 1,596 posts	Quote Pin beebop I’m hoping nobody bets on me because there’s no way I’m getting near my best time, especially as it was set on flat tarmac (in 2013?) and I’m running on bumpy grass in 2020. Nowt to do with age or added lockdown drinking weight, of course. 🙄
Lip Gloss May 2020 10:36pm, 1 May 2020 39,963 posts	Quote Pin Lip Gloss Well I’m assuming the person is only betting on fake parkrun times and not my 5k time cause they have no chance
Derby Tup May 2020 11:20pm, 1 May 2020 40,934 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup I’d have about 8 minutes to find to beat my best unfake time
Lip Gloss May 2020 11:24pm, 1 May 2020 39,971 posts	Quote Pin Lip Gloss 4 and a smidgin for me but that will probably never happen and especially while I’m sitting here drinking wine
Derby Tup May 2020 11:28pm, 1 May 2020 40,935 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup My pacer only went out and ran nearly ten miles this evening!
Hunkyteddy May 2020 9:45am, 2 May 2020 209 posts	Quote Pin Hunkyteddy Fake parkrun done. Failed to get a PB, I did a big shop early in the week so have been gorging on cakes and biscuits. Oh well. Some of the comments above are quite scary, hadn't really thought about the logistics of parkrun but it doesn't look like there will be any more this year. Unless we get a vaccine maybe? If so, would people be willing to sign up to paid 5k runs, with limits on numbers, like in the pre pr days? Or just carry on with fake ones for free and maybe meet up with a running buddy.
Dvorak May 2020 9:55am, 2 May 2020 19,645 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak I'd pay £2 for a 5K, maybe even £5/6 the odd time. Hope it would not go the American way of $$35 and all the hoopla (idiot tax ). Probably not weekly, though. Local club used to have a good wee 5K for £2, 150-200 runners on a summers evening (£2 is the limit where you don't need an extra £2 levy for unaffiliated,)
jda May 2020 10:02am, 2 May 2020 7,240 posts	Quote Pin jda Austria is allowing meetings of up to 10. That would be small race, but it's a start
Lip Gloss May 2020 10:04am, 2 May 2020 39,984 posts	Quote Pin Lip Gloss Fakerun done and new PB and a sub 30. 29.14 so it’s a step in the right direction. Warm up lap first and glute definitely getting better.
Derby Tup May 2020 10:05am, 2 May 2020 40,957 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup A social (even if it meant running a few yards apart) club run would be infinitely more valuable to me than any race