Dec 2021
11:39pm, 12 Dec 2021
215 posts
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paulcook
I’m fairly confident I’ve always had a barcode and my first parkrun was February 2010, so 2009 could well be correct.
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Dec 2021
6:06am, 13 Dec 2021
23,841 posts
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Dvorak
Mention in a Glasgow parkrun event report of August 2009 that barcodes were being rolled out, but had not reached Glasgow yet. By mid September they had. Later mention that Christmas Day 2009 parkrun would be barcode only, and that full implementation would be in early 2010.
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Dec 2021
10:09am, 13 Dec 2021
5,129 posts
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Little Saint Pothunter
Long before parkrun was ever a thing we used to get a little metal token at club time trials. You’d take that to a table where they’d write down your name. The results would be published in the newspaper!
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Dec 2021
10:26am, 13 Dec 2021
21,476 posts
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Bazoaxe
Numbers at my local are reducing and are less than half of their peak numbers on the last two runnings and down by 150-200 on what I would expect normal numbers.
I know its that time of year and the weather is mixed and also some people may be uncomfortable with risks. I am surprised though at the drop off in numbers for what is essentially a pretty low risk (of covid) activity.
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Dec 2021
10:28am, 13 Dec 2021
13,079 posts
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chunkywizmas
Baz, we are seeing the same thing but I reckon it is just the weather coupled with people being busy sorting stuff for Xmas.
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Dec 2021
10:28am, 13 Dec 2021
16,329 posts
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larkim
Was quiet at Delamere too this weekend; wonder whether it was just Christmas party hangovers or Omicron? Weather was good.
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Dec 2021
10:31am, 13 Dec 2021
5,133 posts
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Little Saint Pothunter
Have you got new local events Baz? We’re well down on numbers but have 2 new ones very close. Total across the 3 is up on pre-lockdown numbers at ours.
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Dec 2021
10:35am, 13 Dec 2021
21,478 posts
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Bazoaxe
no new events but I am aware of one under discussion but no idea how close it is to launch
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Dec 2021
11:37am, 13 Dec 2021
1,308 posts
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Akie
Yeah Larkim, people I spoke to all said that the parkrun they did was quite quiet. I did a new course to me so not entirely sure but looking at numbers for my local they were quite low.
Assume its normal leading upto Xmas before a big jump in January.
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Dec 2021
12:38pm, 13 Dec 2021
1,304 posts
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Big_G
Good news as Torbay Velopark have announced they're doing both Xmas Day (9am) and NYD (time not confirmed I don't think). Last time I checked there weren't that many locally going ahead on Xmas Day, so it will be nice to get a run out at the one 1.5 miles down the road from me. Thanks to all the volunteers that make these things happen for us parkrunners!
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