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Dec 2012
1:30pm, 19 Dec 2012
17,755 posts
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SPR
This is not a flag argument. It is an argument about someone telling you their foot is their hand...
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Dec 2012
1:32pm, 19 Dec 2012
17,756 posts
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SPR
BTW HappyG stated the legal/insurance argument in the thread starting post.
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Dec 2012
1:34pm, 19 Dec 2012
17,757 posts
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SPR
And NickCook backed it up when talking about a internal club competition that his club don't call a race due to the same issues (I believe)
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Dec 2012
1:35pm, 19 Dec 2012
10,288 posts
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SODIron © 2002
I’ve kind of digressed off at a tangent here…let me get back to my main point that I want to discuss and the thing that really annoys me about the branding of parkrun as a ‘timed run’.
It’s clear that parkrun are very ‘brand sensitive’ so one has to ask why? Is it because calling it a “Free 5K Race for All Abilities” would drive away the runners who current attend or, act as a barrier to potential new runners? No of course not. Like I said earlier, when I’ve attended the “Run for All” 10K races in Hull, Leeds and York the participation levels are huge and the range of abilities are extremely diverse. So it’s safe to say that most (probably nearly all) would-be runners would not base their decision to run the event based on whether it was known to be a race or a run. I am pretty confident that the decision as to whether they brand it a race or run is based on other ‘non ethos’ related decisions that are probably related to the extra volume of work/support that would be required if they were known as a race.
Like I intimated earlier, calling themselves a race means they would probably be forced to reduce the number of parkrun ‘events’ they hold each week as they health & safety/organisation demands would be too onerous for most.
So in short, my only beef I have with parkrun is that they don’t come clean and say why they are so determined to be known as a run and not a race.
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Dec 2012
1:37pm, 19 Dec 2012
29 posts
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Richey
It's very important to be completely honest about things.
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Dec 2012
1:38pm, 19 Dec 2012
1,067 posts
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Will
I really dislike this thread, apart from Mick complimenting my photos its been a massive waste of time. And yet I can't help myself!!!
SOD - Nobody disagrees with you that parkrun want to call it a run to reduce potential for legal/insurance challenge as well as the fact that run sounds more cuddly to newbies. This is obvious stuff and has been repeated in various ways for 20+ pages.
The only people arguing are correcting your lack of knowledge around UKA insurance, the mandatory risk assessment and medical provision policies.
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Dec 2012
1:39pm, 19 Dec 2012
21,360 posts
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Frobester
Maybe they don't feel the need to "come clean". Have you asked them directly? Have they answered, but you just don't believe their answers?
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Dec 2012
1:40pm, 19 Dec 2012
21,361 posts
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Frobester
(my last directed towards SOD)
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Dec 2012
1:41pm, 19 Dec 2012
10,289 posts
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SODIron © 2002
OK, I’ll concede that I could have been wrong on parkrun insurance/risk assessment requirements but if you see the link I posted earlier you’ll see that they are not meeting the medical/health & safety requirements that are outlined in the Run Britain Road Running Guidelines…there is NO medical provision at any parkrun event I have ever attended.
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Dec 2012
1:41pm, 19 Dec 2012
3,194 posts
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Max Wall
all our races are time trials, I mean most us don't win do we?
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