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chunkywizard Jan 2023 1:33pm, 12 Jan 2023 15,671 posts	Quote Pin chunkywizard I suspect HQ want it unofficial as they don't want to be seen supporting challenges which might cause event attendance to peak at certain event numbers. That said, its a great app and well worth getting.
57.5 Degrees of Pain Jan 2023 1:38pm, 12 Jan 2023 11,088 posts	Quote Pin 57.5 Degrees of Pain I would suspect parkrun want to distance themselves from 'challenge' silliness. Good blog by bigleggy. Though to what extent is a charity involved in picking Trustees? Does it devolve to the existing Trustees? Not making excuses, just looking to blame the right people!
larkim Jan 2023 1:40pm, 12 Jan 2023 19,980 posts	Quote Pin larkim Ah, fair enough. I suppose if they launch the app into "everyone's" hands then it does raise the profile of those niche activities. But even if they ditched some of that functionality, there's core parkrun stuff on there which every parkrunner could use rather than relying on mobile browser views.
chunkywizard Jan 2023 1:56pm, 12 Jan 2023 15,672 posts	Quote Pin chunkywizard I think the app is getting a lot of word of mouth downloads anyway. I promote it if people are looking for their barcode on mobile, finding other parkruns etc
LindsD Jan 2023 2:24pm, 12 Jan 2023 59,282 posts	Quote Pin LindsD larkim you can already get your barcode in the 5k app
larkim Jan 2023 2:37pm, 12 Jan 2023 19,981 posts	Quote Pin larkim Yes, realised that after I posted; did seem like an obvious thing to be included, just didn't see it last night when I was playing with it, but spotted it after posting above!
Ally-C Jan 2023 2:46pm, 12 Jan 2023 2,934 posts	Quote Pin Ally-C I’ve noticed under Clubs there’s no Fetcheveryone.
LindsD Jan 2023 3:11pm, 12 Jan 2023 59,285 posts	Quote Pin LindsD
StuH Jan 2023 3:45pm, 12 Jan 2023 4,532 posts	Quote Pin StuH
Ally-C Jan 2023 3:54pm, 12 Jan 2023 2,935 posts	Quote Pin Ally-C Cheers, was searching for all one word!