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LindsD
LindsD
Feb 2018
5:18pm, 17 Feb 2018
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bunting
pedroscalls
pedroscalls
Feb 2018
5:33pm, 17 Feb 2018
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pedroscalls
Cheers. Well done LG too.
CumbriAndy
CumbriAndy
Feb 2018
5:58pm, 17 Feb 2018
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CumbriAndy
Made it to Bedfont Lakes this morning - thanks again for the tip. Apologies if I missed anybody.

Nice park and the people seemed friendly enough but it was very different being a tourist rather than a member of the core team - nothing to get involved in except the run. Also interesting to compare the two runs - by comparison to what I'm used to (Fell Foot - Lake District), the run was virtually flat, almost entirely free of mud and rather narrow in places. There was a very different demographic too - far fewer females and families than I'm used to and, based on the results, a different age profile. How does 21st place earn me top V50? Last week I was 8th (in a much smaller field) and finished 3rd V50. I think I should probably get out more and adjust my perception of what constitutes 'normal' :)
DocMoye
DocMoye
Feb 2018
6:01pm, 17 Feb 2018
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It’s one of the things I love about parkrun tourism, the demographic varies widely.
Curly45
Curly45
Feb 2018
6:22pm, 17 Feb 2018
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Curly45
Glad you enjoyed it CumbriAndy. Its a lovely park in Spring and Summer so hopefully today was a good representation. As a former landfill and gravel pit I love the fact it is now a park with various wildlife.

I particularly love the goats when they are around - I often see them when I run past late at night and they are chewing the rough trees near the fences :)

It is also very different from other local parkruns.

In other news, we are going to do Florence in early May. We are also spending two days in Geneva (neither a parkrun day though). If its nice we will probably go back to do the parkrun just over the border as very easy on the train!
LindsD
LindsD
Feb 2018
6:25pm, 17 Feb 2018
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LindsD
I have run round the lake where the parkrun is. It's really lovely :)
Maz Heeps
Maz Heeps
Feb 2018
7:13pm, 17 Feb 2018
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Maz Heeps
Couldn't convince the teenager in my life to get up at 630 for a 7am departure, so no Elgin tourism for us.

Maybe next season!!
pedroscalls
pedroscalls
Feb 2018
7:25pm, 17 Feb 2018
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pedroscalls
Only managed a draw anyway Maz,
Akie
Akie
Feb 2018
7:27pm, 17 Feb 2018
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Akie
Took me 26 parkruns but I finally fell over at one today. Very muddy course at Marple and my footwear wasn't really adequate so I slipped onto my back taking a corner. Great fun though!
Maz Heeps
Maz Heeps
Feb 2018
7:47pm, 17 Feb 2018
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Maz Heeps
(Oh we drove up in the afternoon for the match!)

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A discussion of all things parkrun.

Here's a wiki giving brief reviews of parkruns up and down the land:

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