Let's talk about inaugural parkruns after they've happened.

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Dvorak
Dvorak
Jun 2017
11:29pm, 8 Jun 2017
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Was at a meeting for a potential new park run tonight. I'm not really a meetings person. I guess they are necessary but ...

Actually, I'm not even sure about that. There's quite a few people here started up parkruns, did you have lots of group meetings on the way? Or did the ED and maybe one or two others do the spadework and anyone else on the core team just do the actual event day stuff?
mrs shanksi
mrs shanksi
Jun 2017
11:35pm, 8 Jun 2017
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mrs shanksi
I think we had 2 meetings then set up a what's app group.
becca7
becca7
Jun 2017
10:54am, 9 Jun 2017
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As I recall the donkey work was done by the EDs and the parkrun ambassadors. We didn't have a core team meeting in advance - we had a Facebook group.
Hunkyteddy
Hunkyteddy
Jun 2017
4:39pm, 11 Jun 2017
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Good to see Billericay starting in a few weeks. Hopefully it will take a bit of the strain off of Chelmsford. Mind you, I said that when Great Notley started!
tonyp2604
tonyp2604
Jun 2017
11:20am, 12 Jun 2017
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Does anyone know how long it takes Fetch to add a new parkrun to the race finder? Pitchcroft started on Saturday but it's not listed. I didn't run on Saturday (volunteered) but hopefully will be doing the next one.
CumbriAndy
CumbriAndy
Jun 2017
12:34pm, 12 Jun 2017
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I asked this of Fetch when Lancaster started last year. If I recall correctly, they find there way on about Tuesday/Wednesday following the inaugural - it's all to do with the low profile policy that parkrun has for the first runs.
westmoors
westmoors
Jun 2017
1:11pm, 12 Jun 2017
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westmoors
Upton House parkrun appeared in the race finder mid week after its inaugural.
tonyp2604
tonyp2604
Jun 2017
3:03pm, 12 Jun 2017
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tonyp2604
Thanks folks!
mole_thing
mole_thing
Jun 2017
12:36pm, 13 Jun 2017
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mole_thing
South Norwood 08/07: parkrun.org.uk
mole_thing
mole_thing
Jun 2017
3:05pm, 13 Jun 2017
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mole_thing
A couple for the longer term list:

Bracklesham & Witterings

Amersham

About This Thread

Maintained by sLickster
There may be an inaugural parkrun happening near you. Best to check with the local parkrun volunteers to see if they want you to know about it or not.

Otherwise there are plenty of already established parkruns to go to in the UK and abroad, see: parkrun.org.uk

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