Let's talk about inaugural parkruns after they've happened.
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Jan 2020
4:10pm, 27 Jan 2020
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BexleyKev
The thing is that some only see members of the group as being a 'tourist' a point that this person made quite clear. The intent was to have a record of all those visiting rather than only those wearing the insignia and the idea came from the ED rather than from the group ( of which I was a member at the time ).
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Jan 2020
4:11pm, 27 Jan 2020
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blindcider
That point is lost on many people within that group monsenb1. I can't say what i really think about a lot of members of that group because i'll get in trouble again and I am sure there are people in that group who are decent but I haven't met them yet ;P |
Jan 2020
4:42pm, 27 Jan 2020
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monsenb1
blindcider, I am one of them, and at least a few people on Fetch can vouch for decent I am (I hope) Just would say we are not all the same.
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Jan 2020
4:46pm, 27 Jan 2020
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blindcider
I'm sure you aren't and I am deliberately being a bit provocative (mainly because I know the parkrun threads get read by non-fetchies). If you are ever in the Southwest get yourself to somerdale and say "hi"
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Jan 2020
4:49pm, 27 Jan 2020
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flanker
You're just about passable and have one of the best courses in the country I guess I technically I count as a tourist as I seemed to have gathered well over a 100 venues, but have never got the cowl as a) I don't like the look of it and I have loads of nice buffs, b) I'm quite happy to be left alone, and c) it seems pedantically managed and a bit cliquey. However I know a lot of very nice people who do wear one |
Jan 2020
5:08pm, 27 Jan 2020
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chunkywizard
ditto flanker
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Jan 2020
5:13pm, 27 Jan 2020
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HellsBells
Part of the reason the reputation continues is that we are much more likely to recall occasions where we have had a strong reaction, either positive or negative, to a situation. Thus the many, many times cowl wearing tourists have visited our parkrun and been perfectly pleasant are recalled dimly, if at all, but the 2 occasions I have been given “feedback” by Uber tourists is remembered in every detail and thus the myth is perpetuated
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Jan 2020
6:25pm, 27 Jan 2020
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Ally-C
Googled Cowl, why do you need a cowl ? Do most RDs not ask who are visitors and you put yer hand up? I’ve just took advantage of Scotrail having a £17 between any two train stations in Scotland & bought tickets to do Thurso Parkrun😀 |
Jan 2020
6:34pm, 27 Jan 2020
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option_Richard
"You might want to drill some holes just here, here and here in the paving to put your funnel posts into"; nice criminal damage charge there! The app is very useful, but not everyone has a suitably up-to-date smartphone, & even if they do, there are issues with it not scanning on some phones. |
Jan 2020
6:50pm, 27 Jan 2020
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Sam Jelfs
Going back a few pages - I know one of the guys involved in setting up Eindhoven parkrun. Unfortunately we're away at a trail race their inaugural weekend, but I shall have to get along when I'm fit enough.
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