Question about parkrun culture
I attended my first parkrun this morning as a volunteer to get a feel for the vibe of the event. I’m American so my first time hearing about parkrun was from the NSM book, and I discovered there’s one in my city (yay!!). I had fun volunteering and definitely will volunteer again and plan to use the parkrun as a time trial this summer.
However, I was talking to one of the other volunteers and asked if some people go all out in these, and he emphasized that this is not a race and seemed to imply that the people who show up with carbon plated shoes are going against the spirit of the parkrun. So my question is, will i get clowned on if I show up in my carbon plated shoes trying to break 18 minutes? Is that disrespectful to parkrun culture? For what it’s worth, the race director seemed to have the mindset that any pace and effort is encouraged