r/parkrun

parkrun was basically how i got into running after c25k, so it feels a bit funny using the same 5k as part of first marathon training now. This week i've got a longer run planned after parkrun, probably 8-ish miles total if my legs behave. Small loop, big feelings. I might be wrong but running the 5k by feel instead of looking at pace seems to stop me turning it into a race every Saturday. Anyone else using parkrun for marathon prep, like steady miles, warm-up sandwich or a little progress check?

Wondering what the feasibility of getting to Medina I.O.W parkrun in the morning before, is there a ferry where there is good time to get there ready to run?

Hiya,

I'll be heading down to Brighton at the end of the month, for Nick Cave and was hoping to fit this in as well. Does anyone know if it still runs when there's been events on in Preston Park, or is the route blocked off?

Belfast was doing that lovely sideways wind thing this morning, and i somehow went out like I was in shape. By 3k I was bargaining with myself beside a hedge.

Small drama, obviously.

For those of you running fairly exposed courses, do you back off early and save a bit, or just accept the splits are going to look daft? I’m mostly a hiker who turns up for the odd 10k when the weather’s not being rude, so pacing a flat 5k still feels weirdly easy to ruin.

Myself and my fiancé are getting married in August this year, and parkrun has played a big role in our relationship. For our wedding reception, the table names will be named after some of the parkrun we have completed together.

We’re trying to complete a map of these parkruns to display at the reception, but using google maps in a visually appealing way is finding difficult and ChatGPT is getting confused, does anyone have any suggestions on how to do it?? Or even make one for us?

I did bushy yesterday. Nearly 2000 participants and it was amazing. I ran the first 4km in the top 150 and even with being near the front I was not prepared for the amount of dust in the first KM.

It was an absolute spectacle but I couldn't imagine how much there was in the middle of the pack.

Just something to note if you're planning a visit over summer. Take some water for the end.

I overtook a man running with his daughter today. It was at the 3k mark. She was about 11 years old and struggling for breath and practically in tears. I asked if she was ok and he said she's fine she just needs to get used to it.

He kept telling her to keep going etc

It was really hot out there today and I was by the funnel when they came in and she was wheezing. I said well done to her and he just said she slowed him down.

Can't stand pushy parents at parkrun. If I see him doing that again I'll push him in the stinging nettles.

Launching end of August.

Checks Skyscanner

Having just been a first timer at the Lost Gardens of Heligan (Cornwall, UK, v pretty) with 130m elevation - I’m curious what the route with the most climbing is? LGOH felt like bloody mountain climbing for this midlander, but I’m sure there are hillier routes out there!

I ran my first parkrun today and I've got the bug! I'm planning on a different location next week and then I would be keen to get stuck in with volunteering, ideally as a marshall to start. Can I just register my interest on the app and choose my position? My name or face wouldn't be known to anyone yet as I've only done one....

Today I progressed toward 11 challenges with my run and I was really surprised as it's a lot more than I normally do in one day. Just wondering how many is possible or how many anyone else has managed to progress on?

Let everyone know how your parkrun went - where did you go? Any PB's or milestones?

Post it all below in this week's weekly thread.

I haven’t been to parkrun in 7 years, used to bring my printed barcode every week without fail back then, but I sort of assumed that it would now be fine to scan on the app on your phone nowadays (and someone I asked said phone was fine). I downloaded the app and saw it had a barcode page so thought that was that and I didn’t need to print anything, but I just checked the course page and it says “No barcode; no scan” still and now I’m worried I really do actually need a physical barcode…?! Reassurance please? I’m in the UK if that makes any difference?

I understand the health and safety aspect so I can write down my ICE on a bit of paper and put it somewhere on my person 😅 erp!

Laid in bed this morning around 7am, I was searching through the map to decide where to head this morning. Oddly, I noticed a pin at Southwell and thought; "hang on, Southwell doesn't have a parkrun!"

Turns out today was their inaugural event, so I jumped in the car and headed over.

There was a great atmosphere on site today, everyone celebrating finally getting the event off the ground. I've never seen so many marshalls in one place!

The course starts in the Nottingham Trent University campus, which appears to be an old stately home/park site, before heading out over farm tracks. It's a bit of an odd route with 3 spurs, but has some nice scenery and it felt relatively short (although distance was correct). The final section brings you through a traily woody section before finishing on the lawn outside the main building.

There was only really 1 complication; a gate that wasn't fully open on the first section of the course meant we all had to slow to a walk and go single file, but the efforts of the volunteers and atmosphere on site more than made up for this.

So if you're in Nottinghamshire soon, make sure to check it out.

I'm new to parkrun and I want to order an Ultraband because I don't like running with my phone. However, when I try to add it to my basket it comes up with a message "the name registered to the parkrun ID entered doesn't match the name provided". It's definitely all correct because I've gone over it again and again; and I'm hesitant to proceed anyway just in case my data doesn't track properly. Has anyone else experienced this and have a solution?

How do the people you live with (partner, wife/husband, kids...) react towards you doing parkruns?

- understanding?

- not understand it, complain, ridicule it?

- also parkrunning?

My partner complained I would wake him up on Saturday mornings (solution: we sleep separately that night).

This weekend we are seeing family in a different country, a perfect opportunity to work on my "namely" challenge (and a few others, too). He scheduled a meetup with family members so that it's nearly impossible for me to attend the parkrun :( He suggested we could go running the day before "so that you get your 5k".

My partner always wished I would be more into sports, now that I am, he says it's the worst possible version of it.