Any Runners On Here??

[smutchin]

My oldest pair of running shoes is about two and a half years old but they still have plenty of tread left so I'll continue to use them (not that I've done much running lately).

Hoping to do parkrun tomorrow for the first time in months. My ankle is still a bit sore but I really need to get back into it cos I'm feeling very unfit.

Just a quick question re. Parkrun ?

How are they timed ?
I understand you require your 'barcode' is this scanned at start & finish ?

Further to what Simon said, you have one person clicking the stopwatch at the finish, and one person giving out finishing place tokens. Another person scans your personal barcode and the finishing place token, which associates you with your finishing place on the database, then later (usually the same day) they upload the times from the stopwatch and match them up to runners. It's an ingenious system and works remarkably smoothly (except on the surprisingly rare occasions when the tech plays up).

 

[GrumpyGregry]

As Simon says, & if you forget your own barcode token, you are marked down in the results as 'Unknown'

Some parkruns will take a note of your name and time (from your own source e.g. GPS watch or smartphone) on a clipboard near the scanning point so you can still be logged if you've forgotten or lost your barcode. Guess it depends on the volunteers,

 

[smutchin]

Some parkruns will take a note of your name and time (from your own source e.g. GPS watch or smartphone) on a clipboard near the scanning point so you can still be logged if you've forgotten or lost your barcode. Guess it depends on the volunteers,

They used to do this at Whitstable but they've had directives from head office to be more strict. I would imagine it's more of a problem at the really big events - matching up runners manually is a lot of extra work.

#DFYB!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Most regulars at the ParkRuns, well, at the 2 I attend (& I'll guess it's a fairly similar situation elsewhere??) use these

It saves the printed code getting soggy, or the scanner failing to read it through a creased/cloudy laminated pounch

http://www.parkrun-barcode.org.uk/parkrun-barcodes-ra1.aspx

 

[stephec]

Thanks everyone, there's a bit of life left in my shoes yet then.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Thanks everyone, there's a bit of life left in my shoes yet then.

Just to add a bit more information;

- I'm about 10 stone (+/- a pound or so, over the course of the year)
- My monthly average mileage is 170

 

[smutchin]

Made it out to parkrun this morning. 23.12, which I'm reasonably happy with. Really shouldn't be averaging HR of 174bpm at that pace though - shows how out of shape I am. It really felt like hard work, even though conditions were perfect for running - cool, dry, no wind. Did muster up a sprint finish though when I heard a chap breathing hard down my neck on the final straight - managed to hold him off. Hit a max HR of 191bpm. Lucky I didn't have a stroke. Ankle seems to have held up well.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

They used to do this at Whitstable but they've had directives from head office to be more strict. I would imagine it's more of a problem at the really big events - matching up runners manually is a lot of extra work.

#DFYB!

Yer- nowt nips my sac, "club event"-wise, more than people taking the pish out of volunteer time.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

It was pacer week at Horsham. I paced 35 mins to help some of the folk from our club's most recent learn-to-run work towards a PB. Thanks to Mr Garmin and Ms Strava I paced it at 34:45 and several folk in front of me got PB's.

Was happy to go slow as I'm racing tomorrow - though my plan still only 6:30ish per km, really I'm just "racing to train" and supporting a local event - confident I'll come in last.

 

[stephec]

Just to add a bit more information;

- I'm about 10 stone (+/- a pound or so, over the course of the year)
- My monthly average mileage is 170

Thanks Richard, I didn't really think about the weight thing as well.

I was 13 stone when I started, now down to 12 1/2, although I don't have a lot of fat on me at that.

I don't do a lot at the moment though, half an hour of run/walking three times a week, so I should have a good few months before I need new ones.

 

[rich p]

Did muster up a sprint finish though when I heard a chap breathing hard down my neck on the final straight - managed to hold him off

That was the grim reaper Smutch

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Last place confidence was misplaced. Cycle over to the start. Said hello to a few I recognised from Parkrun, and a few club members who knew me from four years ago in my fun run league days nodded meaningfully in my direction. We were gathered on a cricket pitch in rural West Sussex to remember Alfie Shrubb

Started at the back, passed quite a few and didn't get past myself. Always good for the ego that. My self-determined goal of "get round uninjured in 50 mins" was almost ruined when I slipped off the stile on lap one, yes we were warned it was slippery, grazing my left shin, but it was definitely a "run it off" injury. I then caught one of our proper club vets, in his 70's, real old school, runs with a stopwatch in hand and figures his splits in his head, and stuck with him uphill and down dale until 2k to go when I upped my cadence and thus passed him and a few more. 46:25 by my watch, and ran well within myself, tumbles off stiles excepting. Not bad for a fat lad.

Rode home the long way by way of a cool down.

EDIT 46:21 officially. 81st out of 112 finishers, and finished in front of several club members who I regard as better runners than me.

 

[User169]

Start of the XC season today. My daughter is a fanatic XC runner, so I went along to a local race with her. Everyone belts off together, but she ran one 3km loop and I ran three. Very enjoyable!

 

[Ian A]

Around ten miles over Baildon Moor this morning. Got a bit in the legs, leaving the two guys i ran with on the hills. Admittedly one is 64 and just coming back from injury and the other had a new baby (or his wife did!) ten weeks ago and hasn't been running or sleeping but I'll take what I can get

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Circumnavigating Baildon Moor, for myself on 15th November as you know...........

Around ten miles over Baildon Moor this morning.

I'll be up there myself, on 15th November as you know