Any Runners On Here??

[User169]

11 and under MUST run with a responsible adult. It is, of course, an insurance thing.

Clear! Cheers Simon - hope they don't mind if I beat her in the sprint finish!

 

[SimonJKH]

Nah, they're not SUPER anal about it. Our run director is always yelling at the kids to try and leave their adults for dead in the finish straight

 

[Ian A]

Thankyou!!

Appointment booked Wednesday 31st, first available date!!

So, I'll not be running my last 2 races of the year
('Man v Bike' - Sunday 28th & 'Auld Lang Syne' - Wednesday 31st)

And, to top it off, my new 'Fell Runners Association' handbook/race calendar arrived this morning. Talk about 'rubbing salt into wounds'!!

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Feel for you there. Best to rest and get better though rather than miss more races.

 

[Ian A]

If I could justify it, I'd buy the Hope R4 (comes with head-harness, bar-mounts & helmet-mount)
http://www.hopetech.com/product/r4-led/[/QUOTE]

I have a two LED model of Hope light which I bought a few years ago for cycling on country lanes in th edark. Setting two of four wa sbright enough. I did occasionally get confused ofr a motorbike with cars waiting to leave side roads when they saw me approaching until they realized I was too slow.

I thought this looked quite good and gets decent reviews.
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/run-light-id_8283426.html
Fine for trails, but I wonder, would it confuse drivers seeing a light coming towards them on the roads? Not sure I would like to risk it.

Not much of an issue I don't think. One of the guys from our club I was running with had I think the same Lenser model linked ot below and he ran to the park and home again on country roads with the headtorch on.

I have a LED Lenser H7; the one show is the newer model
http://www.ledlenser-store.co.uk/head-torches-c71/led-lenser-h7-2-led-head-torch-p962

Mines quite bright enough, even on hollow-way roads, under a tree canopy, on cloudy nights!

I bought it with this, as a double-pack, from 'Go Camping' (for its size, it's damned amazing!!)
http://www.ledlenser-store.co.uk/torches-c70/led-lenser-p3-afs-led-torch-p921

I've got a cheaper Lenser model which I think is pretty good but it was drowned out by a club mate with what I think is th emodle you linked to.I'll tkae mine out on my own. I'll be doing a race next year where I'll end up running some of Scafell Pike in the dark so want to make sure my light is up to the job. May get a better one and keep my current one a as a reserve. There is a a mandatory kit bag so the extra weight of a spare light won't be an issue.

 

[Mo1959]

Not much of an issue I don't think. One of the guys from our club I was running with had I think the same Lenser model linked ot below and he ran to the park and home again on country roads with the headtorch on.

I just wondered if a driver seeing a white light coming towards them is automatically going to presume it will be on the opposite side of the road until they are nearly on you? Maybe the running motion would be obvious, not sure?

 

[Ian A]

I just wondered if a driver seeing a white light coming towards them is automatically going to presume it will be on the opposite side of the road until they are nearly on you? Maybe the running motion would be obvious, not sure?

I think the light is generally pointing lower and if you are on the right hand side of the road facing oncoming traffic it would pretty much rule it out. Oodles of high vis and reflective gear helps too.

I'm impressed you were able to interpret my last post. I need to proof read before pressing "Post Reply" .

 

[GrumpyGregry]

We're off to Englandshire for Christmas. My daughter and I have registered with parkrun as there's a local one on Christmas Day.

One question for the experts. My daughter is nine and a competent runner, but the Q and A says that kids should be accompanied. I'll be running, but do I have to run alongside her or is it OK that I'm just there? I would expect her to run about 25m, so I don't suppose she'll be holding anyone up, but just wanted to check what the form is.

Tech-no-cally I think they are meant to be within arms reach... but no one apart from utter saddo nobbers whose PB is over 30 mins but think each parkrun is an olympic qualifying race, give a toss.

 

[User169]

Tech-no-cally I think they are meant to be within arms reach... but no one apart from utter saddo nobbers whose PB is over 30 mins but think each parkrun is an olympic qualifying race, give a toss.

Thanks. Might have a word with the organizers at the beginning just to gauge their strictness.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Tech-no-cally I think they are meant to be within arms reach... but no one apart from utter saddo nobbers whose PB is over 30 mins but think each parkrun is an olympic qualifying race, give a toss.

and please note to qualify as an utter saddo nobber your PB must be slower than 30 minutes AND you must treat parkrun like an olympic qualifier.

Because on Saturday a bloke about my age kicked off to our RD about the number of kids "running loose" and slowing him down, and getting in his way. T-W-A-T

 

[Ian A]

and please note to qualify as an utter saddo nobber your PB must be slower than 30 minutes AND you must treat parkrun like an olympic qualifier.

Because on Saturday a bloke about my age kicked off to our RD about the number of kids "running loose" and slowing him down, and getting in his way. T-W-A-T

Not sure how he would have coped when my sister occasionally ran her local park run with her pushchair containing small child. Oh wait, she would have beaten him .

Going back a few years the organisers of the first half marathon I ever did had a genius idea.They set the runners going and then a little later children set off on their own two mile taking in some of the same route. The children caught and passed the slowers runners (myself included) on a part of the course where there was plenty of room and got lots of encouragement from the adult runners on the way past. Everyone was happy.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Not sure how he would have coped when my sister occasionally ran her local park run with her pushchair containing small child. Oh wait, she would have beaten him .

it happens quite a lot at Pontefract

One lady used to run with pushchair & post a '22' - '23', but she was (nigh on a GB squad level) Triathlete, her husband could hit a 19:30 taking said pushchaiir round!

 

[smutchin]

I think it's great to see so many kids at my local parkrun but I do wish they would be more realistic about their times and not insist on being at the front at the start - they do get in the way sometimes (it's only a problem because we run on a fairly narrow path). I've thought about having a quiet word with the run director about it but have so far deemed it not quite enough of a problem to be worth being a grumpy old twat about.

 

[SimonJKH]

A very cold xmas park run this morning. Got around in 23:20 - again just a few seconds off my PB!

 

[Znook]

c6ºC this morning at our parkrun in Ormskirk. Quite a good turnout considering. Sorry to hear you didn't bag a PB today Simon, this happened to me last Saturday missing out by about 8 seconds.

Regarding the kids, smutchin, being an RD myself I'd ask the one at yours to get them to tell them during the pre-run briefing to keep to one side if that's possible (depends on path width at the start) or further back in the mix. We can only tackle runner concerns if we're told about them in the first place (unless it's an obvious issue.) If necessary send them an e-mail to their office at parkrun address if you don't have the time at the beginning of the run.

Enjoy the rest of the day guys, and get ready for Saturday morning :-)

 

[User169]

First Parkrun for me this morning.

The race director seemed pretty relaxed about kids - just asked that they be "looked after". It was my daughters first 5km, so I ran with her for 4km and then let her run on her own. She was happy with 23:15 and I finished in 22:34 (bang on marathon pace!).

It was great fun - 350 or so runners - but a bit upsetting to be overtaken by a turkey and a Christmas pudding.