Parkrun Ireland

Krusty_Clown

slingerz wrote: »

I was only really using them as examples but even places like Killarney/Tralee could do with having one. It would nice to be able to be a parkrun tourist in ireland without having to go almost predomantly to dublin

The problem is, it's not a case of locating them 'where they are needed', but rather 'where there are volunteers willing to set one up and maintain it'. There is no logic to where the next one will be, only a determined set of people willing to step up to the plate. I'd love to have one in my local park (which would be an ideal setting), but I know that for that to happen, I'll have to get off my ar$e and do something about it.

snailsong

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I'm well aware how a parkrun gets setup what im saying above is that it is disappointing that we dont have more of them around the country. I'm sure a weekend away in Killarney, Ennis etc. would be a little more attractive to regular parkrunners if they're was a parkrun in that town

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Any and all parkrun tourists are very welcome in Westport. We have a lovely friendly parkrun community, numbers varying from 40 to 100. You might be able to win with 19:30 but Ultrapercy holds the record at 16:00. We also have U14 girls who can run sub 20!

This weekend I'm the run director so it'll be even better than ever:).

slingerz

snailsong wrote: »

Any and all parkrun tourists are very welcome in Westport. We have a lovely friendly parkrun community, numbers varying from 40 to 100. You might be able to win with 19:30 but Ultrapercy holds the record at 16:00. We also have U14 girls who can run sub 20!

This weekend I'm the run director so it'll be even better than ever:).

One of the selling points of the parkruns in Westport, Macroom, Clonakilty etc.

Thats great running from those U14 girls you may be nuturing the stars of the future right there!

I have found the smaller parkruns that i have done in Clonakilty and Macroom to have a real community spirit especially among the regulars and its a great thing to have in the smaller more regional towns

Best of luck with being run director this weekend. I'm a volunteer timekeeper at one this Saturday myself!

robinph

Sorry for the temporary intermission whilst I tidied up the thread.

Now back to talking about parkrun please.

opus

Amigaman wrote: »

As Always if you want to help or register interest in an area that currently does not have a parkrun or indeed if you wish to start a parkrun in your locale the person to talk to is Matt Shields parkrun coordinator for Ireland ( matt@parkrun.com )mail him hes a great guy :-)

I did just that to gauge what the interest was in Cork city for one. Two others had been in touch with asking the same thing. If anyone is interested fire me a PM with your email address & I'll add you to the list.

Only thing is I'm off on holidays on Sat so won't be checking email too often 'til I get back towards the end of July.

Amigaman

Good luck with getting a parkrun in Cork City off the ground - Seeing as there are 2 already up and running in Cork County , I hope you find the kernal of support needed to make an event a success , and a success I'm sure it will be ,to quote Kevin Costner " If you build it they will come " :-) and kudos on the months hols ...sweet :-)

slingerz

opus wrote: »

I did just that to gauge what the interest was in Cork city for one. Two others had been in touch with asking the same thing. If anyone is interested fire me a PM with your email address & I'll add you to the list.

Only thing is I'm off on holidays on Sat so won't be checking email too often 'til I get back towards the end of July.

Would be great to have another parkrun in Cork!:)