Parkrun..

edisonolmy

slingerz wrote: »

The regional park in Ballincollig would be an option but i spose it was take from Macroom a bit which is a small enough parkrun already.

Ormeau, Victoria and Queen's are all within a couple of miles of each other in Belfast and they all have healthy numbers. Many runners alternate for a change of course and scenery or a different challenge.

Same with Falls and Waterworks.

robinph

It probably takes a while to get a good core group of people running parkruns in an area. But there are now four in and around Bristol, with two of them having started up only a week apart I think as well. For some unknown reason though the toughest course is still the busiest, runners are weird, but each is slightly different and I have different reasons for picking which one I'll go to each week. The addition of each new course hasn't really made much of a difference to the other events though, there may be a slight drop off in the first week as people go to claim a first event, but there are always new parkrunners appearing to run in the events.

slingerz

edisonolmy wrote: »

Ormeau, Victoria and Queen's are all within a couple of miles of each other in Belfast and they all have healthy numbers. Many runners alternate for a change of course and scenery or a different challenge.

Same with Falls and Waterworks.

Fair enough but I would imagine there is a larger population base there than in the surrounding areas of Macroom/Ballincollig

Joeseph Balls

slingerz wrote: »

Fair enough but I would imagine there is a larger population base there than in the surrounding areas of Macroom/Ballincollig

Just slightly:D

who_ru

opus wrote: »

I got in touch with Matt previously about one in Cork city but for some reason only a few people were interested. Lack of a location is one of the problems, the park out where the old dump was has been just about to open for over three years now and is still nowhere to be seen! Anyone remember the 5k race there back in '11?

As well the rep from the HSE seems to be looking for someone to provide funding so I wasn't too much use as I'm only representing myself instead of a company or body.

It's kind of incedible that there isn't a suitable location or park within cork city limits to hold a 5k run.

RonanP77

I'm really looking forward to my first taste of parkrun in Cootehill in a few weeks. I'm just coming back from yet another injury so I'll be taking it handy but there should be a good buzz about it.

aodea

Hey two quick questions.

does the same barcode work for differnt Parkruns or would i need a differnt one for each?

and planning on running Marley or Tymon tommorrow? would people have a prefrence?

Joeseph Balls

aodea wrote: »

Hey two quick questions.

does the same barcode work for differnt Parkruns or would i need a differnt one for each?

and planning on running Marley or Tymon tommorrow? would people have a prefrence?

Same one, it's like your ID for the runs, gathers all your info.

RonanP77

Do you have to print it out and wear it like a race number or could you get it laminated on a little card?

RayCun

RonanP77 wrote: »

Do you have to print it out and wear it like a race number or could you get it laminated on a little card?

you can get it laminated. there are also companies that will print it onto a keyring fob, or a wristband, for you.

RonanP77

RayCun wrote: »

you can get it laminated. there are also companies that will print it onto a keyring fob, or a wristband, for you.

That's great, I can get it laminated at work next week and see how that works out. I can see about getting a wristband after a while, cheers.

edisonolmy

aodea wrote: »

Hey two quick questions.

does the same barcode work for differnt Parkruns or would i need a differnt one for each?

and planning on running Marley or Tymon tommorrow? would people have a prefrence?

Tymon isn't as busy as Marlay, which gets about 500 runners every week. Tymon's course is quite quick as well.

edisonolmy

RonanP77 wrote: »

I'm really looking forward to my first taste of parkrun in Cootehill in a few weeks. I'm just coming back from yet another injury so I'll be taking it handy but there should be a good buzz about it.

I miss the Cootehill inaugural but hope to get along to the 2nd one. It looks like it'll be a picturesque course.

opus

slingerz wrote: »

The regional park in Ballincollig would be an option but i spose it was take from Macroom a bit which is a small enough parkrun already.

It would be very good I'd say, went through there recently & it's really been done up well. Location would be ok as well as I probably wouldn't bother with a parkrun that I had to drive to, Ballincollig is within cycling distance.

who_ru wrote: »

It's kind of incedible that there isn't a suitable location or park within cork city limits to hold a 5k run.

Open to suggestions

If anyone is interested in trying to get one off the ground fire me a pm & I'll send round another email & add you to the list.

RayCun

aodea wrote: »

and planning on running Marley or Tymon tommorrow? would people have a prefrence?

I'd recommend that people go to Tymon, because Marlay is getting ridiculously big (500?) while Tymon I think maxes out at 100, it would make sense to spread the runners more evenly between the races

Amigaman

let me also extend an invite to Griffeen ( the Friendly parkrun :-) ) just a hop skip and a jump down the M50 and N4 , or indeed Waterstown same directions just turn right instead of Left at the N4 :-)

edisonolmy

Is Griffeen before or after the toll?

robinph

edisonolmy wrote: »

Is Griffeen before or after the toll?

Depends where you are starting from?

Amigaman

http://goo.gl/maps/UG5s1

if you are going north on the M50 the turn off for the N4 west is BEFORE the tolls keep going west - Exit 4 is the Newcastle road ,turn left at top of off ramp - through the first roundabout to set of lights , turn left at lights 200m to roundabout turn right , 50 m to lynches lane entrance of Griffeen park - car parking available ( although it does fill up ) I'll be doing stopwatch ...drop over and say Hi :-)

who_ru

Amigaman wrote: »

let me also extend an invite to Griffeen ( the Friendly parkrun :-) ) just a hop skip and a jump down the M50 and N4 , or indeed Waterstown same directions just turn right instead of Left at the N4 :-)

I'd 2nd waterstown, lovely route and looking to attract more runners. Take a left at the lights in palmerstown (coming from n4 or m50), then left again and right after the Palmerstown house pub, entrance is into Stewart's leisure complex car park, there's a gate on the left there that leads down into the park.

Toblerone1978

Hi. Anyone know where you can get your barcode on wristbands. I googled it but wasn't fond of the results!

pointer28

Toblerone1978 wrote: »

Hi. Anyone know where you can get your barcode on wristbands. I googled it but wasn't fond of the results!

No idea, but with a pair of scissors, some sellotape and a bit of Blue Peter ingenuity you should be able to manage something yourself. Add some elastic and you would have a super job.

aodea

Ran tymon today. Really enjoyed it, very well organised. Didn't do myself justice had hard week of training and felt every bit in last 2kms were pace dropped horrifically. Will defo do again and will try to help volunteer, really amazing service to be offered.

RayCun

aodea wrote: »

Ran tymon today. Really enjoyed it, very well organised. Didn't do myself justice had hard week of training and felt every bit in last 2kms were pace dropped horrifically. Will defo do again and will try to help volunteer, really amazing service to be offered.

Last 2k in Tymon are tough, especially with the wind today

Rega

Toblerone1978 wrote: »

Hi. Anyone know where you can get your barcode on wristbands. I googled it but wasn't fond of the results!

http://www.parkrun-barcode.org.uk/parkrun-wristbands-ra3.aspx

I ordered one from here yesterday using parcel motel for delivery.

patob

Did Waterstown this morning. Fab location down by Liffey banks, 2 loop course goes out and turns almost under the M50 bridge. Never knew about this great park location in Palmerstown. Would recommend strongly. Numbers were a bit low compared to other Parkruns.

plodder

Did Kilkenny today. Lovely, but challenging course in the park attached to the castle. It's only their second week, but a great crowd. I'd say they'll get plenty of parkrun tourists given the location.

Amigaman

Toblerone1978 wrote: »

Hi. Anyone know where you can get your barcode on wristbands. I googled it but wasn't fond of the results!

well to the best of my knowledge there are these
http://www.parkrun-barcode.org.uk/parkrun-wristbands-ra3.aspx
and these
http://tenbits.co.za/home/product-category/parkrun-Wristbands/

I have the tenbits version , although last time i checked they didnt ship outside ZA

edisonolmy

Did Vicarstown inaugural yesterday. Of the 46 runners, all but 5 were taking part in their first ever parkrun.
Lovely course along the Grand Canal but quite tough. Entirely on grass and rain earlier in the week didn't help.
My slower time gives me an excuse to come back some day.
Really well organised too with a great, friendly team of volunteers.

edisonolmy

plodder wrote: »

Did Kilkenny today. Lovely, but challenging course in the park attached to the castle. It's only their second week, but a great crowd. I'd say they'll get plenty of parkrun tourists given the location.

Did they do the small lap first on Saturday? There was some talk of changing it after the inaugural event last weekend

edisonolmy

plodder wrote: »

Did Kilkenny today. Lovely, but challenging course in the park attached to the castle. It's only their second week, but a great crowd. I'd say they'll get plenty of parkrun tourists given the location.

Did they do the small lap first on Saturday? There was some talk of changing it after the inaugural event last weekend

66_Lad

edisonolmy wrote: »

Did they do the small lap first on Saturday? There was some talk of changing it after the inaugural event last weekend

No, 2 of the bigger laps first and then the smaller one to finish. Got nice muddy legs by the end!

edisonolmy

66_Lad wrote: »

No, 2 of the bigger laps first and then the smaller one to finish. Got nice muddy legs by the end!

That climb at the end of each lap gets more difficult each time

edisonolmy

66_Lad wrote: »

No, 2 of the bigger laps first and then the smaller one to finish. Got nice muddy legs by the end!

That climb at the end of each lap gets more difficult each time

woody1

finally got around to running the castlebar parkrun this weekend, thankfully the rain blew away just as we started and it was a fine morning for it, nice run , apart from the one hill really, will have to go back soon to give it a right lash..

eliwallach

Two major cock-ups with the results on consecutive weeks at Macroom Parkrun. One guy who had been trying to break 25 mins since Macroom Parkrun started finally managed it in one of these weeks but no record of it for him.
Things are slipping.

robinph

Demand a refund immediately.

cullenswood

eliwallach wrote: »

Two major cock-ups with the results on consecutive weeks at Macroom Parkrun. One guy who had been trying to break 25 mins since Macroom Parkrun started finally managed it in one of these weeks but no record of it for him.
Things are slipping.

Dock the race organisers a weeks wages on the back of this

eliwallach

robinph wrote: »

Demand a refund immediately.

Not the point.
Do it properly or don't do it at all.

adrian522

eliwallach wrote: »

Not the point.
Do it properly or don't do it at all.

Best way to resolve this is to volunteer your self and help improve things.

robinph

... or volunteer.

If they had the finish token but no time, then it's probably possible for them to query it with the events team. They will have scans of the finish tokens and it will probably show everyone else behind 25 minutes out of sequence a bit. Ask for them to have a look at the data and they may then spot the problem.

There is lots of chances for errors to creep into the data, like scanning the position token before the athlete ID...or I sometimes hand them my Tesco Clubcard instead. Do they have two timers on the finish line? Do you hear them checking that the timers and position token person are in sync with ear other regularly?

eliwallach

adrian522 wrote: »

Best way to resolve this is to volunteer your self and help improve things.

Ironically, I did volunteer for week 1 of cock-up, but was told things were "under control" and my services weren't required, so, quite clearly that isn't the best way to resolve this.

plodder

eliwallach wrote: »

Ironically, I did volunteer for week 1 of cock-up, but was told things were "under control" and my services weren't required, so, quite clearly that isn't the best way to resolve this.

in fairness, one runner missing from the results is hardly a major cock-up. Usually, an email to the event afterwards with some information about where the runner finished - who they were behind etc. can resolve a problem like this.

Did you volunteer in advance? They can actually be full up some weeks, and not need anyone else. Most events like to have the roster sorted the earlier the better in the week.

belcarra

If the person knows they went sub 25 on their garmin/stopwatch then surely that's good enough for them?
The Parkrun times are never exact anyways as it's a mass start and the finish chute timer could be out by a few seconds due to human error.
If the person is eager for an officially timed sub 25 then perhaps it's time to do a paid race with starting and finishing mats where these things should be guaranteed as opposed to a volunteer-led initiative that are providing a great service for free?

Anyways, if he has now gone sub 25 the chances are he will go even quicker next time out and hopefully there will be no timing errors by then.:)

MaggotBrain

Clarisford Parkrun is starting on October 25th. Out in Killaloe, would be near enough for Limerick City.

adrian522

eliwallach wrote: »

Ironically, I did volunteer for week 1 of cock-up, but was told things were "under control" and my services weren't required, so, quite clearly that isn't the best way to resolve this.

So your solution is what? Not bother doing parkruns at all? Personally I'm glad they are there even if they are not always perfect.

Skid X

According to their Facebook page there was a equipment malfunction, and nobody's barcode was correctly scanned.

It's unfortunate, but sometimes things go wrong. If you contact them they should be able to confirm your friend's finish time.

Finnt

MaggotBrain wrote: »

Clarisford Parkrun is starting on October 25th. Out in Killaloe, would be near enough for Limerick City.

I wonder will 4 laps of clarisford get a bit congested?

MaggotBrain

Finnt wrote: »

I wonder will 4 laps of clarisford get a bit congested?

I was never out there, looks like laps around a few football pitches. Thinking of volunteering anyway, finger's crossed the park run is successful badly needed around here.

plodder

Skid X wrote: »

According to their Facebook page there was a equipment malfunction, and nobody's barcode was correctly scanned.

It's unfortunate, but sometimes things go wrong. If you contact them they should be able to confirm your friend's finish time.

That is unfortunate, but they seem to be doing everything they can to fix it.