Parkrun

parkrun is a great concept and keeps getting more and more popular. There was just one near me at the start of 2015, there are loads now. It got me into running and I did my first 5k just over 2 years ago. I've done 71 now and completed my 5th Marathon last week. I haven't been getting there as much lately as the wife started working Saturday am. I do miss it.

Your son sounds like he has a talent for running and will smash sub 20 soon.

He did break 20 minutes today 19.23
 
I'm surprised it's taken this long, I'd have thought you can socially distance quite easily, it's outside, you don't need to touch anyone.
My wife does these, I occasionally wait for her at the end. There is very little distancing going on prior to the race, at the beginning of the race and at the end of it. Way too many people running and bunching to separate them. Maybe they are just going on being outdoors and the fact that doesn't seem to be the way it is transmitted.
 
My wife does these, I occasionally wait for her at the end. There is very little distancing going on prior to the race, at the beginning of the race and at the end of it. Way too many people running and bunching to separate them. Maybe they are just going on being outdoors and the fact that doesn't seem to be the way it is transmitted.
Well given that football has been back for over a month where you have contact with strangers, I don't see Parkrun as being any worse than that. As long as people are aware to stand apart at the beginning and end, try not to bump into anyone as you start the race.
 
Well given that football has been back for over a month where you have contact with strangers, I don't see Parkrun as being any worse than that. As long as people are aware to stand apart at the beginning and end, try not to bump into anyone as you start the race.
The numbers are entirely different though. As you mention, there could be 200 runners in a race, all hanging around at the start, all getting together for when they set off. Very different to 22 players spread across a pitch. 200 people standing 2m apart is unlikely to happen in reality and would need a heck of a space.

As I mention, they may just be going on the being outside doesn't transmit approach
 
Just in time for winter when my local Parkrun is a mud swamp! Great! :LOL:
Ours too. Short of running in footy boots, it all gets a bit slidey when I pour on the power (!!).
Im curious whether a summer of cycling rather than running will have strengthened my sparrows legs sufficiently to improve my uphill form...
 
The numbers are entirely different though. As you mention, there could be 200 runners in a race, all hanging around at the start, all getting together for when they set off. Very different to 22 players spread across a pitch. 200 people standing 2m apart is unlikely to happen in reality and would need a heck of a space.

As I mention, they may just be going on the being outside doesn't transmit approach
This seems to be the view on a lot of things, which is why I was surprised Parkrun wasn't back sooner. In football we're not allowed to use the changing rooms (indoors) but we're allowed to go out and bash heads with strangers. In a game of football you would make contact with probably at least 6 other people on average. In a Parkrun I would generally managed to turn up, run and go home without contacting anyone. Maybe on a tight course as you say you might brush against someone at the beginning but that's it. They do give you a little tag to scan at the end, these just need to all be disinfected and so on.
 
Ours too. Short of running in footy boots, it all gets a bit slidey when I pour on the power (!!).
Im curious whether a summer of cycling rather than running will have strengthened my sparrows legs sufficiently to improve my uphill form...
Last winter ours was so muddy down one corner they had to change the route to avoid it - unfortunately the new route sent you further uphill where it was almost as muddy in parts anyway. I only ran it like that once since I only go infrequently, but it nearly killed me, I was a good 3 minutes slower than my better times.
 
The numbers are entirely different though. As you mention, there could be 200 runners in a race, all hanging around at the start, all getting together for when they set off. Very different to 22 players spread across a pitch. 200 people standing 2m apart is unlikely to happen in reality and would need a heck of a space.

As I mention, they may just be going on the being outside doesn't transmit approach
The only specific reference to risk suggests that they believe that the risk to health from not performing regular exercise outweighs the risk of covid.
 
Last winter ours was so muddy down one corner they had to change the route to avoid it - unfortunately the new route sent you further uphill where it was almost as muddy in parts anyway. I only ran it like that once since I only go infrequently, but it nearly killed me, I was a good 3 minutes slower than my better times.
Lol.
Ours is sometimes rerouted to avoid some very large cows.
There's something very school cross country about ours - nasty hills and a variety of unpleasant surfaces.
I sometimes wonder how much quicker a 5k around a track would be, but that's not really the point of the exercise.
 
I love parkrun but I can’t see it happening.

My local is Bushy with 1200 to 1600 runners each week. If you just hold smaller ones those runners are in Richmond, Crane, Nonsuch, ... they don’t go away, they go elsewhere. No proper track and trace possible, and other park users are affected.
It’s not a small event, it’s a hundred thousand people event, just in multiple locations at the same time.You see 4balls that are supposed to be distancing standing close together, a start line in parkrun is a multitude of that.
 
Lol.
Ours is sometimes rerouted to avoid some very large cows.
There's something very school cross country about ours - nasty hills and a variety of unpleasant surfaces.
I sometimes wonder how much quicker a 5k around a track would be, but that's not really the point of the exercise.
Definitely makes a difference - a mate of mine is a keen runner (as in, he actually enjoys running like some sort of lunatic) and normally runs Harrow Parkrun which is mostly on a concrete path round the perimeter of a park. Sometimes he comes to my local one, which is all on grass (or mud) and a touch more hilly, and he says he's a good 2 minutes slower on average.
 
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