Everything will have its price with the Sussexes
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Everything will have its price with the Sussexes
Probably Philippe........lovely bloke.
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
Jesus CHRIST.
I just don't know what to say, other than there is no chance I would do such a thing in January! May-September, perhaps. 
I think there's more chance of me entering Meghan Markle now...
A hot, flat and slightly boring race sounds fine to me. I'll be doing another 10k in Toronto 2 weeks later which is nearly always baking hot, despite starting at 7:30am.
In the meantime, I've just signed up for this:
https://reliefrun.com.au/
I was already planning on running 19k on Sunday, so I thought I'd add an extra couple of km and donate to a worthy cause.
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Have ran with him a few times, we attempted the SDW100 for the first time the same year (he finished, I failed). Absolutely smashing fella....not the quickest runner but hard as nails, just keeps going.
Just downloaded the 5k parkrunner App. It’s full of useful and useless stats which should keep any parkrun geek happy for hours!
This is the future - no more discussion about SBs, PBs and AGs or even alphabets- who is closest to completing the Pirate Challenge? Have you managed the Groundhog day challenge? Can [MENTION=15605]knocky1[/MENTION] set up a table to capture all of this data?
My overall completion is 67% and I can proudly say I have completed stopwatch bingo! My bet is @GNT is leading!!!
This is the future - no more discussion about SBs, PBs and AGs or even alphabets- who is closest to completing the Pirate Challenge? Have you managed the Groundhog day challenge? Can [MENTION=15605]knocky1[/MENTION] set up a table to capture all of this data?
My overall completion is 67% and I can proudly say I have completed stopwatch bingo! My bet is @GNT is leading!!!
[MENTION=67]Curious Orange[/MENTION] is grand table designer, I’m just the monkey. We could ask him to stop marathon training and design a NSC running App subject to Bozza’s and PB’s agreement!
To allow you all to play I’ve listed the Badges. Not sure how few I have yet but will work on it whilst watching Pope and Stokes
TouristTourist - Run at 20+ different parkrun locations anywhere in the world
Cowell ClubCowell Club - Run at 100+ different parkrun locations anywhere in the world. Named after the first parkrunners to complete it. A quarter cowell is available at 25, half at 50, and three-quarter at 75.
AlphabeteerAlphabeteer - Run at parkrun locations starting with each letter of the English alphabet (except X).
Single-TonSingle-Ton - Run 100+ parkruns at the same location.
Double-TonDouble-Ton - Run 200+ parkruns at the same location.
Stopwatch BingoStopwatch Bingo - Collect all the seconds from 00 to 59 in your finishing times.
Pirates!Pirates! - Run seven Cs and an R (say it out loud).
Stayin' AliveStayin’ Alive - Run three Bees and three Gees.
Compass ClubCompass Club - Run at a parkrun named after each of the four compass points.
The Full PontyThe Full Ponty - Run at all the parkruns named ponty… or ponte…
Bushy PilgrimageBushy Pilgrimage - Run at Bushy parkrun, where it all began.
Christmas DayChristmas Day - Run a parkrun on the 25th of December.
NYD DoubleNYD Double - Run two parkruns on one New Year’s Day.
Groundhog DayGroundhog Day - Finish with the same time at the same parkrun location on two consecutive parkruns.
All Weather RunnerAll Weather Runner - Run in each month of the year.
Bronze Level ObsessiveBronze Level Obsessive - Run 30+ parkruns in one calendar year.
Silver Level ObsessiveSilver Level Obsessive - Run 40+ parkruns in one calendar year.
Gold Level ObsessiveGold Level Obsessive -
To allow you all to play I’ve listed the Badges. Not sure how few I have yet but will work on it whilst watching Pope and Stokes
TouristTourist - Run at 20+ different parkrun locations anywhere in the world
Cowell ClubCowell Club - Run at 100+ different parkrun locations anywhere in the world. Named after the first parkrunners to complete it. A quarter cowell is available at 25, half at 50, and three-quarter at 75.
AlphabeteerAlphabeteer - Run at parkrun locations starting with each letter of the English alphabet (except X).
Single-TonSingle-Ton - Run 100+ parkruns at the same location.
Double-TonDouble-Ton - Run 200+ parkruns at the same location.
Stopwatch BingoStopwatch Bingo - Collect all the seconds from 00 to 59 in your finishing times.
Pirates!Pirates! - Run seven Cs and an R (say it out loud).
Stayin' AliveStayin’ Alive - Run three Bees and three Gees.
Compass ClubCompass Club - Run at a parkrun named after each of the four compass points.
The Full PontyThe Full Ponty - Run at all the parkruns named ponty… or ponte…
Bushy PilgrimageBushy Pilgrimage - Run at Bushy parkrun, where it all began.
Christmas DayChristmas Day - Run a parkrun on the 25th of December.
NYD DoubleNYD Double - Run two parkruns on one New Year’s Day.
Groundhog DayGroundhog Day - Finish with the same time at the same parkrun location on two consecutive parkruns.
All Weather RunnerAll Weather Runner - Run in each month of the year.
Bronze Level ObsessiveBronze Level Obsessive - Run 30+ parkruns in one calendar year.
Silver Level ObsessiveSilver Level Obsessive - Run 40+ parkruns in one calendar year.
Gold Level ObsessiveGold Level Obsessive -
Garry Nelson's teacher
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This is great stuff! I'm nowhere near a clean sweep of the slate. I've got a few of them - the Silver (I seem to specialise in silvers!), the Tourist, the Christmas and New Years Day ones and the All weather. Funnily enough I plan to do Bushy this year. I'm well on the way to the alphabet but probably won't do it in full. (I've just this minute arranged a trip which should net me a 'V'.)
As Mrs GNT has done the Groundhog one, I'll claim that as well! Bloody hell, I'm a sad git.
Now, back to the cricket...…………….
Garry Nelson's teacher
Well-known member
As a (fellow) sufferer of CAS (Compulsive Anorak Syndrome), I took up your challenge. I'm on 97.6%. sad but true.
Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
I have a parkrunner app but it doesn't have any challenges or anything!
I'll go through the list later on, but it looks like a fun set of challenges. I need one more course to make me a quater Cowell!
I'll go through the list later on, but it looks like a fun set of challenges. I need one more course to make me a quater Cowell!
Parkrun Virgin - I have my barcode, in truth I've had that for over a year, but never turned up. What's your experience of Parkruns?
I am going to download the app and check but I know I achieved Groundhog Day on my last two Hove Prom parkruns. 22.21 two weeks in succession - one paced by [MENTION=26634]Simgull[/MENTION] and one paced by myself. In order to try to remove this particular monkey I will be at the Prom tomorrow to try and set an SB and see how close I am to a PB.
Friendly, inclusive and good fun. Literally all abilities. You'll have a ball (and quickly become addicted).
^^^^^what he says. Just do it.......you won't regret it.
When you turn up there will be an announcement about 10 mins before the start calling any new parkrunners for a very short briefing (every parkrun will have newbies every week - at Hove Prom for example it's often double figures). You'll be made to feel very welcome, it's not intimidating in the slightest. The RD will then give out a few pre-race messages immediately before the start (announcing visitors, anyone doing a milestone run, whether there are any pacers to follow if you wish etc) and then you're off. At the finish funnel you'll be given another barcode (finishing token), take this and your own barcode to one the of the volunteers who'll be lurking after the finish line, they'll scan both and within a couple of hours you'll get a text/email with your result.
My fear as a significantly overweight 58 year old is my run time, at the moment a 5k takes me 44 mins .... yes, I know, but hey I'm doing something about it!
Thank you, that's reassuring. Locally, Arundel, I think there's Littlehampton and Horsham.
My fear as a significantly overweight 58 year old is my run time, at the moment a 5k takes me 44 mins .... yes, I know, but hey I'm doing something about it!
Nothing to fear from that all - 44 mins is fine. Also, every parkrun has a tailgunner volunteer at the back (if you were at the back - I suspect at 44 mins you won't be anyway)
Bognor, Littlehampton and Worthing closest (nothing in Arundel as far as I can see ?)
https://www.parkrun.org.uk/events/events/#geo=10.73/50.8143/-0.494
Last week there were 11 finishers slower than 44 mins at Littlehampton, final runner's time was 53.44 (you can check results on the website for any venue)