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Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby Corona Man » Fri Apr 15, 2016 10:15 am

For the last 2 years I have been participating in my local parkrun.

Parkrun organise free, weekly, 5km timed runs around the world. They are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy to take part in.

These events take place in pleasant parkland surroundings and we encourage people of every ability to take part; from walkers or those taking their first steps in running to Olympians; from juniors to those with more experience; we welcome you all.

There are 7 Parkruns held weekly in South Australia - Clare, Lochiel (Geoff Heath Golf Park - Campbelltown), Mount Barker, Murray Bridge, Torrens (North Adelaide) & Victor Harbor.

The things I like about parkrun are - its free, its friendly, its a non threatening environment, its encouraging, its inclusive (kids, walkers, pushers/prams, dogs on leads) and it gives me a reason to get out of bed on a Saturday morning. Parkruns are held at 8am each Saturday morning of the year.

Check out the website - http://www.parkrun.com.au

Its very simple to join in. Register on the website, and you will get an e-mail back for confirmation purposes. Print off your bar code. When you are ready to run/jog/walk - simply turn up to your preferred event, with your barcode. When you finish you will be handed a token. Present the token to the finishing officials and they will scan both your finish token and barcode. Later that day you will receive an e-mail with your result, including finishing time..... then come again next week, and try to better that time.

The first time I participated was a mixture of jogging and walking. My time was 37 minutes. Tomorrow I will start for the 70th time, and nowadays my times are 27 minutes. I have lost weight, and become a lot fitter.

Parkrun is great community stuff, and I have met a lot of friendly supportive people. Parkrun is held all over Australia, and around the world. You can run at ANY event you wish, just bring your bar code.
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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby Mythical Creature » Fri Apr 15, 2016 10:26 am

Very good. I did one in caloundra last when i was on holidays. I didnt know they had one in clare so i might go for a few in the summer
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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby Corona Man » Fri Apr 15, 2016 12:59 pm

Mythical Creature wrote:Very good. I did one in caloundra last when i was on holidays. I didnt know they had one in clare so i might go for a few in the summer


Great. The reason I posted this was to help get the word out there.

Enjoy your run at Clare.
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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby MW » Thu Apr 21, 2016 9:03 am

Very good concept to get people into running. 5k is a tad short for my runs but otherwise I would be all for it.
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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby Corona Man » Thu Apr 21, 2016 9:32 am

A good number of our regulars run half marathons and some even full marathons. Those guys use parkrun for a bit of speed work. Along with the social aspect.
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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby MW » Thu Apr 21, 2016 10:12 am

Sat mornings are usually reserved for my longer run for the week but I can see how people would use it for speed work. I have a 10k loop around home that I use for that and find it very beneficial.
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Postby Corona Man » Thu Apr 21, 2016 12:04 pm

We have some fairly decent runners out. Often the first place getter is around 18 minutes. That's a good clip.
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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby MW » Thu Apr 21, 2016 12:31 pm

Corona Man wrote:We have some fairly decent runners out. Often the first place getter is around 18 minutes. That's a good clip.


Um yeah it is!
My 5k pb is 21.06 and that was the first 5k of the 2014 city bay :lol:
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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby Corona Man » Thu Apr 21, 2016 12:32 pm

The course record for park run Mt Barker (5k) is 16:13..... Faaaaark!
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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby MW » Thu Apr 21, 2016 12:34 pm

Yeah I'd have to cut a leg off to get that quick.
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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby Corona Man » Thu Apr 21, 2016 12:34 pm

16.13.... I am only a bit over half way!
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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby Corona Man » Sat Mar 10, 2018 7:06 am

About to begin park run #136 this morning.
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Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Sat Mar 10, 2018 7:28 pm

Corona Man wrote:About to begin park run #136 this morning.

Slack on the updates....
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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby Corona Man » Sat Mar 10, 2018 7:32 pm

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:
Corona Man wrote:About to begin park run #136 this morning.

Slack on the updates....

Very!
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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby Spargo » Sat Mar 10, 2018 8:23 pm

Corona Man wrote:
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:
Corona Man wrote:About to begin park run #136 this morning.

Slack on the updates....

Very!

Only been 2 years...
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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby Corona Man » Sat Mar 10, 2018 8:27 pm

Spargo wrote:
Corona Man wrote:
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:
Corona Man wrote:About to begin park run #136 this morning.

Slack on the updates....

Very!

Only been 2 years...

Don’t want to rush these things mate!
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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Sat Mar 10, 2018 8:31 pm

Corona Man wrote:
Spargo wrote:
Corona Man wrote:
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:[quote="Corona Man"]About to begin park run #136 this morning.

Slack on the updates....

Very!

Only been 2 years...

Don’t want to rush these things mate![/quote]Run Forest.....

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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby Corona Man » Sat Mar 10, 2018 8:37 pm

Plod, Corona, plod is closer to the truth.
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Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:25 pm

Corona Man wrote:Plod, Corona, plod is closer to the truth.

Atleast you can break into a plod.....
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Re: Parkrun - Free weekly timed runs

Postby MW » Tue Mar 13, 2018 7:47 am

What's your PB for the 5km now?
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