Come off it, Respect on here! :wink:Originally Posted by Swoop
Come off it, Respect on here! :wink:
You made me blush. Can you stop pointing now, please!
Swoop... Swoops :thumbup:
I don't think it's a matter of Them 'n' Us": 'Either Parkruns or real clubs and real races' isn't really what happens.
Parkruns help boost overall participation. At best they can act as a staging post for newbies; at worst there's little crossover, although there are plenty of club runners who use Parkruns wisely within their training programme.
Personally, I think they're great and my local run in Bradford is helping me get back to some kind of fitness following a series of injuries. I know other fell (and road) runners who have benefitted from them in just this way.
And he got a PB at South Manchester Parkrun the day before too
Going well at the moment, Woodbank pb last week, Congleton pb yesterday and not too bad this morning:
http://www.greatrunlocal.org/runs/no...k/2013/june/23
Congratulations to the forum's very own CL for destroying the field at Marple this morning in a fast time on his debut Parkrun, though not quite the course record. http://www.parkrun.org.uk/marple/res...unSeqNumber=54 P.S. Ooops - last weeks news.
Last edited by OB1; 29-06-2013 at 01:56 PM. Reason: PS. Ooops - I'm only a week behind the news.
Danny Hope was at Heaton Park this morning but we are still awaiting the results.
He won: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/heaton/res...nSeqNumber=186
I had a 'mare at Marple this morning.
Glad about that as he asked me to explain the route to him and I was worried he might go the wrong way!
My friend Jean was first on age grading with 85.23% and a new VW65-69 course record of 24.09.
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