Simple reason: Most people are inactive, lazy, unfit and object to running.
Get up for a 9am 5k run on Saturday morning? No thanks, most people are hungover, watching tv or drinking coffee.
The fact Park Run's are semi competitive also deters the average person.
For many, once realize they are on the clock, will have their time ranked against the average, and the fact it's an entire 5km, that is more than enough reason to not participate.
Most people 'park' their park run and I don't expect this to change
40-50 people per park run (on a good day!) is all I expect and I live in a metro region with well over 1 million people.
When the weather is poor, Park Run's are lucky to have a dozen finishers.
You'll see more people lined up at Starbucks most Saturday mornings than at a Park Run.
Do you understand how plural nouns and apostrophes work?
Simple reason: Most people are inactive, lazy, unfit and object to running.
Get up for a 9am 5k run on Saturday morning? No thanks, most people are hungover, watching tv or drinking coffee.
The fact Park Run's are semi competitive also deters the average person.
For many, once realize they are on the clock, will have their time ranked against the average, and the fact it's an entire 5km, that is more than enough reason to not participate.
Most people 'park' their park run and I don't expect this to change
40-50 people per park run (on a good day!) is all I expect and I live in a metro region with well over 1 million people.
When the weather is poor, Park Run's are lucky to have a dozen finishers.
You'll see more people lined up at Starbucks most Saturday mornings than at a Park Run.
The plural of run is runs, not run's.
I'm surprised you don't know this, seeing as you're a screenwriter.
Simple reason: Most people are inactive, lazy, unfit and object to running.
Get up for a 9am 5k run on Saturday morning? No thanks, most people are hungover, watching tv or drinking coffee.
The fact Park Run's are semi competitive also deters the average person.
For many, once realize they are on the clock, will have their time ranked against the average, and the fact it's an entire 5km, that is more than enough reason to not participate.
Most people 'park' their park run and I don't expect this to change
40-50 people per park run (on a good day!) is all I expect and I live in a metro region with well over 1 million people.
When the weather is poor, Park Run's are lucky to have a dozen finishers.
You'll see more people lined up at Starbucks most Saturday mornings than at a Park Run.
There's quite a few parkruns where I live. Typical attendance is 200-300 and the big park gets 750-1000.
I think a good 50% of participants just turn up and most of them probably don't train at all. For most people 3.1 miles especially if it's a hilly route is a challenge. They are the sensible ones.
As for getting up at 9am on a Saturday morning, I totally understand that many people want a lie in after a week of high stress and probably relatively low pay.
There are two things that annoy me about park run. One is when the same runner or runner(s) turn up week after week and keep winning. Give other people a chance and get a life. It's a community event. Another thing I witnessed is a run leader having a go at a volunteer because she hadn't downloaded the barcode scanning app before turning up. I almost let rip on her behalf. The girl was volunteering her own time at 9am on a Saturday for this stupid run and you want to shout at her? Really?
IMO they should remove timing and just have it as a community fun run.
Simple reason: Most people are inactive, lazy, unfit and object to running.
Get up for a 9am 5k run on Saturday morning? No thanks, most people are hungover, watching tv or drinking coffee.
The fact Park Run's are semi competitive also deters the average person.
For many, once realize they are on the clock, will have their time ranked against the average, and the fact it's an entire 5km, that is more than enough reason to not participate.
Most people 'park' their park run and I don't expect this to change
40-50 people per park run (on a good day!) is all I expect and I live in a metro region with well over 1 million people.
When the weather is poor, Park Run's are lucky to have a dozen finishers.
You'll see more people lined up at Starbucks most Saturday mornings than at a Park Run.
There are two things that annoy me about park run. One is when the same runner or runner(s) turn up week after week and keep winning. Give other people a chance and get a life. It's a community event.
If it's a community event, why do you want to exclude them just because they win? What if that lone event gives them a feeling they don't get anywhere else?
The Olympics are also a community event. Should Olympic champions not be allowed to defend their titles?
Simple reason: Most people are inactive, lazy, unfit and object to running.
Get up for a 9am 5k run on Saturday morning? No thanks, most people are hungover, watching tv or drinking coffee.
The fact Park Run's are semi competitive also deters the average person.
For many, once realize they are on the clock, will have their time ranked against the average, and the fact it's an entire 5km, that is more than enough reason to not participate.
Most people 'park' their park run and I don't expect this to change
40-50 people per park run (on a good day!) is all I expect and I live in a metro region with well over 1 million people.
When the weather is poor, Park Run's are lucky to have a dozen finishers.
You'll see more people lined up at Starbucks most Saturday mornings than at a Park Run.
Because people have better things to do.
Keeping fit is good. Getting up early on a Saturday morning after a week of work to race a 5k turkeytrot is neurotic. What's laughable is these men (mostly men) get very precious of their (mediocre) times.