Why Park Run's have mediocre attendance at best

Will Teasle wrote:

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.

Will Teasle wrote:

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.

Double Greeting Won Ton House wrote:

Til Weasel wrote:

Most people are tired from working all week.

What turned me off was, that Greg showed up in one of these events.

Quickishguy wrote:

Based on the attendance numbers I think you’re talking about parkrun in the US. Totally different in other countries.

Quickishguy wrote:

mass on participation for word of mouth growth via normal people

Will Teasle wrote:

Quickishguy wrote:

mass on participation for word of mouth growth via normal people

Normal people:

'You hear about the 5k race on Saturday?'

'Uhh.. I'll be at the lake.'

or

'Heard something about a 5k race. You interested?'

'Hey quit bothering me, I'm eating cheetos and watching Tik Tok'

Uode wrote:

Will Teasle wrote:

Normal people:

'You hear about the 5k race on Saturday?'

'Uhh.. I'll be at the lake.'

or

'Heard something about a 5k race. You interested?'

'Hey quit bothering me, I'm eating cheetos and watching Tik Tok'

I can tell you are a screenwriter as you are very good at writing dialogue.

Will Teasle wrote:

Quickishguy wrote:

Based on the attendance numbers I think you’re talking about parkrun in the US. Totally different in other countries.

Totally incorrect. I live in Canada. Last weeks park run had less than 20 finishers.

wha twha twha ?????? wrote:

WHAT IS A PARK RUN?!?!?!?!?!