New Parkrun rules - walkers and joggers start at front

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1 year ago 03/30/2023 1:58pm EDT

From Worthing Parkrun :

** Important announcement - changes to parkrun starting this Saturday **
As you are aware over recent months parkrun has been focussed on inclusion, and in particular increased involvement of walkers. The next stage is to begin to fully integrate the different strands of the parkrun family. From this Saturday parkrunners will be encouraged to line up at the start according to their expected finish time. Anyone with an anticipated finish time of sub 25 minutes must now start at the back with walkers at the front. This has been introduced to ensure that more of the slower runners and walkers get to experience the buzz and camaraderie of a busy finish funnel.
To further support this change, the role of parkwalker and pacer is being merged. Pacewalkers, as they will be known, will start at the front of the field along with the walkers and slower runners. They will not be allocated a particular finish time, their pace will be adaptable to the group.
Please understand that these changes are outside the control of your local team. If you have any issues with these new arrangements please contact the HQ lead officers for this matter - Gott Hugh, Jo King or their manager Flora Pilo.
#loveparkrun

I'm all for this - if you want to race then do it in a proper road race!

1 year ago 03/30/2023 2:04pm EDT

re: Worthing AC John

So literally everything is just catering to hobbyjoggers now?

1 year ago 03/30/2023 2:07pm EDT

re: Worthing AC John

SMH! This will not result in the excitement and camaraderie of a bustling finish funnel. This will drive runners that can average a sub-10 minute pace to leave Parkrun, cause injuries as runners perform unsafe passing moves, and could also lead to a lot of loud expletives, hurt feelings, and potential violence.

EDIT: Ahhhhhh!!! Saturday is April 1. You got me, Parkrun!

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1 year ago 03/30/2023 2:10pm EDT

re: Worthing AC John

Note that these changes come into effect this Saturday, April 1.

1 year ago 03/30/2023 2:25pm EDT

re: Worthing AC John

the sad part is that this would totally be believable. Races have been heading this direction for a long time

1 year ago 03/30/2023 2:30pm EDT

re: Worthing AC John

1 year ago 03/30/2023 2:32pm EDT

re: Worthing AC John

Lol, sounds like an early April Fools joke. I've been to a few parkruns and no one could be this stupid.

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1 year ago 03/30/2023 2:40pm EDT

re: Worthing AC John

Please tell me they're not introducing this at all park runs?

I've marshalled a number of times and the slowest runners usually come through in 40 minutes... them you get the tail walkers strolling through after an hour or so. Absolute pistake. If you want a walk do it in your own time.

1 year ago 03/30/2023 2:46pm EDT

re: calendar checker

calendar checker wrote:
Note that these changes come into effect this Saturday, April 1.

Whydja havta issue a spoiler alert?

1 year ago 03/30/2023 3:11pm EDT

re: wtf is rong with u?

Pretty weak attempt when you finish with "Gott Hugh" and "Jo King".

But even if this were the policy, I am not sure it would even matter at my local parkrun. They get about 30-40 per race and have only had about a dozen people run faster than 18 min . . . ever. They usually line up like a XC race on a field in the park and then you hit the hike and bike path after that. You still have to maneuver around people walking their dogs, riding bikes, etc.

1 year ago 03/30/2023 6:37pm EDT

re: TROOF!

TROOF! wrote:
SMH! This will not result in the excitement and camaraderie of a bustling finish funnel. This will drive runners that can average a sub-10 minute pace to leave Parkrun, cause injuries as runners perform unsafe passing moves, and could also lead to a lot of loud expletives, hurt feelings, and potential violence.
EDIT: Ahhhhhh!!! Saturday is April 1. You got me, Parkrun!

No he didn't 'get' you. It's not April 1st.

1 year ago 03/30/2023 6:39pm EDT

re: Worthing AC John

This got me. The woke obese normalizing includers have been so active that for a minute I actually thought this was legit. Well played.

1 year ago 03/30/2023 6:41pm EDT

re: Worthing AC John

They really nailed this prank by phrasing it as a move to increase "inclusion." In 2023, that will throw anyone off for a bit before they get around to checking the calendar, and probably get certain kinds of people to support the "change."

1 year ago 03/30/2023 7:24pm EDT

re: Worthing AC John

An absolutely stupid and idiotic move on that parkrun's race director. Thousands of parkruns completed without injuries and insults letting runners and walkers do it their way. Now some wacko wants to show their power and set a rule that will cause injury and insult and damage the reputation of a well thought out and long well executed event. Parkrunners-ignore this BS and keep doing it the way the founder designed.

1 year ago 03/30/2023 7:43pm EDT

re: alien observer

alien observer wrote:
An absolutely stupid and idiotic move on that parkrun's race director. Thousands of parkruns completed without injuries and insults letting runners and walkers do it their way. Now some wacko wants to show their power and set a rule that will cause injury and insult and damage the reputation of a well thought out and long well executed event. Parkrunners-ignore this BS and keep doing it the way the founder designed.

WHOOSH

1 year ago 03/31/2023 1:10pm EDT

re: Worthing AC John

I like to run with my golden retriever on an extended lead. Love watching those parkrunners go down like skittles.

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