RW writer cheats for an article and gets the wrath of the parkrun crowd

Lol @ parkrun douches wrote:

There's nothing in here that hasn't really been said before, but it's quite well written with a great quote by rojo at the end:

https://www.runnersworld.co.uk/events/inside-the-world-of-race-cheats

Obviously the dude openly cheated for the article. Although who knows he may have done it before. The hilarity is in the comments where parkrunners can't fathom the possibility of somebody having cheated in their holier than thou races before.

its weird how they are so insistent its not a race yet time you tell you where you came in your age category.

mimi????? wrote:

its weird how they are so insistent its not a race yet time you tell you where you came in your age category.

I heard they have to pretend not to be a "race" so they don't get charged exorbitant permit fees

HardLoper wrote:

mimi????? wrote:

its weird how they are so insistent its not a race yet time you tell you where you came in your age category.

I heard they have to pretend not to be a "race" so they don't get charged exorbitant permit fees

i think its to do with there insurance as well but the results got to power of 10 and run britian i think comments like these

Simon Booth It’s appalling,why oh why would you do this? Without PR I would still be a 23 stone 40 fags a day coffeeholic. I have cancelled my subscription

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Ann Miller

Ann Miller I love parkrun. Why would anybody want to spoil it? Saddened to think that anybody would seek to spoil that great shared activity.

also park run is a company so i dont understand why people volunteer there free time so other people can make money

This is my favorite part.

Slightly illogically, I’m disappointed not to have broken the magic 20-minute mark.

What is a parkrun?

I sure hope that my hospital doesn't hire doctors the same way RW hires writers. A writer for RW should be able to break 20 minutes, especially a guy.

djhsajhksahjksajhdkf wrote:

This is my favorite part.

Slightly illogically, I’m disappointed not to have broken the magic 20-minute mark.

Lol. HobsJog awards the hobby jogger of the week award to the owner of this quote.

Wet? wrote:

What is a parkrun?

It's a British safe space for hobby joggers.

mimi????? wrote:

also park run is a company so i dont understand why people volunteer there free time so other people can make money

im pretty sure people volunteer so that they and others can enjoy a free, weekly, timed 5k...but thats neither here nor there.

the main issue is that i read that entire pointless and boring article and the comment section doesnt even appear in my browser for some reason.

what a waste of time.

shallow butt wrote:

mimi????? wrote:

also park run is a company so i dont understand why people volunteer there free time so other people can make money

im pretty sure people volunteer so that they and others can enjoy a free, weekly, timed 5k...but thats neither here nor there.

the main issue is that i read that entire pointless and boring article and the comment section doesnt even appear in my browser for some reason.

what a waste of time.

and also so the owners can get rich

I'm running my 400th parkrun tomorrow, I can understand the negativity here amongst all you elite athletes who earn 250K and have supermodel girlfriends but actually parkrun is an amazingly good thing for running despite the odd stupid thing such as the claim that it isn't a race.

As for the cheating, well it has happened at my parkrun and the cuplrit was outed and removed from the results and it was quietly forgotten. Does it happen generally? I wouldn't be surprised, I saw something suspicious a few weeks ago and brought it up on a running forum then asked for my comment to be removed.

The reaction about the RW cheat was a bit OTT, an expression of disapproval that it spoiled an otherwise good article would have been good enough.

It is noticeable that people have a really hard time grasping that parkrun is a free 5K race every Saturday and that's it, they almost always try to compare it with things it isn't. My local course is all tarmac and certified 5K and the course record is 14:24 - I can hear all you Letsrun standard forum people who do 13:24 in trainers laughing at this even now.

Anyway have a look, you might learn something

http://www.parkrun.com/countries/

Then there are bib mules – those who carry two or more bibs around the course, registering bogus times for friends or even clients.

He's on to me.

PS -- me$$age me if you need some help with your qualifier. My system is undetectable.

parkrun is a not-for-profit company. You'll find many people making donations of money to parkrun, in addition to volunteering. Hundreds this week alone if you look at their website. It can't be registered as a charity because promotion of sport is not considered to be a charitable aim (the law was changed to allow community multi-sports clubs to be charities, but bodies promoting any specific sport cannot be a charity.)

If you're going to point the finger at running events that make money for people, let's start with the Great Run series, or the London Marathon.

The Runner's World article is stupid. It's easy to cheat in a parkrun. Really, who knew? The parkrun response to it is also stupid; the RW editor's response is even stupider. Net outcome, they've probably lost themselves some readers on a permanent basis.

British Fan wrote:

parkrun is a not-for-profit company. You'll find many people making donations of money to parkrun, in addition to volunteering. Hundreds this week alone if you look at their website. It can't be registered as a charity because promotion of sport is not considered to be a charitable aim (the law was changed to allow community multi-sports clubs to be charities, but bodies promoting any specific sport cannot be a charity.)

If you're going to point the finger at running events that make money for people, let's start with the Great Run series, or the London Marathon.

The Runner's World article is stupid. It's easy to cheat in a parkrun. Really, who knew? The parkrun response to it is also stupid; the RW editor's response is even stupider. Net outcome, they've probably lost themselves some readers on a permanent basis.

you are wrong it is

mimi????? wrote:

you are wrong it is

It says "parkrun is a not-for-profit organisation. All income directly supports our existing events and is used for the development of parkrun. parkrun UK has no shareholders."

Here

Lol @ parkrun douches wrote:

There's nothing in here that hasn't really been said before, but it's quite well written with a great quote by rojo at the end:

https://www.runnersworld.co.uk/events/inside-the-world-of-race-cheats

Obviously the dude openly cheated for the article. Although who knows he may have done it before. The hilarity is in the comments where parkrunners can't fathom the possibility of somebody having cheated in their holier than thou races before.

Sadly RW magazine has become something for only beginners and joggers. It's not for those interested in becoming a better runner or coach. It's for those needing to know how to put one foot in front of the other.

Please bring back Running Times!

LongTimeLurker wrote:

mimi????? wrote:

you are wrong it is

It says "parkrun is a not-for-profit organisation. All income directly supports our existing events and is used for the development of parkrun. parkrun UK has no shareholders."

Here

http://www.parkrun.org.uk/aboutus/donations/

the link i showed clearly says its a limited company

mimi????? wrote:

the link i showed clearly says its a limited company

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