Flanker7 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 (edited) Sheffield & Rotherham now has 7 parkruns. About time to create somewhere to celebrate, discuss and dispute all things parkrun & Sheffield. This week, for the first time, Sheffield could have 700 runners turning out at 9am on parkrun day. We have been close in the past but the end of holidays traditionally see's parkrun figures peaking over the whole country. 44,000 runners world wide was achieved last week and it won't be long before we hit the magic 50,000. So lets hear about hopes and fears for this week. Personally, I need a pb to avoid the drop out of 'the fastest 500' at Graves. I'll let you know how I get on. Whats your target? The Pirate, Graves - Hills & Highland Cowes Edited October 22, 2018 by Flanker7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I make it 6!... http://www.parkrun.org.uk/sheffieldhallam/ http://www.parkrun.org.uk/graves/ http://www.parkrun.org.uk/sheffieldcastle/ http://www.parkrun.org.uk/rothervalley/ http://www.parkrun.org.uk/concord/ http://www.parkrun.org.uk/hillsborough/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningowl Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Rother valley is in Rotherham. Only just but its not classed as a Sheffield event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanker7 Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 If you add - http://www.parkrun.org.uk/rotherham/ - we've got a compact longest day all of our very own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoosh77 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 For info: Both Rotherham and Rother Valley parkruns are cancelled tomorrow (7 September) as other events are taking place in the parks. More runners for the Sheffield parkruns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningman Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Please lads and lasses, make an effort to volunteer with marshalling etc. You only have to do it 3 times in a year. Graves in particular seems to be constantly short of volunteers, which obviously places quite a strain on the organisers. Interesting how parts of society have developed over the past 20 years. We have the fitness searching Saturday morning crowd, plus all the other runners around that don't participate in Park Runs, plus the hundreds of other folks doing their bit in whatever kind of fitness activity. Then you go down town amongst the over weight wobbling I eat any type of rubbish crowd !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemson Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 It is a great initiative. Is it me or are our parks more used for exercise recently? Aside from park run, when I have been running in Graves and Millhouses, I have seen military fitness, buggy fit, gymnastic stuff with rings tied to trees, and various run groups. It certainly is a divided society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanker7 Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 Phew - I struggled and tried but the legs went in the last K. But 25:50'ish ain't enough to improve my pb. I've got my fingers cross re: fastest 500; currently I'm 490th borderline dropping out with 107 at Graves today. ---------- Post added 07-09-2013 at 23:19 ---------- Some trouble with our results but I have survived at 496th. 7 days more before I drop off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Phew - I struggled and tried but the legs went in the last K. But 25:50'ish ain't enough to improve my pb. I've got my fingers cross re: fastest 500; currently I'm 490th borderline dropping out with 107 at Graves today. ---------- Post added 07-09-2013 at 23:19 ---------- Some trouble with our results but I have survived at 496th. 7 days more before I drop off. Well done, and good luck for next week! Managed to do Graves today; did the first loop way too fast, so not much left in the tank for loop 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanker7 Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 We did it:- Concorde = 90 New Record! Graves = 107 Hillsborough = 65 Sheff Castle = 31 Sheff Hallam = 488 ----- 781 Highest ever Sheffield parkrun turnout It seems the Rotherham flood made itself felt at Concorde. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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