Parkrun

My mate has stopped volunteering to be a pacer.
A lovely lad and a very fast runner 17;40 is a recent 5 k pb. ( flat fast course )
However as a pacer he is … awful.

20 min pacer …
19:06
9:21 at 2.5 k?
A guy had a few “words “ at the end.

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:smile: If I’m running anywhere near 20s then I’m not talking to anybody for quite some time!

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Yeah, better to bank a whole minute, just in case you slow down too much in the second half, I can see why people complained

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I did try and explain this to him ?!

He’s a really really nice guy, running is literally his life.
He was injured ( badly ) two years ago and talked about suicide quite a lot?!
He’s not special needs but is definitely on the spectrum.

Fantastic guy
Great runner
Crap pacer !

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Highbury field’s is (was?) 4.5 laps, when I did it circa 2014 it was very busy and I was overtaking on lap 2, given the growth of PR since then I cant imagine how tight it would be on those later laps for the front folk.

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Highbury Fields PR is 5.5 laps. Did you miss a lap? :rofl:

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2014 is a long long time ago now for my little brain :confused:

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Actually, looking at the course map, it’s now more 5 laps than 5.5 as they finish in the lower field where they start rather than the traditional course which starts at the bottom of the lap and finishes at the top, 5.5 laps later.