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[tubeguru]

I made a map showing the type of course each parkrun is. Some are very hard to categorise, but the categories are based on the options given out in a recent survey by parkrun HQ.

(I used a template, of the pin locations which was made by someone else)

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid= ... KeUWqqV2Ow

I would argue that Plymvalley is not "one lap", as you run part of it twice, but in reverse. But how else would you categorise it?

[jamesthegill]

I made a map showing the type of course each parkrun is. Some are very hard to categorise, but the categories are based on the options given out in a recent survey by parkrun HQ.

(I used a template, of the pin locations which was made by someone else)

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid= ... KeUWqqV2Ow

I'd argue that Brighton & Hove Parkrun is 2.5 laps.

[tractakid]

It's all very messy. A true 2.5 lapper does two and a half identical laps. I see what you mean though.

What about Penrhyn? I've listed it as 4 laps, but it's actually 2 large laps and 2 small laps. There's no other course like it, but how else would it be categorised?
https://www.strava.com/segments/8510835

[nozzacook]

It's all very messy. A true 2.5 lapper does two and a half identical laps. I see what you mean though.

What about Penrhyn? I've listed it as 4 laps, but it's actually 2 large laps and 2 small laps. There's no other course like it, but how else would it be categorised?
https://www.strava.com/segments/8510835

Depends how they run it. Do they run the 2 large laps then the 2 small laps if so you could categorise as 2+2 laps. Or if the run large, small, large, small you could categorise as 2laps.

Though parkrun class Penrose as one lap it doesn't close the lap.

[tubeguru]

Penrose is technically a point-to-point, isn't it?

[tractakid]

It's all very messy. A true 2.5 lapper does two and a half identical laps. I see what you mean though.

What about Penrhyn? I've listed it as 4 laps, but it's actually 2 large laps and 2 small laps. There's no other course like it, but how else would it be categorised?
https://www.strava.com/segments/8510835

Depends how they run it. Do they run the 2 large laps then the 2 small laps if so you could categorise as 2+2 laps. Or if the run large, small, large, small you could categorise as 2laps.

Though parkrun class Penrose as one lap it doesn't close the lap.

I was sticking rigidly to the prescribed categories, which don't describe some courses very well at all.

[greatkingrat]

I suppose you could classify parkruns by how far you would run if you did every part of the course once, but didn't repeat any sections. So Penrose has 5km of unique route, Highbury only has about 1km of unique route.

[tractakid]

Indeed, you could split up a course into sections you do each number of times too. That's not really describing the shape though, as an out-and-back will return the same result as a 2 lapper.

[nozzacook]

Indeed, you could split up a course into sections you do each number of times too. That's not really describing the shape though, as an out-and-back will return the same result as a 2 lapper.

Not really as any uphill on the way out is a downhill on the way back etc so would have more in common with a 1 lap course.

[DrainBrain]

Well, I intend to be there, although ...

Current forecast for Saturday: rain, strong SW wind with up to 50mph gusts.

No rain in Southsea, but some seriously windy conditions.

Have fun if you're running today. It's going to be tough!

[tubeguru]

We're running an alternative course at Plymvalley today. I have no idea where it will go, so we have to arrive a bit earlier for a briefing! The meadow is flooded and muddy as hell, so the National Trust have said "enough is enough", and told them to find another route until the spring.

[geofftech]

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[Going Underground]

A new name for the spreadsheet please Neil, Beer Baron (Ryan Brown) ran at Bedfont today...

[nozzacook]

A gentle run at Penrose in 60mph gusts on the coast path section only 27:42 but a new finish position PB finishing 15 th.

[tubeguru]

GU - Let me know his number and I'll add it in when I update tomorrow.

The alternative course at PV meant running the hill twice, and it was more or less two laps of the canal path and cycle trail/old railway line. I only managed 25:29, but finished in 24th, which is my best so far.