When I happened to be in Esslingen a week ago I went for a walk and came upon these chalk marks.
It seems that the worldwide movement of “parkrun” has arrived in the Suebian province and left its mark.
I might take my friend Mark to go with me next Saturday morning.
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This is the first I’ve heard of parkrun. I wish they would open a chapter up here in AK.
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I didn’t realise you lived in Alaska. Wow!
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I do. Fairbanks. Where are you?
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Germany, near Heidelberg. Veeeeeeery different! 😊
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Ah yes! I should think so.
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You’re tall!
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Only my shadow. My shadow is also a lot thinner than my actual self.
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Parkrun is something of a national institution here. There’s even one at Fountains Abbey.
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It started in the UK. Germans got interested just before COVID hit – and well, that was that. But now it’s taken off again and according to wikipedia there are 62 locations (which is nothing compared to the 800 in the UK).
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Ah yes but it’s early days. You’ll soon have 1000!
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Maybe. The thing is we have “Lauftreffs” all over the place, the oldest, as far as I know, in Darmstadt in the 70s. People meet at a set time (usually an early evening during the week, much better than these early sunrise times [9 am for crying out loud!] and you run / jog together. These meets don’t need volunteers or any other organisation except that there is a meeting point and off you go. At larger meets you sort yourself out according to your pace,There is a leader in each group, they know a trail which will be 7 km or 12km or whatever to be run in about an hour. That’s the well-established competition.
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Nowt wrong with 9.00 a.m. The day is fresh and new and full of possibilities. 8.00 a.m. would be even better!
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🥱😱 ,,, 😄
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