Skipton Parkrun 29/06/2024

I ran Skipton Parkrun in 21:18 and finished 19th. Thank you Skipton for the cake and Flapjack.
This was one the more friendliest Parkrun events I have ever ran. I would like to thank my fellow runners and volunteers for the good job. I would also like to congratulate them for their 500th event. At the end someone talked to me which was always nice.
I ran this Parkrun event because I wanted to avoid my local Parkrun because of the Iron Man. I thought it will be busier than usual. Good luck to anyone competing in the Bolton Iron Man.
I nearly lost motivation when finding out it was a four lap course. I had to count the hill four times in fear of losing count. But I never give up and I always go all out, so being unmotivated does not last long.
I wish Skipton Parkrun with raising the money for the Defibrillator.

[@jamesboyle3759]

Well done Mark! I have uploaded my own parkrun today. First parkrun upload for me; I ran Cheadle Hulme. I hope to upload every week. Any tips on getting more views highly appreciated! Skipton looks a fun course!

[@markbailey3786]

I am glad to see you uploading too @@jamesboyle3759
For advice I do not really have any advice other than use Capcut and keep interacting with people. To be honest I started content creation to save memory on my laptop, then decided to put it out publicly.
Keep up the good work.

[@jamesboyle3759]

@@markbailey3786 Capcut is a useful tip - thanks. And absolutely you're right about the storage. I imagine you would burn through hard drives but for uploading here. It does make sense just for that reason alone! Cheers Mark, I appreciate the support!

[@MichaelTinker-dt1rp]

done this park run twice so far and love it this is the 2nd video the lady doing the first timers briefing has been on she was on the Nicola Runs the other year

[@markbailey3786]

Thank you for watching@@MichaelTinker-dt1rp!!
I think she is becoming famous. I’ll give Nicola a view too, thanks for letting me know.

[@yellowfolder]

Great run! Courses with three or more laps aren't much fun, as they tend to have problems with congestion, are repetitive, and people invariably forget how many laps they've done (this is an absolute nightmare as an RD). Three laps is about my limit, and even that is probably one too many. My local is just over two laps and you're only over-taking people in the last few minutes (as a 17s-18s runner).

[@markbailey3786]

Thank you for watching@@yellowfolder, it’s great to hear from you, been a while.
You are right it is hard to stay motivated but they did promise a flapjack for my troubles at the end. (I was taunting the people still running jk)

[@MichaelTinker-dt1rp]

i did another 4 lap one Chadderton hall no problem at that one in last 2 laps only 66 of us doing it

[@matthewnolan7221]

2 words... Clitheroe Castle 🤣 I think Mark knows what I mean.

[@markbailey3786]

I think I know what you mean@@matthewnolan7221. How to make yourself memorable 🤔 ⛰️😂
I think I’ll give it another year before running that one again. Nice people though.