This Park Run thing that all the cool kids are doing... and gps watches...

Does anyone wear a gps watch while they run in this?

I would be interested in doing one, but realistically I would like to pace myself as I go as I still find it hard to judge how fast Im actually going.

But I dont want to turn up there and no-one else is wearing one and everyone is looking going 'Oh look at Mr Bigshot over there with his watch for a simple 5k run' ..... then when they see me cross over at around 23 minutes, they'll be like 'Oh look apparently he's not quite as good as he thought he was.'

So to save the potential embarrasment, are gps watches the norm in these things or does no-one care if you are wearing one?

Some wear them some dont. No one cares either way what you do.

parkrun is very relaxed but if you want to run hard then that's fine to. Give it a go. Its fun

lol , well I know Im not going to come anywhere close to the top, but just want to pace myself especially as Im used to running a bit slower for HM's so I know I'll end up just going too fast and running out of puff if I dont wear one.

well I wear my garmin and I am slower than you. I doubt whether anyone will even notice you are wearing one!

I should imagine plenty of people use them in parkruns, but even if they don't, and even if they thought what you imagine, so what?

Why care what anyone else thinks?  You wear your gps if you want to.

You're carrying a GPS device that is in the form of a wrist watch. 

The only reason anyone would take any notice of you at a Parkrun is if you ran stark bollock naked carrying an f..g satellite dish.

Naked parkrun sounds amazing.

sdavid...do you go to races and eye peple yup and down to see if they are wearing watches or expensive trainers etc.....why worry about others.people have too much to do to spend the pre race time looking at you

 nyes lots will wear watches whatever time they are running..i have worn them every tiime from my PB run down to my 38 min run

seren nos wrote (see)

david...do you go to races and eye peple yup and down to see if they are wearing watches or expensive trainers etc.....

ummm....... errrr ...... of course not ........

At last, someone else who admits they can't read their feckin' Garmin. LOL. Maybe if it was satellite dish sized?

Now theres a new fad, parkrun carrying something silly.

Dustboy wrote (see)

At last, someone else who admits they can't read their feckin' Garmin. LOL. Maybe if it was satellite dish sized?

Now theres a new fad, parkrun carrying something silly.

Stilts wrote (see)

I don't know about this parkrun thing that all the cool kids are doing if I were you I'd just stick to the normal parkruns they're full of middle aged biddies like me i wear my Garmin but f**k knows what it says as I can't see it without my glasses

 I'm having the same problem these days, my arms aren't long enough!

Naked parkrun.

Just imagine.

The man of the house returns home to his missus after another drubbing.

"Hello dear, how did you get on today?"

"Oh, I lost "

"Why is that, didn't you measure up!"     (ref. Rising Damp)

RicF wrote (see)

The only reason anyone would take any notice of you at a Parkrun is if you ran stark bollock naked carrying an f..g satellite dish.

That is so funny...!        *cleans coffee off screen..*

One of my local parkruns call themselves the 'flashers' (they run at Pennington Flash just South of Wigan) so are probably the closest to naked parkrunners...

If you want to see how many parkrunners use GPS, look up Preston parkrun on facebook- their cover photo shows the start of the first event and all you can see is people switching on their garmins