I started this as I wanted to get an alert when a parkrun I know is coming soon announces its inaugural event date. Scope expanded to track them all. I’m writing this to get a bit of interaction as X thinks the account is spammy so is occasionally blocking it.
Twitter API post limit reached for today. I’ll manually add the updates. Still waiting on the two USA events to complete, will do it after we get their data.
Two laps in a clockwise direction around the perimeter of the Bug Hunter Waters waterpark on a mixture of tarmac and compacted gravel paths. The course is flat with only a couple of gentle slopes and is fully accessible to wheelchair users.
additionally the database claimed this was not due to start until next week - we have entered a new era of not only secrecy but of active disinformation regarding start dates. 2/2
@The_Mrs_E
I found one of the new Australian ones where the local running club have been trying to get it going since 2017, so lots of vague info until the official postings.
Tomorrow we’re launching seven new
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events around the world, one in Singapore, two in South Africa, two in the US, one in Australia, and one in the UK.
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@gileshutchings
Thanks for paying attention :-) I’ve been asked politely to not promote the details of inaugural events where they have not officially been released.
Now I don’t know what to believe, the roster has entries for this weekend (25th of May), but the text on the homepage says 1st of June. I guess I use this as a corner case for future better understanding of the data.
@bigalex1984
As in, every time an event had an update I reposted the full event list, this could be 4 or 5 tweets in a thread meaning the actual update was lost in the noise. Now, you just get the update and the full list is in a more readable format externally. Win win I thought.
@The_Mrs_E
Don’t take that start date as gospel, it’s still provisional as far as I can see. Battersea still hasn’t got a RunID yet (afaics) so no information available.
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@ingoiolo81
Word is this was a premature push by HQ, and the event will happen next month, but take that with a pinch of salt as it’s been known for misdirection to occur when they know an event will be popular to limit attendance. You won’t be alone if you risk it and turn up to see.
@tommyb_84
yeah, you can say that again. Whoops. I know what went wrong, not sure why yet. Luckily the twitter API limits number of posts, so stopped the runaway before I announced all 2000+ events were new.