03/08/3019 Wyre Forest parkrun #203 Run Report

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Wyre Forest parkrun
Event number 203
3rd August 2019

This week 249 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 46 were first timers and 42 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 27 different clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 26 volunteers:

Helen HODGES • Mark WALLACE • Clare TAYLOR • Phil WEBER • Christine NICHOLLS • Fiona CLARKE • Michael GAUNT • Julian ABLEY • David STARKIE • Andrew GARLICK • Duncan STARKIE • David ROWLEY • John FRANCIS • Mick HUDSON • Jennet ROBERTS • Kevin HARRIS • Tim SCARBOROUGH • Pauline SMITH • Gill JONES • Jennifer CLEE • Debbie HYRONS • Jeremy FERGUSON • Patrick YARRANTON-GREEN • Laura KIRKPATRICK • Lisa MARSHALL • Graeme KIRKPATRICK

We celebrated with the following runners as they all achieved their milestone 50th parkruns! CONGRATULATIONS to all of you:

Dave BULLOCK, Ramon MARTIN. Julie HUGHES and Matthew GILBERT

And these parkrunners just began their journey at their first ever event! Welcome all of you:

Amy ROWLEY, Becky PITT, Bernadette PARISH, Sam PAXTON, Lisa BUTLER, Stephen SINGLETON, Eva WINWARD, Donna BRITTAIN, Michelle GRIFFITHS, Karen KEARNEY 38:15, Hendrik BUZINK, Neville PRICE, Jonathan WEBSDELL, Jonathan TAYLOR

Tourists came to Wyre Forest from Aberystwyth, Dublin, Perry Hill, Glasgow, Glossop, Radcliffe, Redditch, Coventry, Llanerchaeron and Leeds! We hope you all had a fabulous time!

It is our 4th Birthday on August 31st! Put the special date in your diaries please folks as we shall have an extra special party atmosphere that morning and in true parkrun style - lots of cake!!

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Wyre Forest parkrun Results Page.

The female record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 17:36 on 30th March 2019 (event number 185).
The male record is held by William RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 15:33 on 13th July 2019 (event number 200).
The Age Grade course record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded 84.09% (17:36) on 30th March 2019 (event number 185).

Wyre Forest parkrun started on 29th August 2015. Since then 6,488 participants have completed 37,574 parkruns covering a total distance of 187,870 km, including 7,190 new Personal Bests. A total of 608 individuals have volunteered 4,921 times.

Wyre Forest parkrun
Today's Run Director: David
Links
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Your Run Director Team:-
Andie (Event Director) - Jo - Vicky - Ade - David - Andy - Graeme - Mark - Neil

Other Links:
Video - Wyre Forest parkrun in 5 minutes
Forestry Commission Wyre Forest website
Wyre Forest parkrun was set up by members of Cleobury Mortimer Running Club		 In the Diary -31st August - our 4th Anniversary!
Parking at Wyre Forest Groovy ERS Barcodes
Did you know that a Wyre Forest Discovery Pass includes parking for two cars (one at a time!) for £35 per year as well as supporting the work of the Forestry Commission you can get also get discounts on other products and services. Why not have a chat with your fellow parkrunners or volunteers?Otherwise, parking charges are £3 for up to 2 hours, £4 2-4 hours and £5 all day on Saturdays. Are you a frequent parkrunner, or does your barcode regularly fail to scan or you're having problems with your printer? You should consider getting some ERS Barcodes.
Make our scanners lives easier and be the envy of all of your parkrunner chums!

 

Please park responsibly in the car parks provided or stay green and cycle, jog or walk in when possible. Please, please, please do not park near local residents properties. Thank you.

 

06/07/2019 Wyre Forest parkrun #199 and we have a PB Bell!!

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Wyre Forest parkrun
Event number 199
6th July 2019

It was a deceptively warm morning this week as  215 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 26 were first timers and 36 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 18 different clubs took part.

Well done to these fabulous first time parkrunners:

Adrian JONES, Rio BILL, Luke WORTHINGTON, Joshua GLAZE, Richard DUDLEY, Andrew GLAZE, Annette ROBINSON, Jodi LEEK, Richard BROOMFIELD, Jessica DAVIS, Chloe PALMER, Joanne TILL, Polly FISHER-EDWARDS, Megan WARD, Nick INSULL, Charlotte STELLING

Congratulations particularly to the group that joined us from Tri-Energy for their C25k Graduation Run.

We were thrilled to be donated a PB Bell by Mark WALLACE and it was great to hear it being rung! Here is Archie GOULDING celebrating his new Personal Best!

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The event was made possible by 29 generous volunteers, who gave up their Saturday morning so that we could all take part:

Penelope Jane BARBER • Alexandra PRITCHARD • Mark WALLACE • Sarah PRICE • Andrea FORD • Elizabeth HINTON • Andrew GARLICK • Carole EVANS • Lisa GARLICK • Ann CHADWICK • Rosie CHADWICK • Lauren CHADWICK • Heather MORGAN • Sandra PEDERSEN • Lindsay TILLSLEY • John FRANCIS • Deborah NEWBOULD • David FISH • Gavin MILLICHIP • Sara HARRIS • Emily PRICE • Querida WILLIAMS • Pauline SMITH • Caz SMITH • Zoe ELKIN • Peter CARTWRIGHT • Izzy ROLLIT • Ed ROLLIT • Fran CRICK

Particular thanks must go to lovely Heather MORGAN who volunteered for the 25th time earning her a nice new purple t-shirt!

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Today was my 150th time as a parkrun volunteer and I also got to run for the 35th time by offering to write this run report. There are a few jobs that you can do to earn a run credit and volunteer credit for on the same day!:

  • Pre-event set-up (after training is given)
  • First Timers Briefing (we have notes so it's very easy!)
  • Tail Walker
  • Post Event Close Down
  • Run Report Writer

Writing the Run Report isn't difficult. We just like to hear about your parkrun from your perspective! Then we add in the facts and figures and upload it - voila! Simple.

As I'm writing the run report this week I wanted to say a special THANK YOU to all our volunteers who have given up their time as we approach our 200th run! Where has all that time gone?? We have had 593 different volunteers who have given up their time on 4,803 different occasions! So that covers many hours of marshaling, time keeping and scanning among other things!

Have you volunteered yet? If not, ask yourself - why not? If it's because you're not sure what it entails or you think it's too difficult please come and talk to one of our team and we can explain what happens, you could shadow someone for a little while after your run. There are roles to suit everyone and it really is very rewarding to give something back.

www.wyreforest@parkrun is the address to get involved!

My goal is to now try and run 50 parkruns before the end of the year (I'm definitely playing catch up!) and I couldn't do that with out a fabulous team of core volunteers, regulars and Run Directors who have enabled me to lighten the load this year. Big thank you to fellow RDs Jo WATSON, Graeme ANDERSON, Andy GARLICK, Neil CRABBE, Mark REAVES and David STARKIE in particular!

And finally, you all know by now that we are lucky enough to have a junior parkrun starting soon! Thank you so much to Shirley THOMAS and her team for getting it off the ground! Wyre Forest juniors will hold it's inaugural run on Sunday July 21st at 9am and all children 4-14 are welcome to attend so get them registered and barcodes printed ready! I attended the practice run and my girls really enjoyed it, it's going to be great fun!

So, it's our 200th parkrun this Saturday (already??!) and we have chosen a theme of SUMMER which should be easy for everyone to join in with. Keep it simple and wear your sunglasses or go all out and come in your best Hawaiian shirt and Bermuda shorts! We love to see what you come up with is as always.

See you next time all,

Andie

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Wyre Forest parkrun Results Page.

The male record is held by William RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 15:35 on 2nd February 2019 (event number 177).
The female record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 17:36 on 30th March 2019 (event number 185).
The Age Grade course record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded 84.09% (17:36) on 30th March 2019 (event number 185).

Wyre Forest parkrun started on 29th August 2015. Since then 6,333 participants have completed 36,628 parkruns covering a total distance of 183,140 km, including 7,041 new Personal Bests. A total of 593 individuals have volunteered 4,803 times.

Wyre Forest parkrun
Today's Run Director:Andy G
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Your Run Director Team:-
Andie (Event Director) - Jo - Vicky - Ade - David - Andy - Graeme - Mark - Neil

Other Links:
Video - Wyre Forest parkrun in 5 minutes
Forestry Commission Wyre Forest website
Wyre Forest parkrun was set up by members of Cleobury Mortimer Running Club		 In the Diary -
July 13th - parkrun #200
Parking at Wyre Forest Groovy ERS Barcodes
Did you know that a Wyre Forest Discovery Pass includes parking for two cars (one at a time!) for £35 per year as well as supporting the work of the Forestry Commission you can get also get discounts on other products and services. Why not have a chat with your fellow parkrunners or volunteers?Otherwise, parking charges are £3 for up to 2 hours, £4 2-4 hours and £5 all day on Saturdays. Are you a frequent parkrunner, or does your barcode regularly fail to scan or you're having problems with your printer? You should consider getting some ERS Barcodes.
Make our scanners lives easier and be the envy of all of your parkrunner chums!

 

Please park responsibly in the car parks provided or stay green and cycle, jog or walk in when possible. Please, please, please do not park near local residents properties. Thank you.

 

22/06/2019 Wyre Forest parkrun #197 Fireman Andy’s run report

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Wyre Forest parkrun
Event number 197
22nd June 2019

This week's run report is brought to us by a real local hero in hi-viz. Firefighter Andy WEBSTER. Thanks Andy - for your report and for all that the emergency services do to keep us safe.

"Finally, I’m going to get my hands on a coveted black t-shirt! Run #100 – all of them completed here at my local parkrun, starting with event number 1 back in 2015 – done this week on a beautiful sunny morning, after having to put it off due to several busy weekends. I had tried to come up with ways to complete this milestone event but didn’t fancy the go-to dresses/ tutus favoured by some – I really didn’t want to have to subject that on any fellow runners! So, I decided on marking the hundredth in the following ways…

1. As a serving retained firefighter at Bewdley over a number of years, I chose the full kit option to raise awareness of our local emergency services. NB: the PPE is designed to keep heat out – however, it also does a superb job of keeping us very warm on the inside!

 

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2. It seemed like a good idea to bring our dog, Dudley, the cocker spaniel and my two sons – Leo, 6 and Jamie, 4 – along too! The family usually wait on the final hill to race me to the finish line, but this time we joined up with the excellent and very friendly/ patient tail walkers in taking in the full course in a leisurely manner; an ice-cream at the café was a well-earned reward for completing their first 5k! The boys are both now very much looking forward to being able to run the distance with the dog when they are a little bit older.

 

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3. I also responded to a social media request to volunteer for the first time, choosing this option of writing the report to be able to also run this time – helping out by volunteering for different roles is certainly something I will get involved with going forward as I am most grateful for all those who make parkrun at Wyre Forest possible.

And so my next goal is the 25 volunteer t-shirt and ultimately one day the dark green one with 250 on the back! I will be around and about doing my bit (most likely with the family in tow!) to help out where I can. I also plan to ‘go on tour’ to sample other parkruns – especially as I hear some are flatter/ faster to improve my PB!??"

 

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Thanks and well done Andy! That must have been a very, very tough run!

Congratulations and thank you also to Matt KIMBER who volunteered for the 25th time this week. We wouldn't be here with out our regular volunteers so we really do appreciate people like Matt.

This week 256 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 33 were first timers and 40 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 24 different clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 29 volunteers:

Gillian TYLER • Andy WEBSTER • Dave SMITH • Frances GEDDIE • Stephen BLOOMER • Ellen POWELL • Christine NICHOLLS • Annette MORE • Elizabeth HINTON • Mark REAVES • Carole EVANS • Aran MOORE • Matt KIMBER • Graeme ANDERSON • John FRANCIS • Michelle SCURRELL • Paul SCURRELL • Christine SEDMAN-SMITH • Daren JACKSON • Stella CARTER • Caz SMITH • Debbie HYRONS • Ben HOBSON • Helen PUPLETT • Steve REDDING • Christian HOLLOWAY • Kerry LEWIS • Morgan PUPLETT • Laura KIRKPATRICK

CONGRATULATIONS to Maureen LEWIS who has a new Age Category Record for VW75-79. She ran a speedy 34:36 to claim her spot on the wall of pride.

And welcome to parkrun to our first timers:

Michael HICKMAN, Will COLVILLE, Thomas TIMMINS, Samuel MURPHY, Heather LEWIS, Hebe SWIFT, Alice DORRELL, Lindsey SWIFT, Stacey PRITCHARD, George FISHER-EDWARDS, Martha COLVILLE, Maisie GODDARD, Reuben WALKER, Liam JONES, James CARTER, James KIDDLE

The male record is held by William RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 15:35 on 2nd February 2019 (event number 177).oday's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Wyre Forest parkrun Results Page.

The female record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 17:36 on 30th March 2019 (event number 185).
The Age Grade course record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded 84.09% (17:36) on 30th March 2019 (event number 185).

Wyre Forest parkrun
Today's Run Director: Mark
Links
Find us on Facebook
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And on Instagram

Join our club on Strava

Your Run Director Team:-
Andie (Event Director) - Jo - Vicky - Ade - David - Andy - Graeme - Mark - Neil

Other Links:
Video - Wyre Forest parkrun in 5 minutes
Forestry Commission Wyre Forest website
Wyre Forest parkrun was set up by members of Cleobury Mortimer Running Club		 In the Diary - 
July 13th - parkrun #200
Parking at Wyre Forest Groovy ERS Barcodes
Did you know that a Wyre Forest Discovery Pass includes parking for two cars (one at a time!) for £35 per year as well as supporting the work of the Forestry Commission you can get also get discounts on other products and services. Why not have a chat with your fellow parkrunners or volunteers?Otherwise, parking charges are £3 for up to 2 hours, £4 2-4 hours and £5 all day on Saturdays. Are you a frequent parkrunner, or does your barcode regularly fail to scan or you're having problems with your printer? You should consider getting some ERS Barcodes.
Make our scanners lives easier and be the envy of all of your parkrunner chums!

Please park responsibly in the car parks provided or stay green and cycle, jog or walk in when possible. Please, please, please do not park near local residents properties. Thank you.

Wyre Forest parkrun started on 29th August 2015. Since then 6,268 participants have completed 36,141 parkruns covering a total distance of 180,705 km, including 6,973 new Personal Bests. A total of 582 individuals have volunteered 4,742 times.

 

18/05/2019 Wyre Forest parkrun #192 Wendy’s run report

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Wyre Forest parkrun

Event number 192

18th May 2019

This week's run report is written by visitor Wendy SEARS (Isabel Trail parkrun). 60346157_10216651378371633_5989414718421336064_n

My first ever Wyre Forest parkrun
I'm not the greatest of parkrun tourists. I confess that I quite like to stay close to home and (with a few exceptions) tend to only visit other parkruns when I am on holiday in the area or running a race near to that parkrun. And so it was today.
Having arranged to run the 'Down to the Wyre 10k', it would have been positively rude not to also complete the parkrun taking place before it.I drove the 46 miles from Stafford, arriving at the Wyre Forest Visitor Centre with sufficient time to grab a cup of coffee, locate the onsite loos, and have a bit of banter with some of the volunteers who had arrived early to set up.
Parking was easy, with plenty of available space.. certainly at the time that I arrived.One of the stand out aspects of parkrun is the friendliness of the volunteers. I introduced myself to everyone I could find bedecked in the recognisable yellow, blue or orange parkrun volunteer tabards and was met with smiles and friendly conversation and a few useful tips about the course. 
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The first time briefing was given with a lot of humour, with more than one reference to the word undulating and with confirmation that we would be in no doubt about the definition of that word undulating after we had gone through the finish funnel. This comment was met with a lot of laughter. After a detailed Run Director's briefing, we had a countdown to the start of the parkrun.
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The course itself is a mixture of tracks and trail paths and I have to say that I absolutely loved the first ten minutes, with some lovely downhill sections that allowed all runners, joggers and walkers to allow gravity to propel them forward, with giant trees shrouding the route. As someone who is more used to the relatively flat route of the Isabel Trail parkrun, I found myself slowing on some of the inclines. However I was given fantastic encouragement by marshals and other participants alike! 
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The run to the funnel up what is colloquially referred to as 'Cardiac Hill' was interesting. I use the word 'run' very loosely - Haha. It was a challenging end to a great parkrun.
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I really enjoyed this parkrun. The course, the volunteers, and the participants all added elements that made the morning so memorable. I managed to take photos of most (if not all) of the volunteers who were so supportive and without whom this parkrun could not have taken place. Thank you so much for making me feel so welcome. Expect to see me next year. Keep the coffee warm!

Will do Wendy and hopefully we will see you again soon!

This week 241 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 30 were first timers and 44 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 28 different clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 34 volunteers:

Vicky HONEYBOURNE • Wendy SEARS • Sarah AVRIL • Sarah PRICE • Kate DUFFIN • Andrea FORD • Christine NICHOLLS • Julian ABLEY • Adrian FORD • David STARKIE • Andrew GARLICK • Duncan STARKIE • Carole EVANS • Aran MOORE • Matt KIMBER • Ann CHADWICK • Rosie CHADWICK • Lauren CHADWICK • Heather MORGAN • Lindsay TILLSLEY • John FRANCIS • Deborah NEWBOULD • Ellie ANDERSON • Michelle SCURRELL • Olwen FIELD • Emily PRICE • Michael GREGG • Graham GOOD • Alex LEES • Pauline SMITH • Caz SMITH • Dylan TURNER • Kerry LEWIS • Patrick YARRANTON-GREEN

 

Congratulations and a huge thank you to volunteer Sarah PRICE who gained her purple t-shirt this week after her 25th time on the roster.

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Congratulations to Linda PALMER who joined the 50 parkruns club And super kudos to junior parkrunner Morgan NEAL who also completed his 50th parkrun!! Awesome!

 

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Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Wyre Forest parkrun Results Page.

The male record is held by William RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 15:35 on 2nd February 2019 (event number 177). The female record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 17:36 on 30th March 2019 (event number 185). The Age Grade course record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded 84.09% (17:36) on 30th March 2019 (event number 185).

Wyre Forest parkrun started on 29th August 2015. Since then 6,060 participants have completed 34,881 parkruns covering a total distance of 174,405 km, including 6,762 new Personal Bests. A total of 567 individuals have volunteered 4,581 times.

Wyre Forest parkrun Today's Run Director: Andie Links Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter And on Instagram Join our club on Strava Your Run Director Team:- Andie (Event Director) - Jo - Vicky - Ade - David - Andy - Graeme - Mark - Neil

Other Links: Video - Wyre Forest parkrun in 5 minutes Forestry Commission Wyre Forest website Wyre Forest parkrun was set up by members of Cleobury Mortimer Running Club In the Diary - June 1st - GP Pledge Day June 8th - CMRC volunteer takeover June 29th - Scouts volunteer takeover
Parking at Wyre Forest Groovy ERS Barcodes
Did you know that a Wyre Forest Discovery Pass includes parking for two cars (one at a time!) for £35 per year as well as supporting the work of the Forestry Commission you can get also get discounts on other products and services. Why not have a chat with your fellow parkrunners or volunteers?Otherwise, parking charges are £3 for up to 2 hours, £4 2-4 hours and £5 all day on Saturdays. Are you a frequent parkrunner, or does your barcode regularly fail to scan or you're having problems with your printer? You should consider getting some ERS Barcodes. Make our scanners lives easier and be the envy of all of your parkrunner chums!

Please park responsibly in the car parks provided or stay green and cycle, jog or walk in when possible. Please, please, please do not park near local residents properties. Thank you.

 

27/04/2019 Wyre Forest parkrun report. Andy volunteers for the 150th time!

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Wyre Forest parkrun Event number 189 27th April 2019

This week 208 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 28 were first timers and 32 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 26 different clubs took part.

Welcome to our parkrun debutantes this week:

Henry NEWBOULD, Karis LANE, Lewis YATES, Stuart THOMAS, Andy MOWBRAY, Dave RICHARDSON, Sam FLEMING, Nicola HARTLAND, Ros PORTER, John LANE, Karrick LANE

The event was made possible by 29 volunteers:

Vicky HONEYBOURNE • Kim HOOD • David MORE • Mark WALLACE • Sarah PRICE • Phil WEBER • David STARKIE • Andrew GARLICK • Duncan STARKIE • Lisa GARLICK • Graeme ANDERSON • Ann CHADWICK • Rosie CHADWICK • Lauren CHADWICK • Catherine LAVERTY • Ellie ANDERSON • Rachel CASELEY • Sara HARRIS • Emily PRICE • Graham GOOD • Daren JACKSON • Stella CARTER • Pauline SMITH • Debbie JACKSON • Sarah CLARK • Paige CARTER • Sue HODGETTS • Steve REDDING • Kerry LEWIS 58379247_2474971945869148_7723295897739591680_n

Big, big thanks must go to our amazing uber-volunteer Andy GARLICK who this weekend gave up his Saturday morning to help us at parkrun for the 150th time. We couldn't operate without our core team of regular volunteers of which Andy is an original member, with us from Event #1.

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Just one milestone this week: Congratulations to Wyre Forest regular Marc PEDERSEN who completed his 100th parkrun!

Don't forget that this Saturday is our special Star Wars 'May the Fourth Be With You' parkrun!

See you there and don't forget your barcodes!

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Wyre Forest parkrun Results Page.

The male record is held by William RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 15:35 on 2nd February 2019 (event number 177). The female record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 17:36 on 30th March 2019 (event number 185). The Age Grade course record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded 84.09% (17:36) on 30th March 2019 (event number 185).

Wyre Forest parkrun started on 29th August 2015. Since then 5,924 participants have completed 34,054 parkruns covering a total distance of 170,270 km, including 6,617 new Personal Bests. A total of 560 individuals have volunteered 4,488 times.

Wyre Forest parkrun
Today's Run Director: Graeme
Links
Find us on Facebook
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And on Instagram

Join our club on Strava

Your Run Director Team:-
Andie (Event Director) - Jo - Vicky - Ade - David - Andy - Graeme - Mark - Neil

Other Links:
Video - Wyre Forest parkrun in 5 minutes
Forestry Commission Wyre Forest website
Wyre Forest parkrun was set up by members of Cleobury Mortimer Running Club		 In the Diary - May 4th - Star Wars parkrun June 8th - CMRC volunteer takeover June 29th - Scouts volunteer takeover
Parking at Wyre Forest Groovy ERS Barcodes
Did you know that a Wyre Forest Discovery Pass includes parking for two cars (one at a time!) for £35 per year as well as supporting the work of the Forestry Commission you can get also get discounts on other products and services. Why not have a chat with your fellow parkrunners or volunteers?Otherwise, parking charges are £3 for up to 2 hours, £4 2-4 hours and £5 all day on Saturdays. Are you a frequent parkrunner, or does your barcode regularly fail to scan or you're having problems with your printer? You should consider getting some ERS Barcodes.
Make our scanners lives easier and be the envy of all of your parkrunner chums!

Please park responsibly in the car parks provided or stay green and cycle, jog or walk in when possible. Please, please, please do not park near local residents properties. Thank you.

 

06/04/2019 Wyre Forest parkrun #186 run report

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Wyre Forest parkrun
Event number 186
6th April 2019

 

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This week 255 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 42 were first timers and 59 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 28 different clubs took part.

Welcome to all our first time parkrunners:

David LLOYD, Greta SPAREY, Aislinn KEEGAN, Sam MONK, Jo OLDEN, Hannah TOLLEY, Holly WILLIAMS, Kelly ROBINSON, Anya REAVES, Michelle REAVES

First of many visits to Wyre Forest parkrun we hope!

The event was made possible by 28 super volunteers:

Andrea FORD • Christine NICHOLLS • Jake GOOD • Robin GLOVER • Chris SIMPSON • Neil CRABBE • Andrew GARLICK • Katy BROOME • Kirsty WILKES • Martin BIGGS • Lisa GARLICK • Stephen MOORE • Aran MOORE • Philip JONES • Lindsay TILLSLEY • Vicki KELLY • Deborah NEWBOULD • Rachael SHEPHERD • Michael GREGG • Ian BELL • Carole HENDER • Pauline SMITH • Debbie HYRONS • Jeremy FERGUSON • Ben HOBSON • Olive KELLY • Steve REDDING • Christian HOLLOWAY

Thanks to them all.

Please get in touch at wyreforest@parkrun.com to add your name to the roster! Thank you.

 

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Jonny G and Ben PARKES both joined the milestone 50 club this week. Well done guys!

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Ben (right) with fellow parkrunner James

And Emma SMITH visited us for the first time and ran her 100th parkrun (you definitely picked a great parkrun to celebrate Emma!)

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And we all wished regular runner and volunteer Carl PRICE a marvellous day on his 50th birthday!

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Good news from the Forest cafe: They will now be opening at 8.30am!! Hurrah!!

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Wishing you all a good week! See you next time!

Andie

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Wyre Forest parkrun Results Page.

The male record is held by William RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 15:35 on 2nd February 2019 (event number 177).
The female record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 17:36 on 30th March 2019 (event number 185).
The Age Grade course record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded 84.09% (17:36) on 30th March 2019 (event number 185).

Wyre Forest parkrun started on 29th August 2015. Since then 5,803 participants have completed 33,295 parkruns covering a total distance of 166,475 km, including 6,468 new Personal Bests. A total of 549 individuals have volunteered 4,397 times.

Wyre Forest parkrun
Today's Run Director: Andie
Links
Find us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
And on Instagram

Join our club on Strava

Your Run Director Team:-
Andie (Event Director) - Jo - Vicky - Ade - David - Andy - Graeme - Mark - Neil

Other Links:
Video - Wyre Forest parkrun in 5 minutes
Forestry Commission Wyre Forest website
Wyre Forest parkrun was set up by members of Cleobury Mortimer Running Club		 In the Diary - June 29th - Scouts volunteer takeover
Parking at Wyre Forest Groovy ERS Barcodes
Did you know that a Wyre Forest Discovery Pass includes parking for two cars (one at a time!) for £35 per year as well as supporting the work of the Forestry Commission you can get also get discounts on other products and services. Why not have a chat with your fellow parkrunners or volunteers?Otherwise, parking charges are £3 for up to 2 hours, £4 for 2-4 hours or £5 all day. Are you a frequent parkrunner, or does your barcode regularly fail to scan or you're having problems with your printer? You should consider getting some ERS Barcodes.
Make our scanners lives easier and be the envy of all of your parkrunner chums!

 

Please park responsibly in the car parks provided or stay green and cycle, jog or walk in when possible. Please, please, please do not park near local residents properties. Thank you.

 

16/03/2019 Wyre Forest parkrun #183

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Wyre Forest parkrun
Event number 183
16th March 2019

This week 186 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 19 were first timers and 19 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 16 different clubs took part.

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The event was made possible by 28 volunteers:

Vicky HONEYBOURNE • Helen HODGES • Mark WALLACE • Lindsay B PULLEY • Elizabeth HINTON • Neil CRABBE • Adrian FORD • David STARKIE • Andrew GARLICK • Katy BROOME • Duncan STARKIE • Carole EVANS • Lisa GARLICK • Amy SMITH • Graeme ANDERSON • John FRANCIS • Luisa TURNER • Gavin MILLICHIP • Carl PRICE • Daren JACKSON • Pauline SMITH • Dylan TURNER • Debbie HYRONS • Jeremy FERGUSON • William SMITH • Simone BUZINK • Patrick YARRANTON-GREEN • Christopher HANCOX

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Well done to our first time parkrunners:

Pablo REQUEJO, Pete HAMER, Rory HOPE, Jessica DIDLICK, Rob LISSEMORE

And we celebrated the following milestones this week:

Oliver MORRIS - 10 parkruns

Shahriar HATAM TABRIZI - 50 parkruns

Well done everyone!!

This Saturday is our wedding themed parkrun where we celebrate Forest Monster Carole ANSELL's hen weekend! Hats and frocks are welcome - lets do it in style folks!!

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Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Wyre Forest parkrun Results Page.

The female record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 17:53 on 29th December 2018 (event number 172).
The male record is held by William RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 15:35 on 2nd February 2019 (event number 177).
The Age Grade course record is held by William RICHARDSON who recorded 83.64% (15:35) on 2nd February 2019 (event number 177).

Wyre Forest parkrun started on 29th August 2015. Since then 5,671 participants have completed 32,506 parkruns covering a total distance of 162,530 km, including 6,299 new Personal Bests. A total of 544 individuals have volunteered 4,310 times.

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Today's Run Director: Neil
Links
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Your Run Director Team:-
Andie (Event Director) - Jo - Vicky - Ade - David - Andy - Graeme - Mark - Neil

Other Links:
Video - Wyre Forest parkrun in 5 minutes
Forestry Commission Wyre Forest website
Wyre Forest parkrun was set up by members of Cleobury Mortimer Running Club		 In the Diary - June 29th - Scouts volunteer takeover
Parking at Wyre Forest Groovy ERS Barcodes
Did you know that a Wyre Forest Discovery Pass includes parking for two cars (one at a time!) for £30 per year as well as supporting the work of the Forestry Commission you can get also get discounts on other products and services. Why not have a chat with your fellow parkrunners or volunteers? Are you a frequent parkrunner, or does your barcode regularly fail to scan or you're having problems with your printer? You should consider getting some ERS Barcodes.
Make our scanners lives easier and be the envy of all of your parkrunner chums!

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Please park responsibly in the car parks provided or stay green and cycle, jog or walk in when possible. Please, please, please do not park near local residents properties. Thank you.

 

09/03/2019 Wyre Forest parkrun #182 We say a fond farewell to Tina and Pete

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Wyre Forest parkrun
Event number 182
9th March 2019

This week 244 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 31 were first timers and 41 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 17 different clubs took part.

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The event was made possible by 28 marvelous volunteers:

Vicky HONEYBOURNE • Kim HOOD • Nigel GARDNER • Mark WALLACE • Adrian FORD • David STARKIE • Andrew GARLICK • Dale EVANS • Duncan STARKIE • Carole EVANS • Martin BIGGS • Aran MOORE • Amy SMITH • Lindsay TILLSLEY • John FRANCIS • Vicki KELLY • Gavin MILLICHIP • David ALLISTON • Ruth ALLISTON • Sallie SHAW • Pauline SMITH • Debbie HYRONS • Jeremy FERGUSON • William SMITH • Olive KELLY • Andrew BOWLES • Trish LONGMORE • Patrick YARRANTON-GREEN

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There were lots of first time parkrunners this week, briefed by volunteer Paddy.

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Welcome to:

Ryan BURKIN, Matthew BRANCH, Rebecca THOMPSON, Kris THOMPSON, Matt GILL, Archie SMITH, Paul FERN, Kerrie MCCLOY, Liz JOHNSON, Jodie BURKIN, Susan BELCHER, Philip GODDARD, Daisy SWANNELL, Sarah EGGINTON, Abby PHILPOTTS, Sam JOHNSON, Rachel BROOKES, Kate DULSON

And just as we said hello to lots of new parkrunners it was sadly time to say farewell to two of our most popular and regular parkrunners. Tina and Pete SMITH have been running at Wyre Forest since we began with their friends (two and four legged) at Forest Monsters. They have completed 187 parkruns between them. They are leaving the area to embark on new adventures in Scotland and we wish them all the very best. It really won't be the same without you both!

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There were lots milestones achieved this week so looking forward to seeing some new t-shirts very soon! Well done to the following who all ran their 50th parkrun this week:

Harry EDWARDS (photographed below - Harry visited us with fiancee Lara and finished in style in first place with a new PB!), Rhodri PARFITT, Andrew CROOT, James PAYTON (also achieving a new PB - extra kudos!) and Linda MALLINSON (also going home with an awesome new PB!).

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Well done all of you.

And CONGRATULATIONS too to regular Wyre Forest parkrunner and Tri Energy member Graham GOOD who ran his 100th parkrun in suitable attire!

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Whether it was your first parkrun or 232nd we are always thrilled to see you all cross that finish line (usually with a look of sheer relief on your faces), so well done everyone!

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Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Wyre Forest parkrun Results Page.

The female record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 17:53 on 29th December 2018 (event number 172).
The male record is held by William RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 15:35 on 2nd February 2019 (event number 177).
The Age Grade course record is held by William RICHARDSON who recorded 83.64% (15:35) on 2nd February 2019 (event number 177).

Wyre Forest parkrun started on 29th August 2015. Since then 5,652 participants have completed 32,320 parkruns covering a total distance of 161,600 km, including 6,280 new Personal Bests. A total of 544 individuals have volunteered 4,282 times.

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Today's Run Director:Andy G
Links
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Your Run Director Team:-
Andie (Event Director) - Jo - Vicky - Ade - David - Andy - Graeme - Mark - Neil

Other Links:
Video - Wyre Forest parkrun in 5 minutes
Forestry Commission Wyre Forest website
Wyre Forest parkrun was set up by members of Cleobury Mortimer Running Club		 In the Diary - June 29th Stourport St Michaels Scouts Volunteer takeover
Parking at Wyre Forest Groovy ERS Barcodes
Did you know that a Wyre Forest Discovery Pass includes parking for two cars (one at a time!) for £30 per year as well as supporting the work of the Forestry Commission you can get also get discounts on other products and services. Why not have a chat with your fellow parkrunners or volunteers? Are you a frequent parkrunner, or does your barcode regularly fail to scan or you're having problems with your printer? You should consider getting some ERS Barcodes.
Make our scanners lives easier and be the envy of all of your parkrunner chums!

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Please park responsibly in the car parks provided or stay green and cycle, jog or walk in when possible. Please, please, please do not park near local residents properties. Thank you.

 

02/03/2019 Wyre Forest parkrun #181 Sandra’s run report

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Wyre Forest parkrun
Event number 181
2nd March 2019

 

What a fabulous morning for this weeks parkrun. Although we did not have the sun from the beginning of the week, storm Freya stayed away today to allow us to enjoy our beautiful Wyre forest parkrun. Spring is in the air and for those who looked carefully there were two rabbits joining our run this morning.

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Photo: Emma TIPTON celebrates her 50th parkrun with Emma PAINE

Welcome and well done to all who were first timers today or chose to visit Wyre Forest parkrun for the first time today. Hope to see you all again soon:

Archie JONES, Ricky WEBB, Andy JOHNSON, Richard FALLOWS, Liz WALKER, Rosie ELLIOTT, Joanne JONES

Some milestones t shirts were achieved today. Callum CHILDE achieved his 10 parkrun t shirt, Emma TIPTON and Sarah PERSICH both achieved 50 parkruns today and Deborah LOWE achieved her 100th parkrun. Well done to you all. When you get your new t shirts - wear them with pride.

Whether today was your first parkrun or your 325th, well done and thank you starting the weekend with Wyre Forest parkrun.

parkrun is such a brilliant event - free, gets you out and you can bring your family (human or dog) with you to enjoy. Whether you are first over the finish or the tail walker - everyone is welcome and all are encouraged along the way. What other event can tick all these boxes?

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A big thank you as always goes to each and every parkrun volunteer.

Philip SHELDON • Sarah PRICE • Steve REDDING • Stuart JONES • David STARKIE • Duncan STARKIE • Carole EVANS • Aran MOORE • Matt KIMBER • Emma MORGAN • Graeme ANDERSON • Sandra PEDERSEN • John FRANCIS • Matt SMITH • Tony COLCLOUGH • Elizabeth COLCLOUGH • Emily PRICE • Graham GOOD • Tim SCARBOROUGH • Ryan MORGAN • Daren JACKSON • Debbie JACKSON • Debbie HYRONS • William SMITH • Abigail GOOD

parkrun can only be free and take place each week with the help and support of our hero’s, who undertake various roles to allow those of us who run, to do so safely and allow the event to take place, therefore give volunteering a go. It’s a supportive community and there are many roles which need filling each week. Some roles mean you can still run and also be a hero. Contact the team and give it a go.

Email: wyreforest@parkrun.com

Enjoy your week and look forward to seeing you all next Saturday to do it all again.

Sandra Howard
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Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Wyre Forest parkrun Results Page.

The female record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 17:53 on 29th December 2018 (event number 172).
The male record is held by William RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 15:35 on 2nd February 2019 (event number 177).
The Age Grade course record is held by William RICHARDSON who recorded 83.64% (15:35) on 2nd February 2019 (event number 177).

Wyre Forest parkrun started on 29th August 2015. Since then 5,621 participants have completed 32,076 parkruns covering a total distance of 160,380 km, including 6,239 new Personal Bests. A total of 543 individuals have volunteered 4,254 times.

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Today's Run Director: Graeme
Links
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Your Run Director Team:-
Andie (Event Director) - Jo - Vicky - Ade - David - Andy - Graeme - Mark - Neil

Other Links:
Video - Wyre Forest parkrun in 5 minutes
Forestry Commission Wyre Forest website
Wyre Forest parkrun was set up by members of Cleobury Mortimer Running Club		 In the Diary
Parking at Wyre Forest Groovy ERS Barcodes
Did you know that a Wyre Forest Discovery Pass includes parking for two cars (one at a time!) for £30 per year as well as supporting the work of the Forestry Commission you can get also get discounts on other products and services. Why not have a chat with your fellow parkrunners or volunteers? Are you a frequent parkrunner, or does your barcode regularly fail to scan or you're having problems with your printer? You should consider getting some ERS Barcodes.
Make our scanners lives easier and be the envy of all of your parkrunner chums!

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Please park responsibly in the car parks provided or stay green and cycle, jog or walk in when possible. Please, please, please do not park near local residents properties. Thank you.

 

23/02/2019 Wyre Forest parkrun #180

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Wyre Forest parkrun
Event number 180
23rd February 2019

This week 253 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 31 were first timers and 44 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 22 different clubs took part.

 

 

We welcomed the following newbies to the wonderful world of parkrun!:

Tammy GRIFFIN, Julia MORSE, Sorrel MUMFORD, Simon MANN, Karen GRIFFITHS, Rupert WARREN, Mark FRASER, Andy EVANS, Katie GEORGE, Andrew BOARDMAN

Hopefully see you all again next time!

 

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We received visitors from Sandwell Valley, Kendal, Suffolk, Cannock and Perry Hall!

Thank you to tourist Darren for the following feedback:

"Was across here from Suffolk this weekend with my wife and we took part in your event.

Just wanted to say what a cracking park run you all do, much harder course than our flat one at Great Cornard, but a beautiful ,well run, friendly, event.

Thank you."

Cheers Darren, always good to hear great things about our event!

 

The event was made possible by 33 fabulous volunteers, thank you to them all:

Vicky HONEYBOURNE • Kim HOOD • Andrea FORD • Stuart JONES • Jen GRAINGER • Vicki HULME • Neil CRABBE • Andrew GARLICK • Lilia Grace FORD • Katy BROOME • Kirsty WILKES • Amy SMITH • Graeme ANDERSON • Lindsay TILLSLEY • John FRANCIS • Vicki KELLY • Rachael SHEPHERD • David EVANS • Pauline SMITH • Gill JONES • Dylan TURNER • Debbie HYRONS • Jeremy FERGUSON • William SMITH • Zoe ELKIN • Olive KELLY • Steve REDDING • Jill WALKER • Lisa MASON • Joshua MASON • Isobel MASON • Mason PRICE • Patrick YARRANTON-GREEN

 

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Do your bit by volunteering too - please email wyreforest@parkrun to put your name on our roster. Thank you.

 

Congratulations to the totally inspirational Lindsay PULLEY who bettered his own Age Category record for VM80-84 this week with a cracking time of 32:46. Lindsay is our oldest parkrunner and has now completed a whopping 236 parkruns. What a star!

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The following parkrunners achieved milestone recognition this week - welcome to the 50 club Sarah CLARK and junior Amaya MOORE.

 

We lost more finish tokens again this week (sad face). So please, please, please don't take our tokens home with you. If you have any of our finish tokens we would really like them back - just drop them in a bucket or hand to a volunteer who will be most grateful, thank you.

 

And very importantly - don't forget your barcode! And if you do, please do not ask any of our volunteers to manually enter your result as I'm afraid the answer will always be 'no'. Put a spare in your car, kit bag, mobile phone case or under your shoe insole now... just don't forget to bring it!

Thank you all, see you next time!
Andie

 

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Wyre Forest parkrun Results Page.

The female record is held by Chloe RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 17:53 on 29th December 2018 (event number 172).
The male record is held by William RICHARDSON who recorded a time of 15:35 on 2nd February 2019 (event number 177).
The Age Grade course record is held by William RICHARDSON who recorded 83.64% (15:35) on 2nd February 2019 (event number 177).

 

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Wyre Forest parkrun started on 29th August 2015. Since then 5,602 participants have completed 31,870 parkruns covering a total distance of 159,350 km, including 6,210 new Personal Bests. A total of 539 individuals have volunteered 4,229 times.

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Today's Run Director: Andie
Links
Find us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
And on Instagram

Join our club on Strava

Your Run Director Team:-
Andie (Event Director) - Jo - Vicky - Ade - David - Andy - Graeme - Mark - Neil

Other Links:
Video - Wyre Forest parkrun in 5 minutes
Forestry Commission Wyre Forest website
Wyre Forest parkrun was set up by members of Cleobury Mortimer Running Club		 In the Diary
Parking at Wyre Forest Groovy ERS Barcodes
Did you know that a Wyre Forest Discovery Pass includes parking for two cars (one at a time!) for £30 per year as well as supporting the work of the Forestry Commission you can get also get discounts on other products and services. Why not have a chat with your fellow parkrunners or volunteers? Are you a frequent parkrunner, or does your barcode regularly fail to scan or you're having problems with your printer? You should consider getting some ERS Barcodes.
Make our scanners lives easier and be the envy of all of your parkrunner chums!

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Please park responsibly in the car parks provided or stay green and cycle, jog or walk in when possible. Please, please, please do not park near local residents properties. Thank you.

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