RUN AND BE THANKFUL

I was dismayed by a conversation I heard at my local Parkrun. Two men were complaining about the standard of marshalling – one was even blaming a marshal for him having missed out on a PB. Their sentiments are so out of keeping with the ethos of Parkrun. All marshals are volunteers, and without their selflessness there wouldn’t be this well-organised – and free – event to go to every week. If they volunteered themselves, they would probably find it’s harder than it looks.

Henry Jones, Manchester

Henry Jones thinks some people ought to marshal their thoughts