Clique and unfriendly parkruns
Hi everyone,
I have been volunteering and attending Nepean River parkrun in Sydney for the past 24 months. My wife and I moved to the Blue Mountains a few years back and found Lawson parkrun too hard so came across to Nepean River.
My family, friends and I find this parkrun and its main run and volunteer group incredibly clique and unwelcoming. We've volunteered on a number of occasions now and we are never greeted and no one says thanks... In the last year, we've been spoken to superficially once. It's quite discouraging actually. They say they're friendly during the briefing but they're not.
I know parkrun is supposed to be friendly and welcoming but sometimes it's not and it's really discouraging.
Anyone had this experience before and what did you do? I've seen another post about this issue before and they said to be more open and forthcoming.
Anyway bit of a rant. I hate feeling like shit after parkrun on a Saturday morning.