584 parkruns take place around the UK on Saturdays, but just six share their name with a parkrun in another part of the world: Albert, Bushy, Cambridge, Durham, Gladstone and Victoria. We take a look at these parkrun ‘twins’ and reveal how many people have completed two parkruns that are known locally by the same…
For most of the region, we’re still waiting for the snow to fall and the winter feeling to arrive. True, a little bit of snow and ice came to Norway, but alas caused both Festningen parkrun in Trondheim and Tøyen parkrun in Oslo to be cancelled. So last week it was just one properly…
Our friends at Fællledparken parkrun have had a tradition where regular parkrunners send ‘parkrun postcards’ when they are out on their parkrun travels around the Nordics and around the world. It’s a reminder that your barcode is a passport to taking part in over 1600 free weekly events around the world, which is likely…
Almost 1,700 communities worldwide are now home to parkrun events every Saturday and Sunday, and just like the variety of parkrun courses, parkrunners come in all different shapes and sizes, ages and experiences, coming together every week for a walk, jog or run, followed by a coffee and a chat. Whilst man’s best friends, the four-legged parkdogs…
Globally parkrun continues to grow at a rapid pace, with this year welcoming two new countries to the parkrun family, Malaysia and Germany, and more recently, reaching the 5th million person to register for parkrun. But closer to home in the Nordics, we have also reached some important milestones which show how parkrun is…
I felt it was time to write some words about our amazing, fantastic, awesome volunteers that help make parkrun happen every week around the world. There’s an image within the traditional role models of clubs (föreningar) in Sweden that everyone who is a member (or indeed if you are a parent to a child…
It got a bit chillier this week, but all 22 events in the Nordics stayed on track, and it was yet another week with over 1000 runners, walkers and volunteers coming together at our parkruns. Here’s some photos to take you around on a two-minute trip around Scandinavia from last Saturday. Time for the…
Launched back in 2016, the iconic ‘Apricot’ parkrun t-shirts have become a huge hit around the world, giving everyone the opportunity to proudly bear the name of their ‘home’ run, whilst also contributing to parkrun’s sustainability, as all the proceeds from the t-shirts goes back to parkrun. Here in the Nordics the trend of…
“Saturday was my tenth parkrun! Yep, you read that right! Imagine, until this time year I had never ran, (except reluctantly to catch a bus or in sports lessons way back in school!) I didn’t know how to, I had poor self esteem because of my shape and size. I was however motivated…
Finding a free, weekly, timed 5k that gives you the opportunity to get sand between your toes and waves splashing on your feet are few and far between. But, in the parkrun world, there are more opportunities to soak up the sun on golden sandy beaches – without needing to pack an umbrella or a jumper just in case!…
