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Had a wonderful post on Facebook about my son and I both getting PB’s today on his 50th parkrun. He’s 14 and I’m his proud mum (48). You are never too young or too old to love our parkrun. Here is the post…
parkrun is such a family and community-based concept that really can warm the heartstrings, especially on a cold and wet morning.
Today Vincent Stanton was completing his 50th parkrun (great effort) and dressed in the 50 “superman cape” he raced around the course in a PB time, one of the most well mannered young men I’ve met. He then told me his Mum Christine Stanton was trying for a PB also, so back up the course he went to help her home. The end result was, of course, she beat her best time of 3 years ago.
Christine Stanton
Saturday saw the long-awaited return of parkrun New Zealand, the first parkrun events back after an extended global lockdown, and a return, in that part of the world at least, to pre-Coronavirus routines. Since the earliest days of this challenge we had prioritised the work required to ensure a smooth return to action when the…
The parkrun family is made up of 22 countries around the world, and we’ll be taking a closer look at a number of them. This week it’s the US! Having recently celebrated eight years since the first event took place, here is the story of parkrun USA… The parkrun culture is communal, supportive,…
