As we ran, jogged and walked our #79th, parkrun recently, we are reminded about parkrun and what it is all about. parkrun is all about inclusiveness and wellbeing. We want as many people as possible to feel part of a real local community brought together by our events, as well as our global parkrun…
Samedi prochain, Chain of Lakes sera lancé à Halifax et parkrun Canada deviendra d’un océan à l’autre! Nous avons rencontré Jaclyn Currie, directrice de l’événement, qui nous en a dit davantage sur la création de notre plus récent événement parkrun. L’équipe Je m’appelle Jaclyn, une Britannique qui a fait quelques parkruns au Royaume-Uni avant…
This coming Saturday, Chain of Lakes parkrun launches in Halifax and parkrun Canada will become coast-to-coast! We caught up with Event Director Jaclyn Currie, who told us more about how our newest parkrun event was formed. Meet the team I’m Jaclyn, a Brit who did a couple of parkruns in the UK before we…
One of the wonderful things about parkrun is that you never know who you are going to meet at your local parkrun. parkrun is fantastic for meeting people you wouldn’t normally cross paths with. Be it someone in a different industry to you, different area of town, completely different hobbies, and now with international…
Une des choses qui rendent parkrun très spécial c’est que vous ne savez jamais qui vous allez rencontrer. parkrun est fantastique pour rencontrer des gens avec lesquels vous ne vous rencontreriez normalement pas. Vous allez rencontrer des gens des milieux professionnel différents, des quartiers de la ville variés, qui aiment des passe-temps complètement différents, et…
My name is Paulene, but just last year I used to call myself the ‘Anti parkrun Girl’. I’d been doing 5kms walks a few times a week for months in my quest to improve my fitness and lose weight. I’d always had this obsession with runners and a dream of what it must feel like…
parkrun est en poussée de croissance au Canada et le nouveau parkrun de River Oaks sera le seizième au Canada et le quatrième dans la région de Toronto. C’est peu surprenant que parkrun soit en expansion aussi rapidement dans cette région, parce qu’après tout, parkrun est un si beau concept pour les communautés autour pour…
This week we have a fantastic new parkrun starting in Oakville, but before then let’s recap last week’s launch Victoria parkrun, Kitchener. Event Directors Julia and Johnathan were delighted to be joined by tourists, locals and first-time pioneers alike. At the launch there were local Kitchener and Waterloo residents, and tourists from around the…
Mitch and his father never consider themselves runners, until they discovered parkrun. That lead them all the way to Hamburg to achieve something that niether thought would be possible. Wind back to October 2015 and I would loudly and proudly announce my disgust for organised running. There was nothing worse I could think of…
parkrun is rapidly expanding across Canada and the new River Oaks will be the sixteenth in Canada and the fourth in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). It is hardly surprising that parkrun is expanding so quickly in areas like the GTA, after all parkrun is such a great concept for communities to embrace, but also the…
