Last week parkrun CEO Nick Pearson travelled to Canada with James Kemp, parkrun’s Global Operations Manager to meet with the local event teams and to understand more about what they need to support their growth and implement their strategy for engaging with communities and planning new events. While Nick was in Canada, he wrote the…
Canada Day celebrated it’s 150th birthday on Saturday and so many of you came out to join us celebrate. We set attendance records at many events and together with parkrun USA we surpassed 1,000 runners in North America on one day for the first time. Check out our best snapshots of this historic day! Richmond…
Ce premier juillet souligne le 150e anniversaire du Canada. Nous sommes très chanceux que ça arrive un samedi, donc nous sommes capable de célébrer et de souligner cette journée la même journée que nous faisons parkrun. Pour ceux qui ne savent pas, la journée du Canada est célébrée le premier juillet de chaque année soulignant…
This July 1st marks Canada’s 150th anniversary. We are very fortunate that it falls on a Saturday so we are able to mark and celebrate it on the same day as we do parkrun. For those uninformed, Canada Day falls on July 1st every year and celebrates the formation of the country which united…
This week’s photo summary sees sunshine across the country, from Richmond Olympic parkrun in the West to Frédéric Back in the East. Richmond Olympic Nose Hill Bellevue Beach Strip parkrun Frédéric Back
Samedi dernier, nous avons eu deux lancements en une journée – Frédéric-Back et Whistler. Nous allons faire un compte-rendu de ces deux événements. Aussi, dans le blog, nous allons rencontrer les deux directeurs d’événement de Whistler, Allie et Travis. Le parkrun de Frédéric-Back est un événement avec un décor unique. Il utilise un parc…
Last Saturday we had two launches in one day – Frédéric Back and Whistler. We catch up on how it went for both. Also in the blog, we meet Whistler Event Directors Allie and Travis. Frédéric-Back parkrun is an event with a unique backdrop. It uses a linear park that surrounds a historic site that was…
Nous n’avons pas encore célébré notre premier anniversaire, mais déjà nous avons grandi en force. Avec la venue de Whistler parkrun ce mois-ci, il est maintenant possible de prendre place à la magie des Rocheuses avec un voyage mémorable de trois semaines sans manquer votre événement préféré : parkrun! Arrivé à l’aéroport de Calgary le vendredi, et une…
We love hearing about your parkrun stories, and your feedback from experiencing parkrun here in Canada. Here is a summary of feedback we’ve heard in the past month: Thanks to the volunteers for making the run, the cookies, these pictures, and the Facebook posts possible! Elson Kung Thanks for another week of photos,…
A busy weekend for parkrun in Canada. Here are some of the best pictures from our runs this week. For Frédéric-Back and Whistler, you can check on the upcoming article this week. Saint-Paulin parkrun Nose Hill parkrun Richmond Olympic parkrun Whitby parkrun Okanagan parkrun Beach Strip parkrun Bellevue…
