Doté d’un super-pouvoir, avec le syndrome d’Asperger, Matthew Akpan a relevé de bons défis pour une œuvre de charité à la mémoire de son père et est devenu un participant très apprécié dans sa communauté. Je cours depuis que j’ai l’âge de 13 ans, j’ai commencé au club de course à Beeston, Leeds en…
Matthew Akpan’s superpower, Asperger’s Syndrome, has seen him become an esteemed parkrunner and complete some brilliant challenges for charity in memory of his father. I’ve been running since the age of 13 years old, when I started at my running club in 2002. Since my first parkrun in 2008, I’ve completed over 330 parkruns at…
Izzy has anxiety and often finds going out and about on her own scary and difficult. She has been a parkrunner since 2014 and finds her local parkrun community offers her a safe space where she feels comfortable and not judged. My first parkrun was in 2014. My mum had been a few times and…
If volunteering for the first time at parkrun is one of your New Year’s resolutions but you’re not sure what to expect, read our five tips for volunteering to see why we love it so much! 1) Take someone with you From our volunteering research, we know that some people who are volunteering for…
Vous êtes-vous déjà demandé à quoi ressemble un parkrun au Japon ? Vous êtes à la bonne place ! Nous avons récemment parlé à Ikeya Kenjiro, le responsable d’événements du parkrun Kashiwanoha, de pourquoi il aime faire du bénévolat au parkrun et l’impact que ceci a eu sur ses samedis matin. À la suite…
Have you ever wondered what a parkrun looks like over in Japan? You’re in the right place! We recently talked to Ikeya Kenjiro, the event director at Kashiwanoha parkrun about how it changed his Saturday mornings, and why he loves volunteering at parkrun. I first heard about parkrun in April 2019 when a flyer was delivered…
Broken Hill Racecourse parkrun in outback Australia is more than 300 kilometres from its closest parkrun. Maria Kelly, who has volunteered as a course marshal 58 times, explains why spending her Saturday mornings cheering parkrunners through the desert, while being surrounded by native wildlife is a highlight of her week. I’m a 54-year-old woman…
695,890 people across the world know how wonderful it can be to volunteer at parkrun. Getting some fresh air and vitamin D, meeting new people, being with family and friends, getting active, problem solving, team building, and gaining life skills are just a few examples of why volunteering comes with incredible physical and mental health benefits….
Beck was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer just a week after completing a half-marathon. For her, attending parkrun makes a huge difference to her outlook and mental health, and it gives her an all important hour in the week to forget that she has cancer. As someone who has never smoked, she wants…
The Virtual Volunteer app has revolutionised timekeeping and barcode scanning at parkrun. The first country to be entirely app only was Germany, five years ago. And now, post pandemic, the rest of the parkrun world has followed. Here’s why we love the app. In 2017, Germany became the first country to launch…
