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,…
With everything that’s going on in the world at the moment, the ability to reduce stress and build resilience has never been more relevant or important. Dr Carolyn Ee is a GP, researcher, health and wellbeing advocate and runner. Dr Ee tells us more about meditation… What is meditation? Over the past few decades…
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…
Name: Darina Hynes Age: 40 Occupation: Scientist Local parkrun: Tymon Number of parkruns completed: 102 How did you get involved in parkrun? My friend recommended her local parkrun but was a little far away for me so I decided to check out Tymon parkrun on my own one Saturday morning in October 2017 and…
With just a few days left until the reopening of parkrun New Zealand it feels like we really are making excellent progress and, after fifteen Saturdays without a single parkrun anywhere in the world, this weekend we can all celebrate a great step forward. Everyone has worked hard and waited patiently, and we can all be…
Physiotherapist Laura Penhaul talks us through some more advanced strength and mobility exercises, all of which can be done without the need for expensive equipment. Calf raises Start off by doing your calf raises with both feet on the floor and do them slowly – each calf raise should take 6 seconds. Once you’ve mastered that,…
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 Singapore! Event Ambassador Dominic Watkins gives us the low-down… When Carol Cunningham, founding Event Director of Albert Melbourne parkrun in Australia, was offered a job transfer…
Calling all female parkrunners! Are you taking part in this year’s Vhi Virtual Women’s Mini Marathon? Make sure you sign up today as registration is now open! Vhi are delighted to launch a special virtual edition of the event for 2020 in recognition of the hundreds of charities that depend on the Women’s Mini…
Ross Gallagher, a visually impaired parkrunner from Kerry, clocked up 124kms in May to raise money for charity. Ross tells us about parkrunning and his recent May challenge. I first heard about parkrun back in September 2017. My Mum and I both wanted to give it a try so we went along to…
Over the last few months we’ve attempted to keep things as simple as possible, to focus on the critical tasks required, and to provide clarity around our decisions. This week we’d like to take the opportunity to revisit part of our strategy for reopening parkrun. As countries relax their respective lockdown restrictions we…
