It’s been another week of significant progress for the parkrun family around the world. Last Saturday saw more than 12,400 people walk, jog, run or volunteer at 117 events across five parkrun countries. There were also almost 600 first timers, and we’d particularly like to extend a warm welcome to those taking what might…
Deborah Biggs was encouraged to take part in parkrun when the band she plays in staged a ‘parkrun takeover’. Here she tells us how she’s gone from being terrified, to not being able to wait for parkrunday every week. I did my first ever 5k about five years ago, a Race for Life which…
Haruka Murayama is Event director at Tsujido kaihin koen parkrun in Japan. But her first introduction to parkrun was over in Northern Ireland. Here she tells us how parkrun helped her combat homesickness and improved her confidence. It was about two years ago, early January of 2018, when I discovered parkrun for the first…
It was wonderful to see events start back in Namibia at the weekend, the fifth parkrun territory to welcome back events since the Coronavirus pandemic paused parkrun across the world in March. We were looking forward to reopening in South Australia this coming Saturday, but sadly new infections and a subsequent two week state-wide…
This month the island of Ireland celebrated 10 years of parkrun, and Country Manager Matt Shields told us all about the history of parkrun Ireland. parkrun first came to the island of Ireland at the Waterworks in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in November 2010. The event in Waterworks park was started by a team of…
New Zealand’s newest event launched on the weekend, the first event to be hosted at a University. Event Director Nicola Clayden takes a look back at launch day. Lex Chalmers cut the ribbon to launch the University of Waikato parkrun, New Zealand’s 32nd parkrun! Lex is the architect of this course; his perseverance and…
Somehow another week has passed by, and it’s time for another update on parkrun around the world. Whilst progress can appear to be slow (or even non-existent) in many parts of the world at the moment, we feel it’s important we continue to celebrate small milestones, and to share the positive steps the parkrun family…
Earlier this year Hamilton Lake parkrun lost their doggie icon – Sam. It was sad for a large number of the Hamilton Lake parkrun family. Run Director Helen Moore paid tribute to their four-legged friend and his ‘ooman’, Jason. I have been a Run Director since parkrun started in October 2013. It was…
The 31st of October marked the end of #parktoberfest, our month long celebration of being physically active, together and outdoors. We encouraged the parkrun community to inspire and motivate their friends, family, neighbours and colleagues and join them, in person or virtually, for a (not)parkrun. We kicked off with a number 16 theme, in…
With the reopening of events in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Guernsey and the Isle of Man last weekend, we saw 103 events and over 10,000 participants at parkruns across four countries. It’s also worth noting that it took us six-and-a-half years to reach this milestone in April 2011, a feat that we’ve achieved in…
