It’s been another record breaking week for parkrun in the Nordics, following the continuing upward trend for parkrun throughout the world. It’s great that we are all a part of it! For the first time we had over 1400 runners at our events, and just as importantly, we had 178 fabulous volunteers who helped…
You may have noticed the parkrun website looks a bit different today. We had hoped to have a brand new website live by now but unfortunately, due to complications in delivery, we haven’t been able to achieve what we wanted. We haven’t changed any of the content or the structure of the site….
After the long, cold, dark winter here in the Nordics comes the reward – the amazing summers! Everyone seems to be on holiday, enjoying the outdoors, swimming in lakes, enjoying long, light, warm summer evenings and generally feeling relaxed. And summer cafes open up, but most other things seem to close down! …
This year, for the first time, Sweden held extra events on Nationaldagen, the special day on which we have the option to hold extra events. This year three events went ahead with parkruns, Örebro, Malmö Ribersborg and Kungsängen. It was quite simply, an amazing success! With temperatures approaching 30oC it was certainly a hot…
Last weekend at parkrun in the Nordics there were: 26 events! (a record!) 1427 finishers! (also a record!) 178 fantastic volunteers! (yet another record!) 157 brilliant PBs! 142 amazing first-time parkrunners!
Plenty of colour from around the region this weekend, not least the new parkrun Apricot t-shirts which are increasingly finding their way over to the Nordics. Here’s a selection of shots from our events from around the region from this past weekend: We love the start line shot at Dømmesmoen parkrun Apricot on…
Per Hedenskog was planning on getting in shape for his next trip up to the wilds of Sarek National park in Sweden. On learning that he could do this with others at Örebro parkrun every Saturday – together with his weighted rucksack – it shows that there’s more to parkrun than just setting PBs! …
Per Hedenskog planerade att komma i form för sin nästa resa upp till Sarek nationalpark i Sverige. När han fick reda på att han kunde göra det tillsammans med andra på Örebro parkrun varje lördag, med sin ryggsäck också, visar att parkrun inte bara handlar om personbästa! Per berättar: “Min första kontakt med…
We want to highlight some of our fantastic volunteers from our events across the Nordics. If you’re volunteer and want to say a little bit about parkrun, or if you have someone you’d like to nominate, please get in touch!. This week meet Kenneth Dickinson, from Malmö Ribersborg parkrun! Name: Kenneth Dickinson Home…
Since the very first parkrun in Bushy Park, London on Saturday 2 October 2004, more than 3.7 million people have had their barcodes scanned at parkrun events around the world. For some people, parkrun is something they might do every now and then, maybe at Christmas time with family, or when catching up with…
