We all know that volunteers play a vital role at parkrun, organizing every event, every week. And we probably are aware that the volunteers are parkrunners just like ourselves. But there are so many reasons to be a parkrun volunteer beyond a sense of duty or need to keep the event afloat. Here are…
Feeling at home in another country can be really tricky, but for Kerryn Saarinen, parkrun has helped her to settle into a foreign country. Coming from the sunshine and beaches of Australia, a move to Finland was always going to be quite a change for Kerryn Saarinen. Thankfully, parkrun has been a way to…
It’s wonderful that part of the fun of parkrun is capturing our events on camera each week. We know that people love to see the photos of our events, maybe running with a friend or family member. Here’s this week’s selection of photos from around the Nordics region. Specially knitted parkrun socks being presented…
Last weekend at parkrun in the Nordics there were: 25 events! 1190 finishers! 167 fantastic volunteers! 202 brilliant PBs! 118 amazing first-time parkrunners!
At parkrun, we are lucky to run in some stunning locations, both around the Nordics and all over the world. Indeed, one of the great benefits of parkrun is to encourage people to get outside and discover the nature around them. But what happens when the beauty of the park gets spoilt by the blight…
Following in fast succession from parkrun Nordics’ highest and second highest attendances, this week had the third most parkrunners in our history, with over 1300 people taking part across our 25 events on Saturday. Here’s how it looked: Party time at Örebro parkrun this week….. …..their Selfie frame has arrived! It was Tampere…
Great news for parkrun tourists – parkrun is going to be launching in the Netherlands in 2020! Already a wonderful place to visit, a trip to the Netherlands suddenly got even better! Enquiries for starting up new parkruns are regularly received by parkrun HQ from all over the world, and many of these…
Last weekend at parkrun in the Nordics there were: 25 events! 1329 finishers! 167 fantastic volunteers! 226 brilliant PBs! (equalling our record!) 132 amazing first-time parkrunners!
A few weeks back we set some ‘parkrun puzzles’, where we showed the outline of the Danish parkrun courses and invited you to guess which one was which? Well now we have some more Nordic mysteries for you, in the form of the Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish parkruns! Can you see which one is…
Welcome this week to parkrunner Martin Freddy Guhle, whose home run is Fælledparken parkrun. He’s run 317 parkruns and proudly also has his volunteer 25 t-shirt. How did you first hear about parkrun? Da jeg gerne ville starte med af løbe fandt jeg Parkrun men det var på Amager fælde. Året efter startet så…
