Welcome to the photo round-up from around the Nordics on the first Saturday of October, and the first day of the global parkwalk campaign, to help encourage more walkers to also join our events. Autumn colours, sunshine, wind and rain, we had it all this weekend. Here’s some photos from around our events …
Under oktober månad kommer vi fokusera på och hylla parkwalk! Varför gå? Att ta promenader är en av de bästa sättet att komma igång med en hälsosammare livsstil och även att komma igång på parkrun. Du är självklart fortfarande välkommen att springa och jogga! Här är 5 anledningar till att promenera på parkrun: …
As part of the parkwalk campaign this October, we are introducing a brand new volunteer role – the parkwalker! It has been created to demonstrate that walking at parkrun is both encouraged and valued. Why “parkwalker”? Inclusivity and participation, rather than speed, has been a key principle of parkrun since day one….
To celebrate our 18th birthday, we’re taking a look back through the first 18 years of parkrunning! The beginning On Saturday 2 October 2004, 13 runners and five volunteers turned up to Bushy Park in Teddington, London, for a free, timed, 5k run, known then as the Bushy Park Time Trial. Paul…
Welcome to the weekly round-up from around the Nordics, complete with autumnal colours, anniversaries and the first appearance of a parkwalker vest! Here’s our selection of the action: We start with a birthday – Billalsparken parkrun is one year old! And the same is true of Nansenparken parkrun – congratulations to…
Whether you’re finding your feet, not sure how to get started, craving some me time or are keen to introduce someone new to parkrun, here are five reasons why we love walking at parkrun to get you ready for #parkwalk! Catch-up with friends We know that life is expensive right now, so why…
Welcome to the weekly round-up of the parkrun action across the Nordics! This week we celebrated the 500th edition of Fælledparken parkrun, and we came close to a record overall attendance in Denmark. Here’s a selection of photos from our events: It was a bumper turnout in Fælledparken with 161 parkrunners, the…
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…
One of the great resources for runners in Norway is the Kondis organisation, who both publish magazine 9 times a year (incl. summer and winter race calendar) and run an active online website at www.kondis.no. Here you can get inspirational content to help develop your running and read about the latest things in running,…
En av de store ressursene for løpere i Norge er Kondis-organisasjonen, som både gir ut et blad 9 ganger i året (inkl. sommer- og vinterterminliste) og driver en aktiv nettside på www.kondis.no. Her kan du få inspirerende innhold for å utvikle løpingen din og lese om det siste innen løping, enten det er treningstips,…
