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TomF & co
Read more › News - 20th September 2017

Some training advice from parkrun!

parkrun is all about the taking part, and running quicker is not really the priority. But of course, you get a time, and many people do enjoy trying to get quicker and get a parkrun PB. Here’s a few small bits of advice for anyone who wants to get quicker!   1. Run More Virtually…

Kungsängen parkrun newsletter
Read more › News - 13th September 2017

Välkommen till parkrun familjen Kungsängen parkrun!

Vi är glada att kunna meddela att en till parkrun ska starta i Sverige!   Så vart ligger Kungsängen? Det är ett samhälle på pendeltågslinjen, cirka 25 km nordväst om Stockholm. Det är lätt att ta sig dit – bara 25 minuter från centrala Stockholm antingen med pendeltåg eller med bil längs E18. Det bor…

erik and linnea newsletter
Read more › News - 12th September 2017

Tankar om Örebro parkrun

Efter att vid flera tillfällen försökt få ut Linnèa i joggingspåret här i Nora, högg jag som en cobra när hon plötsligt sa – på lördag åker jag på parkrun i Örebro.   Före start var det ganska bistra miner, oj vad alla ser duktiga ut. Efter målgång känns det bättre, efter fika på Naturens…

Numbers statistics
Read more › News - 6th September 2017

Numbers and statistics

Numbers. Statistics. parkrun is a great place for this. Every parkrun that you’ve ever done, your time, your position, your Age-Graded score. That time when you were injured and were on the comeback trail. That time when you were the Tail Runner/Walker at an event. The times when you’ve run with your child, walking and…

Malmo for newsletter
Read more › News - 6th September 2017

parkrun is coming to Malmö!

Now that parkrun has found its way to Stockholm and Göteborg amongst other places, it seems unfair to not let Sweden’s third biggest city, Malmö, get in on the fun. There’s been plenty of interest in starting up a parkrun event in Malmö and now plans are in full swing to get an event off…

norway first event
Read more › News - 30th August 2017

Fantastic turnout for first ever parkrun in Norway!

The sun was out and the biscuits were ready for the first ever parkrun in Norway held in Tøyenparken on the 26th of August. Norway is the 17th country in the world to join the parkrun family (counting that parkrun South Africa has events in Botswana and Namibia). Participants were reminded that their speed was…

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Read more › News - 30th August 2017

10 reasons to walk, jog or run parkrun!

There are many good reasons to walk, jog or run parkrun! Here’s 10 of them to get started. Tag a non-parkrunner if you think one of these applies to them!   You want to get started with exercising Maybe it’s hard to get started with exercise and you think that if you entered a running…

Sandra and son (002)
Read more › News - 30th August 2017

parkrun withdrawal symptoms – Örebro parkrun to the rescue!

Sandra is my name, I’m originally from Karlskoga but I moved to Ireland when I was in my early twenties. I live in Dublin with my Irish husband Stephen and our nine year old triplet boys.   When the boys were small my husband started running as a way of relieving the stress caused by…

LA 2
Read more › News - 23rd August 2017

Löparakademin vill gratulera parkrun till 1 års jubileet!

Det är inte helt lätt att få upp tonåringarna en lördagmorgon. Det kanske är den största utmaningen, men när de väl är där på plats har de älskat varje sekund.   Det är som ledare på Löparakademin så inspirerande att få visa ungdomarna verksamheter som parkrun med vetskapen om de alltid kommer kunna delta om…

first event skatås
Read more › News - 22nd August 2017

Skatås and Huddinge parkruns are up and running!

As you will have hopefully have seen, the past two weeks have seen the launch of two new events, Skatås in Göteborg, and then Huddinge, south of Stockholm. I had the privilege to be at both inaugural events and it was great to see the efforts of everyone involved in the build-up of each event…

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