We ran our first parkrun on the 2nd of November 2013. Our inaugural parkrun took place at Ebotse, in our hometown of Benoni in sunny South Africa. Little did we know then just how important this event would become to us. A few years came and went and we ran through South Africa’s mostly…
I often ask myself this very question after being, to say the least, heavily involved with setting up a parkrun in Örebro for well over a year now, “What’s in it for me?”. It’s not that I lie awake thinking it about it but surely people must be wondering? In an age of wanting, craving,…
Around the world parkrun chalked up 1 million runs in just the single month of April. That’s averaging over 200,000 runs every single week, amazing! The figures at parkrun continue to astound, but the principles behind each event stay true – that it will always be free for everyone taking part, that it will be…
We’re delighted to announce that the founder of parkrun, Paul Sinton-Hewitt, will be coming to visit Sweden on Saturday May 13th and run at Haga parkrun. (Editors note: the TV cameras from SVT will also be joining us this Saturday too!) It took vision and a lot of determination to make parkrun the success…
Despite the cold and damp conditions, we had a great test run at Huddinge parkrun on Tuesday night, with 10 runners testing out the forest tracks at the proposed route of Huddinge parkrun at Källbrinks IP. We’re getting ready to launch Huddinge parkrun before too long, so please help to spread the word and…
Last weekend I was still back in the UK as I was going to be running the London Marathon on the Sunday. But first it was parkrunday, the day formerly known as Saturday, and in London I had an enormous choice available, have a look at the map of parkruns below! In the…
It’s something that you never want to happen, but if you have an accident or become ill while you’re running a parkrun – or any other run for that matter – how do people know who you are, and whom to contact to let them know what’s happened? That’s why when you first register…
We have a couple of test-runs for our new potential parkruns coming up this week, first at Skatås, Göteborg at 9.30 on Saturday 22nd April and then in Huddinge on 25th April at 19.00. Check out the Facebook pages for details: Skatås parkrun and Huddinge parkrun Don’t forget to bring your barcode along…
Though I have been away from Hagaparken this week, I still had my parkrun fix, but this time in Cardiff, Wales. I first ran in Cardiff back in 2009 when there were around 50 runners, pretty similar to the numbers that we have had in Haga in recent weeks. Times have changed though, and this…
Last Saturday saw the launch of Örebro parkrun and what a fantastic success it was! We had 150 people registering for the parkrun before the event, with the usual rush in the 24 hours leading up to the first run, with almost 70 registrations on Friday alone. Still, we weren’t sure how many people…
