Think you’ve mastered your ABCs? But have you conquered the parkrun Alphabet, which involves trying to complete a parkrun beginning with every letter of the alphabet! There are more than 540 parkruns in the UK, so we’ve put together this handy guide to completing the 24 letters in the parkrun UK Alphabet covering the length…
It’s the end of July and here at Intersport we’re feeling pretty good right now after some glorious summer running over recent weeks. Sometimes the best part of running is not the running itself, but the way you feel both during and afterwards. As a parkrunner, chances are you’ll have experienced ‘runner’s high’ at…
Where’s the strangest or most exotic place you’ve run? Lots of you who are taking on the 100k Running Down Dementia challenge are so committed you continue clocking up the kilometres even while on holiday. And back at home we know many of you like to run off the beaten track where you pass some…
Following two heart attacks and a heart bypass in her early forties, parkrunner Kirsty Drummond was determined to help more communities acquire Public Access Defibrillators. Little did she know that she would end up using one to help save someone’s life at St Andrews parkrun. In September 2012 I started at St Andrews parkrun…
Horsham parkrun in West Sussex joined the parkrun family in September 2014 and since then they have welcomed nearly 8,000 different people to their park. Richard Mullans is a Core Team member at Horsham parkrun, and he tells us more about the event he calls home… Having run marathons and half marathons…
Amongst the parkrun family there are numerous international athletes, Olympians and experienced coaches. Each week we invite one of them to share their top tips and advice on training and improving your running, whether you’re looking to complete the course without stopping, break 45 minutes, go sub-20 for the first time, or just bag that…
You can find Moors Valley parkrun in Ashley Heath, near Ringwood, in Dorset, South West England. Event Director Gary Tyler tells us more… I was one of a number of regular parkrunners from both Poole and Bournemouth who were approached by the original Event Director to help set up our event. As…
On Saturday 7 July, with the temperature nudging 30C, 38 parkrunners aged 80 and over gathered at the birthplace of parkrun, Bushy Park in London. One of the participants, Richard Pitcairn-Knowles, tells us more: Several regular local parkrunners were joined by many oldies from as far afield as Scotland, Wales, the West Country, Essex…
I’m a relative newbie to parkrun and this spring retired to Penrith in Cumbria. While taking part in Penrith parkrun, my new home event, and thinking about how friendly people were, just like at my former home parkrun in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, I remembered that an influential American therapist listed three qualities that are essential if…
It’s certainly the weather for washing – but do you know how to correctly wash your outdoor and workout clothes? At Intersport we’re here to provide expert advice as well as all the gear you need to do the sports you love – and that includes helping you to keep your gear in great condition…
