Hey friends — Foxy here, and I’m back with another fabulous barkrunner interview. In June 2018, we celebrated the inaugural unofficial barkrunner day across parkrun USA. On that day, I got to go for a car ride up the BW Parkway (Baltimore-Washington parkway for those of you out-of-towners) to Leakin Park parkrun where I met…
This weekend more people than ever before took part in more parkrun USA events than ever: 2,158 finishers + volunteers at 35 events across the country. We celebrated new launches, bittersweet departures, dads of all ages, visitors from near and far, and so many happy humans and barkrunners. Here are just a few of…
You may have noticed the parkrun website looks a bit different today. We had hoped to have a brand new website live by now but unfortunately, due to complications in delivery, we haven’t been able to achieve what we wanted. We haven’t changed any of the content or the structure of the site….
“Picked up H. from school today, and he was waving this around, yelling, “Can I interest you in parkrun?”” With this weekend’s launch of Perrigo parkrun, our 35th free, weekly event and third in the Seattle metro area, the marketing team is firmly on message and reaching all parts of the Redmond community. …
There are times in your life that you reflect on what lies in the past. For me, I had such a moment last year at Christmas when I looked back on a moment that changed my perspective of life forever. I learned an important health lesson which I would like to share with you. But…
Double the fun… Two is better than one… Double down on parkrun… Twice as nice… There’s a theme in this week’s roundup of pictures and stories from across parkrun USA. In case you haven’t guessed it yet, it will become clear as you click through the album. Earl and Elizabeth are the two…
Welcome to this month’s volunteer update. Here is some of the key information for the coming period: Tail Walkers Updating Risk Assessments Messaging Guidelines First Time parkrunners The Virtual Volunteer App 1. Tail Walkers The Tail Walker is one of the mandatory volunteer roles that every parkrun needs to fill every week….
Naturally, we share quite a bit on our blog about new parkrun USA events, but let’s take step back and look at the full continent for a moment. Our neighbors to the north in Canada are also regularly launching new events, too! For some of us stateside, it’s just a hop, skip and a…
In our four-part training series, we’re introducing some of the training methods you can use to help you improve your running and your parkrun PB, while showing how a couple of tweaks to your mid-week training can help you become a more confident runner, whatever your aspirations! In this instalment, we’re discussing tempo running. To…
June 1st was a big day in the US! It was the 7th birthday of parkrun USA, two brand new parkruns launched, 353 people completed their very first parkrun, and for the first time ever, 6 US parkruns had over 100 finishers. Bring on summer! Did somebody mention birthdays? Josie celebrated her 12th…
