Well, another summer parkrunday is in the books here at parkrun USA. This week, we beat the heat, were honored to celebrate some special milestones, and welcomed friends – new, old, from near and far – across the entire country. Every single Saturday, we are reminded of the power of parkrun to bring diverse groups…
In this last month of summer, parkrunners from across the US have been on the move with travels across the country and internationally. This week we caught up with four USA event directors about their recent adventures in running across the world and hear from them what they learned from their experiences as parkrun tourists. Rory…
PB. Two simple letters that hold so much meaning! As defined by parkrun, P is for personal, meaning it’s all about you and no one else on the course. B is for best, meaning the fastest time for a 5K distance. Combine the two and you have an official parkrun achievement to celebrate! Just…
Early August is a great time to enjoy your local parkrun, or to strike out for a bit of parkrun tourism. In this week’s roundup we find visitors from far away, US parkrunners on tour, and more and more family and friends getting in on the action on another record-setting weekend. And a bonus celebrity…
All it takes is a quick internet search of “yoga for runners/walkers” to find a multitude of articles, guides and even videos about how practicing yoga is beneficial to runners and walkers. In a recent parkrun UK newsletter, Intersport (one of parkrun UK’s partners) shared some great information we think will be useful to you,…
Eleven years ago Euan Bowman was a young Scot, fresh out of college and living in an unfamiliar English town, looking for things to do. He went on to start one of the earliest parkruns, and later to launch parkrun Canada. He recently returned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the event that he started,…
We all know that volunteers play a vital role at parkrun, organizing every event, every week. And we probably are aware that the volunteers are parkrunners just like ourselves. But there are so many reasons to be a parkrun volunteer beyond a sense of duty or need to keep the event afloat. Here are…
In the parkrun database of nearly 5 million barcodes, Hump Plotts A2976072, shows as having completed zero parkruns. Another person who registered but never took part? That couldn’t be further from the truth. Hump has spent longer on the course at College Park parkrun than anybody else. Well, anybody except for his wife, Lisa Wilson….
For the 10th week in a row parkrun USA has topped 1,000 participants with this week being our largest turnout ever with 1,320 runners and walkers, and 182 volunteers. This week we had quite a variety of participants but especially Event Directors from across the country who seemed to all be running this weekend. Read on to…
Shortly after launching Renton parkrun in November 2017, the event team welcomed an energetic and passionate parkrun couple to the local family: Rebecca Adams and Ben Oxwell. The two had been dating long-distance between the US and Australia for 15 months but were happy to share that they intended to get married mid-2018 when Ben’s…
