This Saturday, parkrun events in Victoria, Australia, will return, and next Saturday we are reopening another nine Russian events, of which four are completely new, taking us to 23 live events there. Whilst these are relatively small steps, each step is a positive move forward. However, following on from last week’s update, we remain…
On 19 December, Fish Hoek parkrun celebrated its 7th birthday. Normally, we at Fish Hoek parkrun would have organised a big birthday bash, with cakes, cookies and other treats donated by our parkrunners to enjoy after our parkrun. We would have enjoyed some socialising and fun times with our parkrun buddies. Sadly, this year, we…
Last week I completed my 100th (not)parkrun having run my first one back in June. It has been an amazing experience – I have run some fairly fast ones and some very slow ones, I’ve run alone, with friends and family and with dogs. I’ve run on the roads in the suburbs, in the mountains…
It’s time to make your parkrun resolution. parkrun’s Global Head of Health and Wellbeing Chrissie Wellington tells you everything you need to know about our special new year campaign. Firstly, Happy New Year from everyone at parkrun! We hope you had a restful festive period, and you have welcomed 2021 with open arms,…
It’s almost ten months since we first closed all of our global events in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and since then there have been many ups and downs. Last week it was great to celebrate 53,000 people walking, jogging, running and volunteering with us, despite the fact that over 1,500 parkrun events remain closed…
Ready to strive for five? Here’s your eight week guide to successfully completing a 5k walk. You can walk at the same pace throughout or, if you want, you can alter the pace that you walk as indicated below. Remember that any plan is only a guide, so please do go at your own…
As we bid farewell to 2020, parkrun Founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt CBE reflects on a very different twelve months for parkrun. 2020 started with so much promise. Our movement, now in its 16th year, gathered pace. The Netherlands became the 22nd live territory on the global map of parkrun, we delivered a groundbreaking campaign…
It’s been a year like no other, but, in some ways at least, a year in which we’ve done what we always do: using data to help guide our way. parkrun’s Global Head of Analysis Mike Graney talks us through a year of incredible insight. With over two million different participants at parkrun globally…
Throughout the course of this year we’ve published regular updates, keeping the parkrun family as informed as possible, and sharing positive news wherever we can. Whilst some weeks it may have felt like progress has been slow, looking back on the last nine months it’s clear to see how far we have come. On…
As 2020 winds down to the summer holidays we are reminded of the challenges the year has given us and how we have changed the way we do things. I never imagined that my parkrun at the beautiful Kei Mouth route, on 14 March would be the last for the rest of the year….
