The parkrun family is made up of 22 countries around the world, and we’ll be taking a closer look at a number of them. This week we hear how parkrun launched in Malaysia! Emer Breen and Caroline Murray share the story… The idea to launch parkrun in Malaysia came from a team of enthusiastic volunteers…
Once upon a time, a man named Paul and a few of his longtime friends started meeting in their local park at the same time each week. Paul would record the time it took them to run a 5km course, then they’d have a whale of a time talking and chatting in the cafe afterwards….
Zorro and Dave miss their weekly North Beach parkrun. On 11 April they ran their first home parking lot “parkrun”. Anuschka Smith I am 68 years old and my friend, Terry and I joined the parkruns while we were both living in Boksburg, South Africa, a few years ago. During our first…
Kanti N Soma (pictured centre, above) is a regular volunteer at Rose parkrun, Lenasia, having volunteered on 52 different occasions, and has completed the 5km course some 40 times. Uthmaan Abed, a young parkrunner at Rose parkrun, interviewed Kanti to find out more about his running journey. What is your favourite volunteering role? Marshal. My…
I’m pleased to say we have now spoken with just under 1,000 event teams and ambassadors from all 22 parkrun countries, and that project has now formally concluded. As always however, should event teams and volunteers wish to speak with us that opportunity remains available and I’d urge them to get in touch if…
My name is Sarah Cain and I am a nutritionist located in Airlie Beach in Australia’s Whitsundays. My belief is that we are all different — and so are our bodies, lives and goals — and therefore our nutrition should reflect that. During these uncertain times, in particular due to many of us spending…
The parkrun family is made up of 22 countries around the world, and we’ll be taking a closer look at a number of them. This week marked five years since the first parkrun in Italy, and Country Manager Giorgio Cambiano tells us all about the history of parkrun Italia. In March 2014, I had…
As lockdown enters level 4, parkrunners have been making use of being able to leave their homes to fit in their 5km run or walk. Peter Roos was one such parkrunner, who took the opportunity for a run with his partner, Edna Reid Ytier. Plovers parkrun #7. Glorious day for a parkrun, congratulations to…
Welkom parkrun in Free State launched in May 2017. This inviting parkrun has seen over 4,000 parkrunners complete the course more than 35,000 times between them! The core volunteer team tell us more about their story: Who was responsible for Welkom parkrun being set up? The initial setup was done by Raffaele Moretti, Shane Waugh and Christo…
It is now eight weeks since we first closed all parkrun events across the world, and we know that parkrunners everywhere, alongside their local communities, are facing their own unique challenges, and would love to enjoy parkrun again. Please know that we are thinking of you all right now and remain fully committed that…
