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  2. Parkrun - Wikipedia

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    Parkrun (stylised as parkrun) is a collection of 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) events for runners, walkers and volunteers that take place every Saturday morning at more than 2,000 locations in 22 countries across five continents. Parkrun was founded by Paul Sinton-Hewitt on 2 October 2004 at Bushy Park in London, England.

  3. Paul Sinton-Hewitt - Wikipedia

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    Peter Paul Sinton-Hewitt CBE (born 1960) is the founder of parkrun. [1]He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to Grassroots Sport Participation" in the 2014 Birthday Honours, [2] and was selected as an Ashoka Fellow in 2016. [3]

  4. Bushy Parkrun - Wikipedia

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    Bushy Parkrun (stylised Bushy parkrun) is a running event that takes place every Saturday morning at 9 am in Bushy Park, Teddington, London. It was the very first Parkrun , founded by Paul Sinton-Hewitt in October 2004 under its original name Bushy Park Time Trial.

  5. Parkour - Wikipedia

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    The word parkour derives from parcours du combattant (Obstacle course), the classic obstacle course method of military training proposed by Georges Hébert. [23] [24] [25] Raymond Belle used the term "les parcours" to encompass all of his training including climbing, jumping, running, balancing, and the other methods he undertook in his personal athletic advancement. [26]

  6. 5K run - Wikipedia

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    There are several prominent 5K race series, including The Color Run, an international, mass participation, city-based series involving coloured water showers, [11] and the parkrun series, which is a worldwide network of free-to-enter, volunteer-led races occurring each weekend, originating in the United Kingdom. [12]

  7. George Webster (presenter) - Wikipedia

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    George Webster (born 29 July 2000) is an English television presenter, actor, dancer and writer. He was discovered while volunteering at his local Parkrun by a Sky UK television crew, who made him the subject of an episode of Jessica's Parkrun Heroes in 2019.

  8. Category:Parkrun - Wikipedia

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    Articles about parks should not be added to this category except in the rare case that the parkrun is a WP:DEFINING feature of the park; Wikipedia is WP:NOTDIRECTORY and such information is better conveyed in a list article rather than a category.

  9. Bruce Fordyce - Wikipedia

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    Fordyce also introduced the parkrun running events to South Africa in November 2011. [9] [10] This is a collection of free-entry weekly 5k run events. There are now 210 parkrun events in South Africa as of 16 October 2023. [11] Fordyce ran his 500th parkrun at Delta Park, Johannesburg, the first South African parkrun venue, on 14 October 2023. [12]