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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.

  3. 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. The event has become a pilgrimage for Parkrunners, attracting entrants from ...

  4. Catoctin Mountain Park Run - Wikipedia

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    The Catoctin Mountain Park Run was a 10K run (6.2 miles) organized by the Jimmy Carter administration in September 1979. The event was set up by the White House to give Carter a chance to run a competitive road race without the security risk of a third-party organizer.

  5. Black Combe Parkrun - Wikipedia

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    Parkrun’s head of health and wellbeing, Chrissie Wellington, said "although there is no one silver bullet that can be deployed in the battle to prevent offending and re-offending behaviour, we feel that parkrun can be a unifying force for good in the desistance from crime and changing lives for the better."

  6. Paul Sinton-Hewitt - Wikipedia

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    Sinton-Hewitt started the Bushy Park Time Trial in 2004 whilst unemployed and unable to run due to an injured leg. [7] It evolved into Parkrun – a free 5-kilometre timed running event that takes place every Saturday morning. The first event took place on 2 October 2004, with 13 entrants.

  7. List of largest running events - Wikipedia

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    Since 2014 the Wings for Life World Run is the largest run, though not confirmed by Guinness World Records. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] parkrun, a series of weekly 5 km events held on Saturday mornings in 22 countries around the world, has for some time been the largest running event in the world.

  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. Cardiff Parkrun - Wikipedia

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    The course is an out-and-back run on the Taff trail along the River Taff, within Bute Park, and on tarmac footpaths.The event director set up nearby Grangemoor parkrun in 2015 and a third parkrun in Cardiff is planned to reduce congestion on the course.