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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.
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 ...
parkrun: Global Global 11 Jan 2020 5 km 369,213 [8] 2 Wings for Life World Run: Global Global 4 May 2024 set own goal 265,818 [4] 3 Dubai Run: Dubai: United Arab Emirates: 24 November 2023 10 km, 5 km, 226,000 [9] [10] [11] 3 A Run for the Pasig River: Manila: Philippines: 10 October 2010 10 km, 5 km, 3 km 116,086 [4] 4 Bay to Breakers: San ...
Junior parkrun gives four to 14-year-olds the chance to complete a 2km course every Sunday (Parkrun) For now, at least, he believes they’ve made the right decision.
In November 2024, he set a new world record for Parkrun at the Victoria Park event, with a time of 13:44, one second faster than Andrew Butchart's June 2023 record. [30] He won silver in the U23 race at the 2024 European Athletics Championship in Antalya , Turkey, with his Irish team finishing fourth overall.
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]
Cardiff parkrun is a parkrun event that takes place every Saturday morning at 9 am in Cardiff, Wales. The parkrun was the first in Wales [ 1 ] and has become the second largest in the UK. [ 2 ] The run was started on 16 February 2008 and celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2018 with its largest ever attendance.
On 23 December 2023, Mageean became the parkrun female record holder with a time of 15:13 set in Victoria Park, Belfast. [23] On 9 June 2024, Mageean won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships. [24] [25] Mageean withdrew from the 2024 Summer Olympics due to an Achilles injury. [26]