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Parkrun endeavours to promote health and wellbeing through a number of initiatives. Its mission statement is "a healthier and happier planet". [66] [67] In the UK, Parkrun has partnered with the Royal College of General Practitioners in order to promote healthy living through increased physical activity, socialisation and mutual support. [68] [69]
Bushy Parkrun was founded by Paul Sinton-Hewitt under its original name Bushy Park Time Trial. The event started on 2 October 2004 with just 13 runners taking part in the inaugural event. The organisers changed the name to UK Time Trial (UKTT) and in October 2008 to Parkrun. In 2007, the Parkrun events began to be staged elsewhere in London and ...
Paul Sinton-Hewitt. Peter Paul Sinton-Hewitt CBE FRSA (Born 1960) is the founder of parkrun. [ 1] He was appointed a CBE "for services to Grassroots Sport Participation" in 2014, [ 2] and was selected as an Ashoka Fellow in 2016. [ 3] In December 2019, he was awarded the Albert Medal (Royal Society of Arts) for building a global participation ...
Eric helps to organise the senior Parkrun in Bridgend on Saturdays and the Sunday version for juniors in Porthcawl. World record race almost never happened. Couple run 5k in wedding gear before ...
George Webster (presenter) 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. This film prompted Mencap to refer him to a filmmaker who ...
He won the Dream Mile at the 2008 Bislett Games in a world leading time of 3:49.38, taking another 2 seconds off his lifetime best. Baddeley is a member of Harrow Athletics Club and competes in the British Athletics League matches when available for domestic duty. [ 2] He won the short race at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country in ...
Cardiff parkrun is a parkrun event that takes place every Saturday morning at 9am 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 Feb 2008 and celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2018 with its largest ever attendance.
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