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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.
In June 2006 Mottram set the Parkrun 5 km world record time with 14 minutes and 0 seconds at Bushy Parkrun; he held the record until 2012. [6] He is a supporter of English Premier League club Sunderland [7] and ran in the Great North Run 2006, wearing a Sunderland shirt. On 21 December 2006, Mottram set the record for the Tan in a time of 10:08:00.
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]
50 Great Ethiopia Run: Addis Ababa: Ethiopia: November 2010 10k 35,000 [59] 51 Athens Classic Marathon: Athens, Attica: Greece: 9 November 2014 Marathon, 10k, 5k 35,000 [60] 52 Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle: Chicago, Illinois: United States: March 25, 2012 8k 34,369 [61] 53 Bridge to Brisbane: Brisbane: Australia: 11 September 2011 10 km, 5 ...
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.
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.
Black Combe Parkrun is a Parkrun that takes place every Saturday morning at 9 am inside HMP Haverigg, Cumbria, England. [1] The event was the first Parkrun to take place within the grounds of a prison.
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]