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The idea for parkrun started on October 2, 2004 when 13 runners joined a free timed 5k Bushy Park Time Trial in south-west London. Parkrun celebrates 20 years of making people healthier and ...
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.
What emerged was a 5km run at his local park, every Saturday morning, come rain or shine. Anyone was welcome, and it was completely free – two elements that remain integral to parkrun 20 years ...
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 ...
Junior parkrun was launched in 2010, a 2k event for for children aged four to 14 and their families which takes place on a Sunday morning in the UK, Ireland and Australia.
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]
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.
A county's Parkrun participation has returned to levels seen prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a council. Last year, Suffolk's 17 Parkrun events, where people run or walk 5km (3 miles ...