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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 ...
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.
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. In April 2010 a two-kilometre "Junior Parkrun" format was added at Bushy Park for children aged 4 to 14 (held monthly on Sunday mornings). [8]
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 ...
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.
Every Saturday at 9am, the park hosts a free 5-kilometre run, organised by Parkrun. [5] The first Kingsbury Water Parkrun was held on 20 July 2013, with 143 runners. The biggest attendance was 792 runners on 1 January 2019 for the New Year's Day Parkrun.