The parkrun (written with a lower case “p”) is a series of in excess of 2000 5-kilometre (or 3.1 mile) runs for walkers and runners that occur just about every Saturday morning in 22 nations all over the world. Additionally there is a junior parkrun over 2 kms (1.25 miles) for children aged 4 to 14 on a Sunday morning. These parkrun’s are free to enter and are staffed and run by volunteers, even though there can be a a few employed personnel in its headquarters. The parkrun was started by Paul Sinton-Hewitt with the initial run being put on at Bushy Park in London, Great Britain on 2nd of October back in 2004. The event increased after that being repeated in other Great Britain sites. They were originally known as the UK Time Trials with the brand, parkrun, initially being used in 2008 when growth started to take place in additional places. These parkruns occur in many different types of locations such as recreational areas, nature parks, forests, rivers, lakes, beaches, and even in prisons. Those runners which have completed 50, 100, or 500 of the parkruns receive a free T-shirt. When a participant has signed up to the […]
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