1. On Saturday 2 October 2004, parkrun was born! 13 runners and five volunteers – Paul and Joanne Sinton-Hewitt, Duncan Gaskell, Alan Hedger and Robin Drummond – gathered in Bushy Park in London, for ...

The box looked completely ordinary, but when they opened it, everyone felt the same: this was really happening. Inside was parkrun equipment, including a banner reading “Stawy Miejskie parkrun”.   Mic...

Sunnyvale Bay Trail parkrun is one of many worldwide free, fun, and friendly 5k community events that takes place every week

Upper Las Virgenes Canyon parkrun is one of many worldwide free, fun, and friendly 5k community events that takes place every week

Sunnyvale Bay Trail parkrun is one of many worldwide free, fun, and friendly 5k community events that takes place every week

The scariest part of your first parkrun probably isn’t the walking, jogging, or running. It’s the unknown. Where do you park? Who do you talk to? What happens at the finish line? And what if everyone ...

Did you know? Volunteers are the reason the finish funnel exists and the timers get clicked. They make hundreds of thousands of people’s mornings different, every single weekend!   If you’ve ever thou...