Ultimate Guide to parkrun

Ultimate Guide to parkrun

Everything You Need to Know About the Friendliest 5K in the World

Waterlow, Lucy

Canbury Press

09/2024

224

Mole

9781914487361

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Introduction 7 Chapter One: How it Started... and How it is Going 11



Small Beginnings | From Time Trial to parkrun | 'We Were There From the Start!' |

The All Important Barcode | The Results Decoded | What is Age grading? |

It's a Run, Not a Race, or Is It? | Milestone Moments | The parkrun Way | Cafe Culture | (Not) parkrun | Not Everyone's a Fan | Doing it for the kids | Brand Partners |

parkrun as a Charity



Chapter Two: Meet the parkrunners 41



The Front Runners | The Keep Fitters | The Dog Runners | The Buggy Runners | The Family Runners | The Milestone Markers | The Participants with Disabilities | The First Timers | The Walkers



Chapter Three: The High-vis Heroes 71



Benefits of Volunteering | 'Why We Volunteer' | What Volunteer Roles Are There? | Ambassador Roles



Chapter Four: A Day in the Life of a parkrun 93 Chapter Five: Why You Should parkrun for Your Health and Well-being 103



Physical Health Benefits | Mental Health Benefits | 'parkrun Saved Us' |

parkrun on Prescription | parkrun Versus Cancer | Community Impact | Benefits for Children



Chapter Six: parkrun Around the World 119



Australia | Austria | Canada | Denmark | Eswatini | Finland | France | Germany |

Ireland | Italy | Japan | Malaysia | Namibia | Netherlands | New Zealand | Norway | Poland | Singapore | South Africa | Sweden | USA | Ten of the Best Global parkrun for Tourists' Bucket Lists | 'Why We Love Being Global parkrun Tourists'



Chapter Seven: Training, Destination and Challenge Inspiration 159



If You Feel the Need for Speed | Top Tips to Get Faster | The Fastest parkrun Courses in the UK | The Slowest parkrun Courses in the UK | parkrun Challenges | There's an App for That |

Popular parkrun Challenges List | UK parkrun Bucket List: 10 of the Best parkruns in the UK



Chapter Eight: The Future 189



parkrun's Five Year Plan | Potential New parkrun Places | Who Isn't parkrunning and Why? | Removing 'Off-putting' Stats | Discouraging parkrun Tourism? | The Future of Results



Chapter Nine: How to Set Up Your Own parkrun 203



Course Considerations | 'How We Set Up Thriving parkruns'



Further Reading 209 Thanks 211 Epilogue 213
parkrun; parkrun book; health activity; health education; group running; outdoor running; sports participation; running 5k; parkrun history; 5k personal best book; Paul Sinton-Hewitt; parkrun exercise plan; volunteer activity; outdoor activity; jogging; fell running; couch to 5k