Key facts
- Organization.name
- Parkrun
- Organization.logo
- Image:Parkrun Logo.svg
- Organization.image
- Bushy parkrun 27th September 2014 (15194006519).jpg
- Organization.alt
- Runners participating in a parkrun event
- Organization.caption
- Runners at Bushy Parkrun, the first Parkrun location
- Organization.predecessor
- Bushy Park Time TrialUK Time Trial
- Organization.founder
- Paul Sinton-Hewitt
- Organization.headquarters
- Richmond, London
- Organization.services
- Global provision of weekly, timed 5km running events
- Organization.membership
- Total individual runners (October 2019): 6,301,016
- Organization.key_people
- Paul Sinton-Hewitt
- Organization.volunteers
- Total individual volunteers (September 2019): 515,283
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- Parkrun Ramenskoe 10 — 05.06.2021 32.jpg
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- Commons category
- Parkrun
- inception
- 2004-10-02
- social media followers
- 16800
- hashtag
- loveparkrun
- described at URL
- www.parkrun.com/signin
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35 sectionsContents
- History
- Event outline
- Participation
- Parkrun locations
- Volunteers
- Junior Parkrun
- Milestone clubs
- Parkrun tourism and challenges
- Individual running records
- Funding
- Reception
- Research
- Transgender allowance
- Community
- Health initiatives
- Relations with local authorities
- Events around the world
- Australia
- Germany
- Ireland
- Japan
- Lithuania
- New Zealand
- Poland
- Russia
- South Africa
- United States
- Festive and special events
- List of Parkrun event countries
- List of junior Parkrun event countries
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Parkrun is a collection of 5K run| events for runners, walkers and volunteers that take place every Saturday morning at more than 2,000 locations in 23 countries across five continents.
Parkrun was founded by Paul Sinton-Hewitt on 2 October 2004 at Bushy Park in London, England. The event was originally called the Bushy Park Time Trial. It grew into a network of similar events called the UK Time Trials, before adopting the name Parkrun in 2008 and expanding into other countries. The first event outside the United Kingdom was launched in Zimbabwe in 2008, followed by Denmark in 2009, South Africa and Australia in 2011 and the United States in 2012. Sinton-Hewitt was appointed CBE for his services to grassroots sport in 2014. By October 2018 over 5 million runners were registered worldwide, now over 10 million.