parkrun - we would like to hear from you!

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parkrun is a free, weekly, 5km timed run that takes place in over 450 locations across the UK and many more around the world. Each weekend over 100,000 people take part. They are entirely volunteer led and people are welcome to participate by walking, jogging, running or volunteering. There's also a junior parkrun series of 2km runs for 4-14 year olds at over 100 UK locations.

parkrun events are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy to take part in, and we passionately believe that everyone living with diabetes can benefit from participating in parkrun.

Whether or not you have taken part before, or even thought about it, we would really appreciate you taking a few minutes to help us understand what we can do to increase the number of people with diabetes who take part in parkrun


Bob Swindell
Champion for Diabetes (Volunteer), parkrun

(PS I have posted here rather than Exercise/Sport as we are most interested in hearing from those who do not take part in sporting events regularly)
 
I have posted and commented about parkrun in the sports forum here several times. I'm a big fan, it is a brilliant entry level running event. The websites, with everyone's times and stats all laid out so that we can monitor our progress, are superb. I really can't recommend it enough.
 
There's really no incentive for me to do one, my nearest is 10 miles away, in a park in a built up area. It's far more pleasant for me to go for a walk out in the countryside where I live.
 
It's been a VERY long time since I was able to run or walk that far - used to run 2.5m, 4k, occasionally when I was 30 years younger and fit. I didn't actually find it very pleasurable even then when a gang of us used to go.
 
Robin: "There's really no incentive for me to do one..."
Lots of women in lycra with really well toned bottoms?
 
You'll never know until you try... Today was my 80th parkrun, in 18 locations. Last week, I was working at Northampton, so fitted in a parkrun at the Racecourse. By chance, that was the 250th parkrun, by a man in his 80s.Unexpected comment was from a young man, who, as he passed, asked if I was volunteering at the triathlon this year. Although we'd run at this parkrun for several years, only got chatting when volunteering in a different park last year. We picked up conversation in cafe after run.
Wear what you like, and don't worry about what others wear. Just remember to register NO COST, then print out a page of barcodes and come along.
 
Chris Hobson said:
Robin, your profile page has a male symbol on it, did you know?

Back on topic, This thread suggests that Bob and the other parkrunners aren't going to win many converts. I feel that I could do my bit by posting a link to my parkrun post, so here it is:

https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/parkrun-revisited.66085/
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Oh! Where? Nothing shows up when I click it, I've got my gender set to 'unspecified' I might change that to female in a mo. ( my avatar must look a bit manlier than I thought!:()

Anyway, as you say, back on topic. My two nephews do park runs regularly ( one of them used to do it at the Bristol one that was in the news for saying it would charge runners) and get a lot out of them, but they both live in cities, I suspect it's easier to get into the habit when you've got one just round the corner.
 
I live out in the country so I have to travel to do parkruns. One is about eight miles away, I often cycle to do that one. The other one is about twenty miles away but not far from the gym where I go swimming. There are plenty of places to go running near to home but I quite like the communal runs too.
 
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