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Brief Summary of Episode
Today we are going to be talking about events for runners. More specifically the birth of Park Run.
Parkrun (stylised as parkrun) is a collection of 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) events for walkers, runners and volunteers that take place every Saturday morning at more than 2,000 locations in 22 countries across six continents.
How it all started.
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 of the United Kingdom was launched in Zimbabwe in 2007, followed by Denmark in 2009, South Africa and Australia in 2011 and the United States in 2012.
Sinton-Hewitt received a CBE for his services to grassroots sport in 2014. By October 2018 over 5 million runners were registered worldwide.
Paul Sinton-Hewitt
Sinton-Hewitt was born in Zimbabwe and went to Potchefstroom High School for Boys as a boarder in South Africa.
He became a club runner with a personal best time in the marathon of 2 hours and 36 minutes. That is pretty fast!!!
In 2004, Sinton-Hewitt was suffering from depression and unable to run due to an injury. Plus, he was unemployed and had just lost his job.
So he founded Park Run as he wanted to spend more time with his friends.
His philosophy :
Circumstance:
Bushy Park and more.
How was it funded.
Volunteering
Motivation
How to participate.
All Parkruns are 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) in length and are free to enter.[18] Anyone can take part, from pensioners to parents with their children, people with their dogs, wheelchair users, people pushing prams, club runners or casual runners, although not all courses are suitable for all participants.[19] Beginner runners, older adults and overweight people are common.
They usually take place at the same time, at the same place, on the same course, once per week. There is no formal procedure before the run with participants asked to arrive shortly before the start
Plus, we have a new feature on the podcast you can now send me a message. Yep you heard it right- Brian's Run Pod has become interactive with the audience. If you look at the top of the Episode description tap on "Send us a Text Message". You can tell me what you think of the episode or alternatively what you would like covered. If your lucky I might even read them out on the podcast.
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Brief Summary of Episode
Today we are going to be talking about events for runners. More specifically the birth of Park Run.
Parkrun (stylised as parkrun) is a collection of 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) events for walkers, runners and volunteers that take place every Saturday morning at more than 2,000 locations in 22 countries across six continents.
How it all started.
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 of the United Kingdom was launched in Zimbabwe in 2007, followed by Denmark in 2009, South Africa and Australia in 2011 and the United States in 2012.
Sinton-Hewitt received a CBE for his services to grassroots sport in 2014. By October 2018 over 5 million runners were registered worldwide.
Paul Sinton-Hewitt
Sinton-Hewitt was born in Zimbabwe and went to Potchefstroom High School for Boys as a boarder in South Africa.
He became a club runner with a personal best time in the marathon of 2 hours and 36 minutes. That is pretty fast!!!
In 2004, Sinton-Hewitt was suffering from depression and unable to run due to an injury. Plus, he was unemployed and had just lost his job.
So he founded Park Run as he wanted to spend more time with his friends.
His philosophy :
Circumstance:
Bushy Park and more.
How was it funded.
Volunteering
Motivation
How to participate.
All Parkruns are 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) in length and are free to enter.[18] Anyone can take part, from pensioners to parents with their children, people with their dogs, wheelchair users, people pushing prams, club runners or casual runners, although not all courses are suitable for all participants.[19] Beginner runners, older adults and overweight people are common.
They usually take place at the same time, at the same place, on the same course, once per week. There is no formal procedure before the run with participants asked to arrive shortly before the start
Plus, we have a new feature on the podcast you can now send me a message. Yep you heard it right- Brian's Run Pod has become interactive with the audience. If you look at the top of the Episode description tap on "Send us a Text Message". You can tell me what you think of the episode or alternatively what you would like covered. If your lucky I might even read them out on the podcast.
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