Right, let’s get this out of the way. The new parkrun milestones have arrived, and your Saturday-morning spreadsheet of shame (we all keep one) just got longer. Parkrun milestones now…
Right, let’s get this out of the way. You’ve signed up, it’s Friday night, you’ve googled first parkrun what to expect for the fourth time, and your stomach is running…
Right, let’s get something out of the way: a parkrun PB is one of the purest little dopamine hits in British life. Free, timed, over in less time than it…
Right, let’s get this out of the way early. You have almost certainly, at some point in the finish funnel, squinted at your watch and asked yourself what a good…
Right, let’s get one thing straight before we go any further. Parkrun Milestones and T-Shirt Colours Explained sounds like the sort of phrase a spreadsheet would produce if it developed…
Right, let’s get one thing straight before we go any further: parkrun volunteer roles are not a punishment. I know it can feel that way when you’re stood at mile…
Nobody hands you a rulebook when you lace up your first pair of running shoes. There is no induction day, no laminated card in the box, and absolutely no one…
Let’s be honest. There is absolutely nothing wrong with doing your local parkrun every single Saturday for the rest of your natural life. It’s free, it’s friendly, and the post-run…
It was a grey Saturday morning, about eleven minutes after parkrun finished, and I was standing in the finish funnel staring at my results email. Twenty-six minutes and forty-two seconds….
It’s 8:47am on a Saturday. Your trainers are already damp. You’re standing at the start line with 400 other people in high-vis, all pretending they’re not about to race each…
It was 8:47 on a Saturday morning. My trainers were damp before I’d even started. A child, who looked as though he’d been awake for approximately eleven minutes and had…