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parkrun is a free, weekly, 5k and 2k community event in open spaces around the world. 🌳 #loveparkrun

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5 years
💡 To put Eliud Kipchoge's sub 2 hour marathon into perspective: Only FIVE of the 51,363,611 parkruns completed have been faster than Eliud's pace 😵
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📣 NEW WORLD RECORD ALERT 🌍 Today, the parkrun female world record was broken! 💥 Congratulations to Charlotte Arter, who ran a time of 15:50 at Cardiff parkrun in Wales 🔥 📸: @charlottearter 🌳 #loveparkrun
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📣 NEW WORLD RECORD ALERT 🌍 This weekend, the parkrun female world record was broken! 💥 Congratulations to Charlotte Arter, who ran a time of 15:49 at Cardiff parkrun in Wales 🔥 📸: @charlottearter 🌳 #loveparkrun
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🚨 Since the very first event in 2004, so far there have been 40,605,326 completed parkruns... Today, Alex Yee ran the second fastest EVER! Alex ran a time of 13:57 at Dulwich parkrun in London 🔥 🌳 #loveparkrun
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15 years! #parkrun15 🎈 🌳 #loveparkrun
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💥 NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD 💥 This weekend was officially the biggest in the history of parkrun! More than 340,000 walks, jogs, runs and volunteers across 1,650 events in 20 countries! 🔄 Retweet if you were one of them 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"This morning I made it to 50 parkruns 🙂 I’ve lost over 90kg in the 14 months it took me to reach 50. parkrun has truly changed my life." 💬 Deb Mottram 🌳 #loveparkrun
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🎉 IT'S OUR BIRTHDAY! 🎈 The very first parkrun event took place 15 years ago today! Since then, 53,870,589 parkruns have been completed 💥 Tell us, how many of those are yours? 👇🏽 Join us at parkrun this Saturday 5 October as we celebrate #parkrun15 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"This is my husband Ian (I will never run) Martin. As a loving gesture, he decided to try parkrun to celebrate my 100th run. 72 runs later, he now has a PB of 31:10! He is 61 years old and never had any plans to run! parkrun you are amazing" 💬 Julie Martin 🌳 #loveparkrun
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On this day in 2004, 13 runners & five volunteers gathered in London's Bushy Park for a free timed 5k run 🌲 Now #parkrun is the biggest running event in the world, it's still free, and over 3.2 million people have had their barcodes scanned 🌍 So far... 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Kylee was twice told her daughter Veronika would never walk. Now 10-year old Veronika, who has Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy and was born with congenital heart defect, has joined the 50 club! 🎈 Meet wonder woman! 👉🏾 🌳 #loveparkrun
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We're back 😎
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parkrun New Zealand
4 years
We are very pleased, and quite excited, to confirm that all parkrun New Zealand events will reopen on Saturday 4 July! Find out more 👉🏾 🌳 #loveparkrun
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The biggest parkrun weekend. Ever. For the first time in the history of parkrun, we saw more than 400,000 walks, jogs, runs, and volunteering instances in a single weekend. Same time, next week? 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"My father-in-law completed his first parkrun aged 87! 😳😍" 💬 Linda Bowley 🌳 #loveparkrun
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🚨 NEW PARKRUN RECORD ALERT 🚨 Well done to @mcourtneybryant on setting a new female parkrun record today at Poole parkrun in England, with a time of 15 minutes and 31 seconds 🙌 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Happy International parkrun Day! 🌍 You can now enjoy #parkrun in... 🇦🇺Australia 🇨🇦Canada 🇩🇰Denmark 🇫🇮Finland 🇫🇷France 🇩🇪Germany 🇮🇪Ireland 🇮🇹Italy 🇲🇾Malaysia 🇳🇦Namibia 🇳🇿NZ 🇳🇴Norway 🇵🇱Poland 🇷🇺Russia 🇸🇬Singapore 🇿🇦South Africa 🇸🇿Swaziland 🇸🇪Sweden 🇬🇧UK 🇺🇸USA 🌳 #loveparkrun
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The very first parkrun took place in London's Bushy Park in 2004 🌳 Today there was a new attendance record at Bushy parkrun... A whopping 2,011 parkrunners completed the course! 🎉 🌳 #loveparkrun
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These two photos show the importance of defibrillators at parkrun. 30 seconds after the first photo was taken, Tanya went into cardiac arrest. Thanks to generous donations from the parkrun community a defibrillator was available & Tanya is now recovering well 🌳 #loveparkrun
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✔️ Sub 2 hour marathon We think it's time to get Kipchoge to parkrun 🌳 🔄 Who else agrees?
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"This is my fantastic sister. A year ago she did her first parkrun and finished in 33:30. A year later, she’s lost 2.5 stone, has a PB of 24:35 and runs or volunteers at Black Park parkrun almost every week! I’m so proud of her." 💬 Georgie Gyetvai 🌳 #loveparkrun
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It's International parkrun Day! 🎉 Happy birthday all of us! 🌳 #parkrun13
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Kylee was twice told her daughter Veronika would never walk. Now 10-year old Veronika who has Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy and was born with congenital heart defect has joined the 50 club! 🎈 Meet wonder woman! #WorldDownSyndromeDay 👉🏾 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"My local parkrun Event Director tells me I ought to share my #parkrun story on social media, but I don't know what that is! I am 80 and began walking at 78, having never run since school. I now run the 5k. This is me in the blue t-shirt." 💬 Ron Addelman 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Massive congratulations to Nicki Clark for becoming the first ever pakrunner to reach the 1,000 volunteer milestone 💛 🌳 #loveparkrun
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We’ve changed a lot in the past ten years 🎉 From 2009 to 2019: 🌍3 to 21 countries 📍27 to 2,115 events 🌳52,698 to more than 6.5 million registered parkrunners 🧡33,559 to almost 4.5 million all time participants Ready for the next decade? 💥 #10YearChallenge
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In March my husband suffered a cardiac arrest on his nightly run. With some CPR at home and amazing paramedics, he lived so tell the tale. He began walking just 4 weeks later and is now back running parkrun. Last week he reached 250 parkruns! 💬 Cheryl Hill 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"I came first in my age category and 10th overall in a blistering time of 49:49! Granted, due to the horrific weather, strong bitter winds and driving rain, there were only 10 of us mad enough to be out there, but I’ll take my top 10 finish any day! 😂" 💬 Suzy 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Kylee was twice told her daughter Veronika would never walk. Now 10-year old Veronika, who has Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy and was born with congenital heart defect, has joined the 50 club! 🎈 Meet wonder woman! 👉🏾 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Results from New Year's Day are still being processed, but over 105,000 parkruns were completed by 80,000 participants, supported by more than 7,000 volunteers. To provide context, more people took part in parkrun today than in the first 6½ years of parkrun... 🌳 #loveparkrun
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🚀 It was a record-breaking Christmas Day at parkrun... A staggering 93,059 people started their day with a parkrun at over 400 locations worldwide! 😎 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"Today was my son's 70th time volunteering at parkrun. Jamie can often get quite nervous talking to people... He did great as RD with a crowd of 100 people in attendance! Volunteering at parkrun has done wonders for his attitude and his self-esteem." 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"My wife Susan, just 16 weeks after a hip replacement, ran the whole of Cleethorpes parkrun in just over 38 minutes today aged 68. Fantastic support from our parkrun family today. 🏃🏃❤️" 💬 Steve Green 🌳 #loveparkrun
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After three years, Frances reached 100 parkruns! In between she had breast cancer, a double mastectomy, chemo, plus surgeries for breast reconstruction and carpal tunnel in her wrists. During that time #parkrun has been a constant ❤️ 👉🏿 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"There is sheer joy in this photo as my six year old daughter passes through a guard of honour at Petrie parkrun as she finishes her 50th parkrun run. parkrun is so much more than just a run - it's our family." 💬 El, Australia 🇦🇺 🌳 #loveparkrun
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We would like to wish the global parkrun family a very Merry Christmas 🎄 parkrun is the biggest running event in the world, and a global community of millions. And we've only just begun. Together, we are creating a healthier & happier planet 🌍 🌳 #loveparkrun
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In response to a journalist 'cheating' at a parkrun recently our founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt offers his thoughts 🌳 👉🏾
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"My friend George Chawla was struggling with his weight in December 2017. I tried to convince him to try parkrun, but he was worried he was too slow... He eventually did and ran his first parkrun in May in 38:21 Here he is now. Last week he ran 28:37!" 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Steve Moneghetti is a legend of Australian running with a marathon PB of 2:08:16 🔥 Last week he was Tail Walker at parkrun finishing in 1:00:17 ⏱️ Steve wanted to show others that if he can walk at parkrun, so can everyone else ❤️ 👉 🌳 #loveparkrun
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The all-time parkrun global weekend attendance record was an amazing 217,611 😎 But that was until the first weekend of 2018... More than 236,000 people walked, jogged or ran at parkrun & junior parkrun around the world, with over 19,000 volunteers 👋🏾 🌳 #loveparkrun
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We are incredibly humbled to announce that there have now been over 20,000,000 parkruns completed around the world. 🌎 So far.. #loveparkrun
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Congratulations to John Day, a 93-year-old from Queensland, Australia, for becoming the oldest person in history to complete 500 parkruns! 🌳 #loveparkrun
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The family just got bigger 🌍 Welcome A6000000. 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Jansku is a very severely disabled man, and finding a hobby or learning to communicate have been almost impossible for him. When #parkrun launched in Finland, Jansku and his mother Tuire came along. Jansku loves the speed! 👉 🌳 #loveparkrun
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The very first parkrun took place on Saturday 2 October 2004 in Bushy Park, with 13 finishers and 5 volunteers... Now, 4,029,568 people have completed a parkrun, with 515,283 volunteers! Join us on Saturday 5 October to celebrate 15 years of parkrun 🎉 🌳 #parkrun15
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This weekend marks International parkrunday 🌎 12 years ago, 13 people attended the first event in Bushy Park supported by four volunteers.
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My dad, aged 95, completed Whangarei parkrun in New Zealand 🇳🇿 It was event #161 and he came in 161st position, how's that for timing! 😁 💬 Pauline Dinsdale 🌳 #loveparkrun
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All Vicki Jensen wanted to do was complete one parkrun. With a degenerative lung condition and hopes of a lung transplant fading, she knew it was a tough ask. Undeterred, she printed her barcode and set off for her first parkun! 👉🏾 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"Today as Tail Walker I met Adrian, 94 years young coming to his first ever parkrun. Adrian was worried he would be too slow. What happened? Adrian finished with his family, came for coffee and best of all he will be back next week. He loved it. 🙌" 🌳 #loveparkrun
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🇳🇱 NETHERLANDS! parkrun is coming! 🇳🇱 parkrun Nederland launches on Saturday 29 February in MULTIPLE locations! More details coming soon 👀 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"We introduced my 93-year-old uncle Adrian to parkrun. It's now his favourite weekend adventure! His home event is North Sydney. They're so friendly and he even has a coffee with them, and assists with the token sorting. His PB is 47:23! 😎" 💬 Leigh Roden 🌳 #loveparkrun
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You're never too old for your first parkrun 😎 🌳 #loveparkrun
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On Saturday, Evan Russell became the youngest person in the world reach the parkrun 250 club - aged 10! Evan's dad James is a parkrun pioneer, one of the original 13 runners from the very first parkrun in 2004. And Evan's brother Jaden, 12, has completed 240 parkruns! 🌳
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parkrun Japan is underway! 🇯🇵 Welcome to 二子玉川parkrun 👋 3⃣4⃣3⃣ finishers 2⃣6⃣ volunteers 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"I managed to run until 37 weeks pregnant, then volunteered as Tail Walker. I walked at my home parkrun, then the next day had my third beautiful baby boy... The following week we were back at our home parkrun as timekeepers!" 💬 Natasha Littler 🌳 #loveparkrun
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The very first parkrun took place 13 years ago today... Saturday mornings have never been the same. And we love it. 🌳 #loveparkrun
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4 years
A parkrun in 12:35 🤯
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WORLD RECORD ALERT Joshua Cheptegei wins the men's 5000m in 12:35.36, breaking Kenenisa Bekele's 12:37.35 from 2004! #DiamondLeague #MonacoDL
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Incredibly, more than 10,000 people have registered for parkrun today! The very first 10,000 took 3 years, 2 months & 4 days.. #loveparkrun
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James Russell was one of the 13 people at the very first #parkrun event in 2004 - known as the parkrun pioneers On Saturday, James became the first pioneer to reach the parkrun 500 club! 🌳 #loveparkrun
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On Saturday, Jan Stachow completed his 250th parkrun in Poland... Jan's age? He is 89! Jan becomes the oldest person in the world to join the 250 club 🎉 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Vivienne Singleton was diagnosed with coronary heart disease... On Saturday, she walked her 50th parkrun in 70-74 age category, having volunteered 25 times! 🎈 Her walking time has dropped from 59 minutes to 47! 🎉 👉🏿 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"Here is my dad finishing his first parkrun in 52 minutes..... it’s only taken me five years to persuade him that it’s completely acceptable to walk at parkrun! One very proud daughter!" 💬 Lindsay, UK 🇬🇧 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Sadly, this coming Saturday, for the first time in 15 years, there will be no parkrun anywhere in the world. We will share more from parkrun Founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt later today. We will get through this, together ❤️ 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"From struggling uphill at my first parkrun in 40:43, to pushing on the final straight to a 34:32 PB under a year later! Having #parkrun on a Saturday has kept me motivated. Never thought I'd look forward to waking up early on Saturdays to run!" 💬 Craig 🌳 #loveparkrun
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April was truly mind-blowing. For the first time ever, over 1 million parkruns were completed in a single month. 1 million. #loveparkrun
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We are the world's biggest running event. But we've got bigger ambitions. We're moving communities. And we've only just begun #loveparkrun
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📢 😮 NEW WORLD RECORD ANNOUNCEMENT! 😮 📢 Huge congratulations to Lauren Reid for setting a new female parkrun world record at Parramatta parkrun in Australia, coming in at an amazing 15:45! 👏 🌳 #loveparkrun
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This poster was used to advertise the first-ever parkrun event back in 2004, known then as the Bushy Park Time Trial ⏱️ We hope you'll join us tomorrow to celebrate 15 years of parkrun! #parkrun15 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Around the globe over 62,000 people walked, jogged, or ran a parkrun on Christmas Day, assisted by over 2,500 volunteers. Thank you for starting your special day with us 🌳 #loveparkrun
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We were digging through the archives and found this historic snap! 📸 parkrun Founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt briefing the very first parkrunners at the very first parkrun event back in 2004 💬 Little did they know what they had started... 🌳 #loveparkrun
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At Alberts Farm parkrun Eric volunteers as Car Park Marshal. Come rain or shine, he welcomes everyone with a smile! As Eric is homeless, he hadn't registered for parkrun. He was given assistance to register... and has now reached his volunteer 25 milestone! 💜 🌳 #loveparkrun
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I love the inclusivity of parkrun... Got a baby? Buggy run! Got a dog? Doggy run! Visually impaired? Guide run! Child? Bring a grown up! Can’t run? Walk, hop, skip or hobble! You’ll never be last. Don’t want to run? Volunteer! 💬 Dr Laura Blakemore 🌳 #loveparkrun
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At Örebro parkrun in Sweden, Rihards is known for his incredible mid-parkrun poses! 😲 Show us your #parkrun jump shots! 🌳 #loveparkrun
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In 2015, Leigh White wanted to become a healthier and happier dad, so he decided to try #parkrun to improve his fitness More than 100 parkruns and 20kgs later, Leigh's parkrun time has reduced from 30:01 to 18:15! 👉 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"My 66-year-old mum always said she wasn't fit enough to walk parkrun. She's never liked exercise, but after a health scare she changed her attitude and lost 15kg! Last week she finally gave parkrun a try... and completed the whole 5k!" 💬 Louise Abfalter 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Colin Thorne celebrated his 99th birthday today at Whangarei parkrun in New Zealand 🎉 This was his 129th run and he has an age grade of 107.40%! 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Well done to Bob Emmerson in becoming the first 90-year-old to join the 500 milestone club 🤩 He said: "My enthusiasm for life is down to parkrun and it has kept me mentally and physically stronger than living a life in his armchair." 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Our daughter Jodie has autism. She's at 245 parkruns and we're so proud of her. She hasn't let her disability stop her. parkrun has a big impact on our lives - as a family we're able to do it together, and it's inclusive for all abilities 🙋‍♀️ Bernie 💬 🌳 #loveparkrun
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🚨 NEW PARKRUN WORLD RECORD ALERT 🚨 Huge congratulations to Ace Celerate who this morning set a new parkrun world record at Woolacombe Dunes, with a time of nine minutes and 58 seconds 🙌 🌳 #loveparkrun
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It was a cold one at Wascana parkrun in Canada on Saturday... ...temperatures were -27°C! ❄️ Tag someone who would still be wearing shorts! 👇🏾 🌳 #loveparkrun
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7 years
Today, the four millionth person registered for parkrun 🌍 Welcome to the parkrun family, A4000000 🌳 #loveparkrun
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4 years
We're back 👋🏾 #loveparkrun
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4 years
It was sooooo good to be back. This #parkrunday there were: 📍 29 events 🏁 3,683​ finishers 🖐🏾 315 volunteers 1️⃣ 263 first-timers #loveparkrun
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"What an amazing couple we had at Lanhydrock today. This amazing couple aged 79 & 83 have just completed 153 parkruns!" 💬 Michelle, UK 🇬🇧🌳
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Today, 83-year-old Margaret Smith from Brueton parkrun became the oldest woman in parkrun history to join the 250 Club! 🎉🎈 Read Margaret's story 👉 🌳 #loveparkrun
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This is how Friday evening looks for the world's most northerly parkrun in Norway... ...volunteers drilling holes in the dark so the signs will go into the ground at tomorrow's Festningen parkrun! 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"Back at parkrun just 10 days after a mastectomy and she's barely missed a parkrun throughout her whole treatment!" 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Last week saw the launch of Mountain Drive parkrun in South Africa 🇿🇦 180 children from the local school took part, largely thanks to their teacher Mr Ian Kristein... ...who spent over 5 hours registering every pupil and laminating their barcodes! 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Today was also a global parkrun attendance record.. More than 170,000 people walked, jogged or ran a parkrun in 14 countries 🌍 #loveparkrun
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Around the world, a staggering 132,410 different people started 2019 with at least one parkrun on the 1st of January! 🎉 In total, 695 events took place 🌍 🌳 #loveparkrun
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For the first time ever, more than 200,000 people completed a parkrun in a single weekend. There were over 13,000 volunteers 🌎 #loveparkrun
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Today, Germany became the 19th country worldwide to join the parkrun family! 🇩🇪 162 people walked, jogged and ran the first ever @parkrunDE events, supported by 42 amazing volunteers. And of course, there was post-parkrun ☕ 🌳 #loveparkrun
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It was a little bit chilly at parkrun Yakutsk Dokhsun in Siberia on Saturday... ...temperatures dropped to -28°C 😳 MINUS TWENTY-EIGHT 😱 🌳 #loveparkrun
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"My parkrun red 50 t-shirt has arrived! A massive achievement for me, who isn't a runner but who now can run 5k without slowing down!" 💬 Beth White 🌳 #loveparkrun
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📣 The parkrun family is growing! We're so excited to announce parkrun will be launching in Japan in 2019 More information on dates and locations will be announced soon - follow @parkrunJP for more news 🗞️ 👉 🌳 #loveparkrun
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We support every decision made by every parkrun volunteer team around the world this weekend to cancel. Our event teams take their responsibilities extremely seriously, and the welfare of all parkrunners and volunteers is their number one priority. (1/2)
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On Saturday 7 October, parkrun turns 13 years old and we’re inviting you to celebrate #parkrun13 with us for International parkrun Day! 🎈🌳👇
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Congratulations to Barbara Robben on setting an age-group record at Crissy Field parkrun in San Francisco, USA... ...in the 85-89 age category! 🌳 #loveparkrun
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Crippled by depression & anxiety, Sian Garratt overcame fear to turn up at her first #parkrun . She nearly turned around, but the decision to stay changed her world - finding joy & friendship, and learning to love herself again 👉 🌳 #loveparkrun
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We have now passed 3 million registered parkrunners worldwide. Welcome to the parkrun family, A3000000. 🌍 #loveparkrun
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All Vicki Jensen wanted to do was complete one parkrun. With a degenerative lung condition and hopes of a lung transplant fading, she knew it was a tough ask. Undeterred, she printed her barcode and set off for her first parkun! 👉🏾 🌳 #loveparkrun
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