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On 2 October 2014, Bushy Parkrun celebrated its 10th anniversary. The event celebrating this was run on 4 October 2014 and contained a record 1,705 runners, beating the previous record of 1,184 on 11 January 2014, which was the 500th event.
Paul Sinton-Hewitt started parkrun when he organised a free timed 5k run at Bushy Park in south-west London on October 2, 2024. Parkrun is about community spirit, founder says ahead of 20th ...
The idea for parkrun started on October 2, 2004 when 13 runners joined a free timed 5k Bushy Park Time Trial in south-west London. Parkrun celebrates 20 years of making people healthier and ...
Walkers, runners and volunteers gather every Saturday morning at more than 2,500 locations.
Parkrun (stylised as parkrun) is a collection of 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) events for runners, walkers and volunteers that take place every Saturday morning at more than 2,000 locations in 22 countries across five continents. Parkrun was founded by Paul Sinton-Hewitt on 2 October 2004 at Bushy Park in London, England.
It evolved into Parkrun – a free 5-kilometre timed running event that takes place every Saturday morning. The first event took place on 2 October 2004, with 13 entrants. In April 2010 a two-kilometre "Junior Parkrun" format was added at Bushy Park for children aged 4 to 14 (held monthly on Sunday mornings). [8]
Thirteen locals showed up for a casual 5km jog in Bushy Park, west London on that first Saturday morning, 2 October 2004. Two decades later, more than 10 million registered parkrunners have ...
In 2013, the Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society installed a bronze monument at the park to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bushy Run. The monument was created by bronze sculptor Wayne Hyde.