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Looking to burn off those mince pies or just get more active in 2018 ? Get yourself down to your local parkrun every Saturday at 9am! It's free....

parkrun organise free, weekly, 5km timed runs around the world. They are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy to take part in.
These events take place in pleasant parkland surroundings and we encourage people of every ability to take part; from those taking their first steps in running to Olympians; from juniors to those with more experience; we welcome you all.
Using the events page, select the event you are most interested in and review all the information about the course, local news items, the photo gallery and information about volunteering. Also, take a look at the extensive results page where you will find an incredible amount of information about your past performance.
Go to the gym then or buy a treadmill just stop making excuses for being fat
Also junior parkrun is a series of 2k runs for children aged between 4 and 14 on Sunday mornings.
Go to the gym then or buy a treadmill just stop making excuses for being fat
Happy New Year smiler....
I alternate between 3 local runs depending on weather or how fit myself and family feel!
Why would you assume I'm fat because I have a fear of standing in dog poo
Cant you swerve and not to step into it? Maybe using your eyes would help
Look where you’re running. Problem solved
They are volunteer run events. If you want one closer to you just organise one yourself:)
PK is very popular in Bristol. To the point that capacity is a problem.
Thanks for the post OP but January is generally a poor time to start running. New year resolutions tend to die quickly.
Horse and Donkey is worse.
There are 2 near where I live, and they staggered the start times yesterday so you could do both if you wanted.
I’d say the dog walkers are a bigger problem and in the summer the influx of neds and families that feel the need to leave their litter despite there being plenty of bins
Great attitude. You will go far in life.....
Whats jogging ???
parkrun.com/abo…nt/
Here's the link to start your own event as you seem to have a lot of ideas on how to improve it.
Are we supposed to be impressed? Doing parkrun every week you'd run 50% further than you achieved
Why is it much better to run on your own than to do a free, regular, timed, social event ?
The hardest part is trying to go a bit faster up the mild slope of the last 200 yards of the course...
Hang off the back of the pack, by the time you get to any dog poo it’s been obliterated Well that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it
I have now done 107 Parkruns. I have done them in England, Rep of Ireland, N Ireland, Italy, Poland, I have one in Germany planned for April. Combined with NHS C25K, nothing else in the world has had such a positive impact on my wellbeing, both mental and physical.
Well then just walk that part of the course until you feel comfortable running it. The most important thing is to get out there. Second is to complete the 5k. Third is to run the whole 5k. Last is to do a good time. And if you keep doing the most important thing, the others will follow.
No thanks. I'd rather have something like this that is regular. I know that at 9am I need to be at the start line. No excuses. No 'doing it later' and getting sidetracked and then forgetting it. If you're a regular runner then that's fine, but if you're looking for a bit of motivation, this is better.
Plus if you're not a very confident runner, it can be easier running at these things because ultimately you'll be running with people who are as fast/slow as you are. It's sometimes easier to hide in the crowd.
They keep a record of your run and so it's easy to see your progress over time too. And you can run at other locations and still get a record of that on your profile too.
Maybe it'll lead to people doing extra runs and maybe outgrowing the Park Run, but for regular folks this is a really good thing.
Especially as GP's are actually 'prescribing' parkrun as a way of getting active!