Human Interest
International Parkrun Day celebrated today─── 07:41 Sat, 06 Oct 2018
International Parkrun Day is being celebrated today.
According to South Africa's ambassador, Bruce Fordyce, it's the 14th year these community driven health and fitness events are organised across the globe.
The first parkrun was run in October 2004 in London’s Bushy Park. Paul Sinton-Hewitt, who could not even run it, as he was a volunteer timekeeper that morning, organised it.
A total of 13 runners pitched. Originally called the Bushy Park Time Trial, it grew into a small collection of events called the UK Time Trials, which were renamed Parkrun in 2008.
The first event outside of the United Kingdom was launched in Denmark in 2009.
Events now take place every week in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Singapore, the Czech Republic, the United States, Italy and France.
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