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junior parkrun rolls out in Wales!
This time last year, if you had looked at the map of junior events in the UK there were no orange tree icons in Wales. Happily this is now changing. First was Newport junior parkrun which started in...
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It’s not rocket science, it’s junior parkrun spirit…
I have been touring again this week and visiting the glorious Wimpole Estate parkrun in Cambridgeshire which is part of the growing number of sites due to have a junior event starting soon. The...
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These Girls Can…parkrun (part 2)
Part two ... celebrating the range of women that show that anyone can... parkrun! Ellie Ellie is 19 years old. She was born in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, where she attended the local primary and high...
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These Girls Can…parkrun (part 3)
Here's part three of our 'inspirational parkrun women' case studies! Enjoy! Sarah Sarah is a typical teenager, currently in Year 8 at secondary school, and with many of the interests of girls of her...
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These Girls Can… parkrun (part 4)
On International Women's Day 2015 here's the final compilation of case studies celebrating the wide range of women that take part in parkrun. The slogan for this years IWD is "Make It Happen". We...
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Three Scottish gems…
Given that the marvellous Chris Davies recently brought us up-to-date and gave us an insight into junior parkrun in Wales, I thought it was time to highlight our Scottish events. They currently have...
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Sharing the fun…
We were very lucky last weekend because the rain that visited a lot of us on Saturday seemed to stay away on Sunday and we had a great junior parkrun turn out. 2,611 runners all out in the fresh air,...
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Whatever the weather…
I am writing this newsletter from the general warmth and comfort of our shed where I work. This is pure luxury compared to the conditions faced by many of you during your run on Sunday. Raindrops, we...
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What a Sunday!
They don't come much better than this one. Many of the parkrun team were in London with their families for the Westminster Mile event on Sunday in St James's Park. We have a parkrun wave where, as you...
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The same yet different.
I love the fact that all junior events are the same yet different. We have the same ethos, same rules about course design and same incentives for our runners and volunteers and yet all our events are...
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Savill Garden revisited
This weekend I had the pleasure of cycling over to Great Windsor Park to visit Savill Garden junior parkrun. It's been a long time since I was there and so a revisit was well overdue. I wasn't...
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A new member of the family
We have recently started a junior parkrun locally and so I have become part of the core volunteer team. I do a lot of travelling around different parkruns on a Saturday and so having a regular event to...
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A tale of two junior parkruns
‘It was the best of times it was the worst of times….’ Sorry if this has started like a Year 8 essay, it is safe to read on, there are no more Dickensian quotes. We just included that to surprise our...
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Inspiring all generations
A smile always comes to my face when I think about the eclectic mix of volunteers we have at junior parkrun. Old, young, men, women and children all play their part. I think we have created something...
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The Portrush Legacy
As we approach our 11th junior parkrun we are still very new to the whole junior parkrun world, but what a world it is! Having been an event director for Portrush parkrun for three years, I now find...
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The remarkable Ollie Ball
Some times you come across a story at parkrun which you know you have to share with others. When parkrun staff had a visit to Telford junior parkrun several weeks ago, I met Ollie and his amazing mum...
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100 thank yous
The first two events of our junior parkrun ‘weekly series’ had their 100th event this weekend! That seems like a milestone worth celebrating and indeed it was at both Southampton and Roundhay juniors...
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Nine magic points
In junior parkrun world, we decided that it might be easier for everyone, new or experienced, if we had a Code of Conduct that we all easily understood. Every week I get a lot of questions about what...
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Resolutions
Some people love them, some people hate them but when it comes to junior parkrun we are full of them. Look at the concentration on the faces of Larne juniors as they all sway in unison! We like to...
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Father’s pride
junior parkrun is about trying to change the future for our children and for society. Big ambitions indeed but the numbers at our events last weekend prove that we may be on to something as 6,128...
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