#parkrun
#running
#Hastings
Happy 500th parkrun !
A beautiful sunny morning, loads of people, a samba band halfway round and cakes to finish with. A much needed dose of positivity after yesterday.
Thanks to all the volunteers.
Enjoy your running (and cake).

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A collection of cakes to celebrate with.

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Hundreds of people ready to start the 500th parkrun in Hastings. A bright, sunny morning.

RE: https://genomic.social/@kiramt/116227495750624077

Parkrun 50 at 50 is today!

I will be doing walk 10 mins, 4 x (jog 2.5/walk 2.5mins), walk to end. Hope to beat last week’s 2026 PB of 42.19 but more importantly aiming to Not Overdo It

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I am up for #Parkrun, just a normal one today! Won’t be many more now before we move for the summer to Appley because the Isle of Wight festival needs our course for a bit. 😀

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Isle of Wight festival main stage

Up and at 'em, fam. After a *lot* of running this week, yesterday I did week 3 of my free gym trials bonanza. Weights and swimming (I bloody love swimming) so a bit sore this morning but have club takeover at Norman Park #ParkRun this morning so leaving early to run there. 3.4k so nearly 7 round trip so won't feel like I'm missing out on my Saturday morning run! Should be a laugh aswell. Big club turnout and recruitment drive so it'll be buzzy and positive. I hope you are absolutely terrific. You gorgeous monsters.

@TheBreadmonkey @roastinghouse Here in US (WA) a parkrun w/ 100+ runners would be considered a blowout. Can't imagine running w/ 800+ runners in a *#Parkrun*!

@roastinghouse @Dave3307

At Bushey Park (the original) in 2024 for their 1000th #ParkRun, they had 6,204 runners. It. Looked. Bananas.

@TheBreadmonkey @roastinghouse

https://mastodon.art/@HawkinsWeeks/116507074760985814
This post by @HawkinsWeeks showed up on my timeline yesterday (I follow the #parkrun hashtag).

I'd love to do it, but realistically I'm not sure when. It would be great if that list would ever get extended to cover the rest of the continent (and also very difficult, I think).

@TheBreadmonkey I like the idea of being a #parkrun tourist but when it comes down to logistics, I don't because I like the idea of being able to walk, run, or cycle to parkrun without a car journey.

But then going to Great Yarmouth for me would be a weekend away so tourist pounds to a UK seaside is no bad thing - I bet most people justify a large bag of chips by the sea afterwards 😎

Just chatting with @roastinghouse about different #ParkRun courses and found that my new regular (Hoblingwell) is 783 out of 835 hardest UK parkruns (which is very pleasing to me because I find it tough). Although my other usual (Norman Park) is 5th with a tied 3rd place score.... Although it doesn't account for there regularly being 800+ runners to negotiate with, which affects your time.

However I'm also fascinated by the hardest one, which for some reason my brain is telling me I want to have a go at. Why? Absolutely no idea. Just to see if I can, I suppose....

#running
#runner
#theRuns

https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/training/5km/a64780386/hardest-parkrun-uk/

https://therunningchannel.com/fastest-and-slowest-parkruns-uk/

#parkrun number 230 for me today, managed to take off a little bit of time compared to last week. Had an easy day yesterday so was feeling pretty good this morning, made it round in 31:48

I've been doing some longer runs with friends and that's definitely helping both with speed and stamina. I've lost some weight too, though that's a secondary benefit and not the main thing I'm going for.

It's certainly nice to get to the point where I'm actually enjoying #running again 🙂

#runnersofMastodon

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A man in a blue/green running shirt and black shorts, with a beard and glasses. He's listening to music on headphones and seems to have his eyes shut, but he might just be squinting. Running with your eyes shut doesn't seem sensible. There are some people in the background but I've blurred them out a little because they didn't ask to be part of my dumb post on the internet.

Update on this: a park user has complained that chalk messages like this are ruining his enjoyment of the park through the week as they sometimes don’t immediately wash off and he doesn’t want to see them… so it looks like this will be the last lot.

Live and let live, I suppose. 🤷‍♀️

#parkrun

I am such a child.

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Chalk on a path: “It’s hot”

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More chalk. “Damn hot”

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Chalk: “milk was a BAD choice!”

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Chalk on a path: “parkrun: 60% of the time, it works every time”. Do I need to watch a wider range of movies?

Back to Redcar for the second week in a row, as it was their event's 14th anniversary today! It's for sure my favourite local #parkrun, and Locke Park was looking particularly good today in the sunshine.

I ended up in a group sprint finish situation with a guy carrying a speaker on his back and a lady pushing a baby in a pram. Both managed to beat me, but such is life 😄

#Redcar #Running

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Photo taken from a wooden bridge, the edge of which is taking up the foreground of the shot. Behind it, a very green and leafy park full of trees under a clear blue sky. The small stream under the bridge leads away from the camera in a straight line, disappearing into bushes. A small red blob in the distance on the path to the left of the stream is a parkrunner doing his warmups!

Whiteley #parkrun

The run as always drug addled loveliness but better still catching up with an old friend at the wonderfully named Oaty Goat 😎

An extra large turnout today at Llanishen #parkrun as Cardiff was off, including 5 dressed in sumo wrestling costumes for a stag do 😃
lots of pollen in the air 🤧
Best age grade since January 1 so I’ll take that!

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View into the parkrun finish funnel - comprised of traffic cones and plastic chains on a woodland path with an overhanging canopy of mature fir trees

A bit of local #parkrunTourism this morning to tick off a long-standing #NENDY (I've been waiting for dry weather and a gap in my schedule). A chaotic start across a field, dodging rabbit holes, then trying to weave through congestion. Started with the 26 minute pacer and finished with the 23 minute pacer. Only counted 34 steps #parkrun

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A woman with long brown hair takes a selfie against a field of buttercups. She wears an athletic tank styled to look like a pint of lager and styled Ink N Brew. Running stats are overlaid: 4.95km distance, 23:00 activity time, 4'39"/km average pace, 159bpm average heart rate.

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A summary of parkrun stats congratulating on 492nd parkrun and 1st at Bath Skyline. Time 23:00, finished 50th out of 308. 5th in gender. Age-graded score 69.71%. Cowell club 78.

#parkrun
#Hastings
Congratulations all round this morning:
Firstly to the couple getting married this afternoon who started their day with running.

Secondly, think it could be a record turnout for little old Hastings - over 600 ?
Update: 616 - amazing.

Finally, well done to GF for finishing 3rd in the London Marathon ! ( This is based on the logic of the young children she works with - it's a bronze medal so that means 3rd place. She did not dispute their logic !)
Enjoy your running.

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Hordes of people getting ready to start parkrun in Hastings.

I am up for #Parkrun, but two things are different today. Firstly I am volunteering for my 25th time, secondly we are doing an away day at Tennison Down! Here’s the 160m elevation gain from my PB run there. The two might be related.

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Blue bars show running pace over time, with a dashed line at 5:00/km. Elevation graph in background indicates varied terrain that runs up for two km, then down and up for another 1.5km, then down all the way.

I wanted to wait a little bit to see if #parkrun came out with a statement themselves, but as there hasn't been anything yet I've used the tool at https://protectparkrun.uk/ to write to my MP. I moved some of the text around and added in my own experience at parkrun (because I am not above pointing out that I've completed over 490 events and volunteered over 175 times, whereas these schmucks have done nada). It takes a couple of minutes. #ProtectParkrun #sport4all #TransRightsAreHumanRights

#Parkrun has had a lot of shit recently (I mean so have trans people) with Nike completely misunderstanding the point of the events and rocking up to some of them with arsehole mobile billboards shaming people for walking https://www.itv.com/news/2026-04-21/nike-accused-of-shaming-participants-who-walk-in-local-parkrun-event. But they're really lovely events and I would definitely go to more of them if I weren't a lazy bedslug or they happened on Saturday afternoons not Saturday mornings.

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School #parkrun

Glorious sunny morning, best coffee on the road for sometime but, boy oh boy, these drugs are taking the piss 😵‍💫💤

Got my best time at #parkrun since 2019 (by 1 second) so I'm happy about that.

Are those sad times at #running finally history? Best #parkrun since october...

And that after I was welcomed with the words "you look like a wreck" - empathy so important ;)

#parkrun Went hard today and was rewarded with a fastest of the year. Ok, not fast in the big picture but signs of improving. Keep chipping towards that half hour. Next week is a flat one whilst I'm away so let's see how that goes. Hope you had a good one wherever you ran, jogged, walked, moonealked, or just vibes around this morning.

Girl! I wanna take you to a #ParkRun!

Struggle. Pain. Triumph. Glory. Those are some words. As are faucet, garibaldi, sleeveless and indeed upholstery. I don't have anything of value to say this morning, I'm afraid. But WHEN HAS THAT EVER STOPPED ME? Eh? Eh?

I had a message last night from a dear friend from Fedi who felt that they've said everything it's possible to say on this website and there's nothing left. Barren. Devoid.

Well I'm here to tell you that this is NOT TRUE and we are just getting started. You've had the intro. The opening monologue. Now we're really gonna get down to it and save this flippin' planet and everyone on it. Through the power of collective consciousness. If we all get together and really concentrate, imagine the processing power we'd have. Like a massive supercomputer. We just have to learn to channel our energies. I am doing my best here. My word count is astronomical. All we need now is for someone to interpret all of those words into some coherent ideas and we can really do some good in this world. We need a Ben whisperer.

I think I might have had too much coffee. Hurrah! Happy weekend everybody!

Just got an email from #parkrun - can't help but read "p.s. fuck off Nike" at the end of this...

Is that just me? 🤔

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Screenshot of an email that reads: "parkwalk with us tomorrow 💕 Hi Ed, Just a quick reminder that parkwalk day is happening tomorrow, Saturday 25 April! Whether you like to walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate, parkrun is for everyone – and parkwalk is a great chance to mix things up and enjoy a more social, relaxed-paced start to your weekend 🚶‍♀️ So, why not kick off your weekend by joining us tomorrow? It’s also a brilliant opportunity to bring along friends or family who are new to parkrun, prefer a gentle stroll, or just want to enjoy the outdoors together."

Just stumbled across those Euro-Spezial prices by DB - and got the idea to #run somewhere in Denmark or Southern Sweden (max. two hours train ride from CPH).
Any ideas for #runs in july or august?
Should have an easily reachable #parkrun by public transport nearby.
Distance HM or shorter.

#running #mastodonrunners #mastodonrunning

And if you look closer it's fascism all the way down, as per usual. Exactly how are they expecting a free-to-attend, volunteer run event to verify any participant's identity: name, age, gender or sex-assigned-at-birth? Papers, please. All of #parkrun is self-identification. You list whatever name you like (there is, I believe, something in the T&Cs about offensive words), whatever age category (nobody's verifying the date of birth you enter), and your gender.

When we say that transphobes want to eliminate trans and non-binary people from public life, it's not hyperbole, it's backed up by their actions. Threatening legal action against #parkrun a free-to-attend, volunteer-run event which encourages people to move their bodies, and if they can't do that then to get outside and volunteer. All because, why? They have so much hate inside themselves that they can't stand it if a trans or non-binary person completes 5k. https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/parkrun-threatened-with-legal-action-over-transgender-inclusion/ar-AA21yg1A

Nike are at it again.

Having been ‘encouraged’ to remove signs in shops saying ‘Walkers Tolerated’ they are now having a go at Park Runs. I am sure that someone in Corporate Central thought this to be quite the joke. Probably some arse who can barely stagger from car to office and back without a stiff G&T to sustain him (probably is). If I ever bought Nike kit I might be persuaded to boycott them, I don’t so I won’t.

http://archive.today/2026.04.20-190238/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/transport/article/nike-accused-shaming-parkrun-walkers-ad-campaign-bgtvflgsw

#Running #Walking #ParkRun #Nike #PoorJokes #Joke

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From the linked article, headline ‘Nike accused of shaming Parkrun walkers with ad campaign’ and the text Nike has been accused of “shaming” people taking part in their local Parkrun after the sportswear giant launched a series of adverts to try and discourage walking. Billboards promoting the US sportswear company have appeared at several weekend runs across popular south London parks in recent weeks. The messages, which have been displayed on signs on lorries and by people “riding round on rickshaws”, included: “You didn’t come all this way for a walk in the park.”

RE: https://flipboard.com/@independent/sports-c4jth40vz/-/a-OeRGFkFkRUeeqw-BxiZ3TQ%3Aa%3A1855170754-%2F0

Nike really doubling down on their dissing walkers (after pulling a similar stunt at #parkrun recently). I have qualified for and completed the Boston marathon (in what was a PB at the time tyvm). And I walked during that race. I've walked during lots of my races. I've walked in training. Walking is moving, and moving (in whatever form) is better than not (if you are able). Just another reason for Nike to get in the bin. Their shoes have been surpassed, so now they are ragebaiting #running

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@Dave3307
Doing similar stuff at parkruns in the UK.
#parkrun

A lovely sunny morning for a chatty #Parkrun at the local

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View along a woodland path underneath a canopy of fir tree branches, which is set up as the parkrun finish funnel with cones and signs

Ran my second #parkrun today. This time it was Shingashigawa Ukima parkrun in Tokyo. Fun to spot the other runners approaching from all directions. Then it’s an hour of smiles and sweat and cheering, before everyone goes their separate ways again. I’m hooked #running #runnersofmastodon

Quite a gathering of the MS tribes this morning at Finsbury Park #parkrun

Sluggish and the slowest coffee ever but glorious to be there and break bread with my peeps 🥰

A beautiful day for marshalling at #parkrun !

Gorgeous swim in the lake and a sauna afterwards too. What a way to start the weekend. And they let me loose with the chalk again.

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A chalked message on a tarmac path saying “It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage”

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A chalked message on a tarmac path saying “I love lamp!” (Parkrunners, it seems, not fans of Anchorman… so there were a lot of confused people who need to up their movie watching game)

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A chalk message on a tarmac path with some signage and cones behind pointing the way to the finish. The message says, “you look forking amazing!” If you don’t watch the Good Place, then what even is the point?

The training seems to be paying off, managed my local #parkrun in 32:50 this morning.

That might seem like an "ok" kind of time, but I want to remind you that a month ago I ran Harrogate at 38:50, so today's run was a full six minutes faster. Which honestly I can barely believe. That's enough time for a cup of tea.

Harrogate -> https://dice.camp/@edchivers/116227078518245377

#running #runnersOfMastodon

#ParkRun 121 done. I've sort of resolved to keep going back to Hoblingwell, despite it being quite far outside my comfort zone. But I did it and I got a PB (3rd time there), and although not quite under 30 mins, I wasn't far off. But it was BRUTAL. The sunshine and hills (which I now call inclines because I'm unbearable) and the changing surfaces.... urgh. Also - it seems to be almost entirely uphill, except for one massively steep downhill which you have to negotiate twice. This is so boring sorry I'll make it more exciting... I saw a BEAR! It was incredible. 9ft tall standing, and its roar reverberated around the housing estate. Despite its fearsome appearance it seemed to be trying to communicate. So carefully approaching it, keeping my head low, I attempted to speak to it in its own language. RrrwwwwrrroooOOOAAAooooowrrr, I said. To which the bear responded 'I say old chap I didn't know you could speak bear!' what the hell am I talking about I shouldn't be allowed on the Internet. I DID A RUN! HUZZAH! Have a great weekend. Don't try and make friends with bears irl.

Back to #parkrun this week although if I'm honest it was about 50/50 parkrun/parkwalk for me because I'm a mess in this heat (like, 10 degrees). We tried the new route at Albert Park, definitely an improvement over the previous hazardous tree root situation.

Also, I drove us there! All the way! From reversing off our drive, to somehow ending up successfully parked in a bay in Middlesbrough! 💪

Now we have to walk the dog, who was such a good girl while we abandoned her to go running. Definitely getting my steps in today...

#Running #LearnerDriver

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View from our dog walk. We're looking down across green fields and the roofs of a small town, out towards distant forested hills, all under a bright blue sky with fluffy white clouds. There's even a tiny strip of sea visible on the horizon. In the foreground, a gnarled tree trunk and a couple of fence posts separating our path from the fields.