I ran my first ever #parkrun today: Tsurumi Ryokuchi parkrun in #Osaka. It was a great experience - I can see what all the parkrun hype is about now! It's so cool that you can just roll up on a random Saturday in a random city and run a 5k! The volunteers were so friendly and enthusiastic, and the vibe was overwhelmingly positive. I definitely plan on doing more of these. Thank you to everyone who volunteered, and to those that ran, especially those who passed me in the final km, because I went out too hard (again 🙄) #running #runnersofmastodon

On the tourism trail with the club this morning. Over the water to Wales to Rogiet (which I'd not been to before). Thursday's race still in the legs, I couldn't even match the pace even though it was a shorted distance. I might have been able to catch 1st lady if I hadn't had to retie my laces twice in the last km. Fastest #parkrun of the year. #RunnersOfMastodon #running #parkrunTourism

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A woman wearing sunglasses and a sleeveless athletic top poses in front of a sign for "Rogiet parkrun." The image displays various statistics, including a distance of 4.96 km, a total time of 21:37, average pace 4'22"/km.

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A group of twelve runners poses outdoors before a parkrun event, standing in front of a sign that reads "parkrun Rogiet." The participants are dressed in various athletic outfits, predominantly in shades of blue.

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A congratulatory message summarizing performance at a parkrun event, highlighting a completion time of 21 minutes and 37 seconds, a 13th place finish out of 129 participants, 2nd place in gender, an age-graded score of 74.17%, and fastest time this year.

We're in the north-east this weekend, so we visited Whitley Bay #parkrun - this was my second time here, the first was in August 2023 when it was a *lot* sunnier!

A breezy one this morning, made it round in just over 33 minutes :)

#running #runnersOfMastodon

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A man with a beard and glasses standing on grass in running gear, behind a blue sign reading "parkrun Whitley Bay". Behind him is the white dome of the Spanish City, and a path with other runners walking on it.

A slow #parkrun at Morden today. I finished *after* a guy with a “Mr Slow shirt.

#parkrun
#running
#Hastings
Breezy but fun this morning.
400+ people run through this cafe every week when it's the summer course. Does this count as an Urban Trail ?
(The cafe is Goat Ledge)
Enjoy your running.

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A brightly painted cafe on the promenade. parkrunners are going through it.

93 happy finishers at today’s #volksgartenparkrun in Düsseldor's most beautiful park.! The sun came out to welcome speedy (and super friendly) locals and tourists from Norwich, Manchester, and beyond. Best way to kick off the weekend! #parkrun #Düsseldorf

There's days you got it and there's days you don't. But another one in the book and well done to everyone who dragged themselves round a #parkrun and 🙌🙌🙌🙌 to all the volunteers who make it happen

Good morning y’all! I’m up for #Parkrun, weather doesn’t seem as nice as last week…

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A black fluffy dog standing on a grassy lawn near a white picket fence and a potted plant. The sky is grey

From organizers: my daughter and me @ Easter #Parkrun today! It was her first run in 2026 after months of rehab for prior injuries!

#running

Finally made it back to #Parkrun -- hopefully to stick to it until October #marathon race!

#running #photos

I didn't think I had it in me, particularly with the course detour across the grass, but super chuffed that I managed to run a personal best of 20:34 at Hackney Marshes parkrun today! 🏃🏼‍♂️🎉 A three second improvement of my best time way back in 2022. #parkrun #running

Exactly a year ago I finished week one of Couch to 5K. At today’s #parkrun I edged closer to my goal of a 30 minute 5k… 31 minutes and 3 seconds. I’ll get there…

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My sister's excuse for missing parkrun this morning !
Edit:
1) Sister may owe Clarkson royalties.
2) Bird head may/may not be displayed like a hunting trophy on the front of the car.
3) Yes, one of the best excuses ever.

First #parkrun with the new #garmin, which was really useful for keeping an eye on pace and helped me spot when I needed to speed up, or (more rarely) was going too fast. Finished at 33:56 although the official time was 34:01 (robbed!)

Within seconds of last week's time, and I think this week's training runs have definitely paid off. Found if I focused on my breathing it made it easier to ignore the complaints from my stupid legs.

#running #runnersOfMastodon

#Parkrun Timekeeping today, will run later providing storm Dave doesn't hit and put me off. But on the other hand, it is new shoes day - Saucony Ride 18 arrived.

Perfect morning for a run at #emmerwiesenparkrun in Bad Pyrmont! Flat course and about 20 finishers today. Big thanks to the local heroes—so welcoming and supportive! Thanks for the good times, everyone! #parkrun #BadPyrmont

Stewart #parkrun this week for pacer week, although we both lost our pacers in the madness of the starting crush so that turned out to be pretty irrelevant!

I've said this before, but it's a great park. All kinds of weird nooks and crannies and something new to see round every corner. Unfortunately one of those things is quite a long hill, which makes this a much slower event than some of our other locals.

Still, I think this will turn out to be my new best time at Stewart, so now as reward I'll spend the rest of the day being even lazier than usual 👍

#Running #Middlesbrough

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A sculpture hanging on the side of a smooth sandstone brick wall. The sculpture is of a cyclist and their bike, made of what appears to be black wire and cogs. There are a few false bricks arranged around them making it look a bit like the wall is exploding. I don't know, art is weird.

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Another side of the same sandstone brick building, this time more of the building and its black roof are in frame. Above wide glass doors, black lettering spells out "Captain Cook Birthplace Museum". Outside is mostly grass but with a few trees and brushes creeping into the left of the frame. There's also a metal anchor sculpture partially obscured by a bush.

Word up, aaaaow. #ParkRun 119 done and DOOONE. Did a new location! Hoblingwell. It was awful! Just messing. But it was comparatively difficult - 'undulating' they call it. Mix of trail, hills, grass, pavement and tarmac. Struggled a bit but pleased to have done a new course. Kicked my arse and I fell over, like an absolute LEGEND. Managed to do a James Bond style tuck and roll, and pretty sure it made everyone there want to marry me. Only my second (third) as tourist. But a good way to kick off our wedding anniversary. Despite all the stresses and pressures of life and work and family, it's lovely to still have something that's just for us that allows us to reconnect once a week. Even if she finds me maddening the rest of the time. Plus I suspect she secretly quite enjoys that she's fitter than me and I can barely keep up, so it's a nice opportunity for her to watch me suffer, taking pleasure in my pain and ultimately feeling sorry for me and reminding her I need looking after. Hooray for healthy relationships! Anyway I hope you all have a very marvellous and chocolate-centric day, for lo remembereth that jesus did lay an egg for your sins.

*Arnie voice* I STILL LOVE EASTER, BABY!

Start at the back. Finish at the back!

#Parkrun

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A large group of runners in front of me waiting for Parkrun to start.

Poole #parkrun 15th anniversary today. What a bunch of Wallies 🤔

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#Hastings
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A collection of various Easter based costumes this morning. Think I was beaten by the Easter Bunny. Lots of runners & walkers and great to have loads of visitors.
Thanks to all the volunteers.
#Brooks Running in Brooks Ghost 15 today. Very comfortable, my knees enjoyed them.
Enjoy your running.

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A pair of Brooks Ghost 15 running shoes.

#parkrun marshal on station!

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A chalked message on a tarmac path saying “YOU ARE ENOUGH”.

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A parkrun marshal in pink high viz (me, a bearded man in a baseball cap) standing at Roy’s Split in colwick park.

Making our plans for the long weekend. So far we've got:

- excessive use of pyjamas
- as many crap films as we can fit
- one last #parkrun before we hopefully get our foster dog! 😱
- maybe I drive us to swimming if I'm feeling brave
- #monsterdon
- also I've reinstalled Minecraft

Of course, the crafts and jigsaw puzzles part probably goes without saying!

#easter #bankHoliday

Volunteer to #parkrun ratio now > 1
Could finally talk to the guy who toured Northern Sweden by ski and tent in February. "All I ate were noodles on the gas cooker and chocolate!"

Well #parkrun sucked this morning, arrived in bleak rain shower, cruel wind, freezing cold, ran crap, heart rate crazy time slow... But, it's another one in the book.

Not sure what happened at #parkrun this morning - my last few runs have been 36, 37, 38 minutes or so.

This morning I felt pretty good, but not *amazing*. On lap two I thought "ooh, I might beat 35 minutes today"

I was *not* expecting to beat 34.

(possible explanation: I actually went to bed at a reasonable time last night, my god, was my mum right?)

#running #runnersOfMastodon

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Photo from our local parkrun, showing a man in black running gear and sunglasses, with a tracksuit jacket tied around his waist, running round a corner on a running track. Despite the fact that both of his feet are on the ground, I swear he is running, I promise.

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A black wristwatch showing a stopwatch, stopped at 33:58

Barcode scanning at Christchurch parkrun this morning. My 25th time volunteering!

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Me in a high-viz vest over a black hoodie, in the park on a bright sunny day.

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Hundreds of runners lining up to start today's parkrun, along an uphill slope arcing past a large pond.

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#parkrun
#Hastings
Sunny morning with a headwind on the way back. Tons of people and a nice vibe.
Thanks to the volunteers.
Lazy afternoon and rugby on the TV at 6pm - carpe diem.

My wife said, let’s get up a bit earlier and go to Hampstead Heath for today’s #parkrun. Anyway, we ended up at Clapham Common. Beautiful weather and nicely dry route.

Good morning everyone! I am up for #Parkrun and it’s sunny but cold 🥶 But at least I’m up!

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A sun halo over the sea and a tree line. A seagull flies in the distance.

Parkrun as a "gateway to belonging".
I thought it is about fitness. 🙂

Parkrun ist ein " Pfad zum Dazugehören."
Dachte eigentlich, es geht um Fitness. 🙂

Artikel in Englisch.

#run #running #Laufen #Lauf #parkrun

[edit: added hashtags]

https://yle.fi/a/74-20216963

Another gorgeous morning of #parkrun marshalling, a swim in the lake, sauna and then a leisurely sausage cob in the sunshine.

(I fell over on the way back from marshalling. This is why I don’t run much anymore!)

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Some chalk on the floor at the end of the parkrun finish funnel. It says “scanners” and an arrow pointing up. Underneath is a crude cartoon of a head exploding. Well, it amused me!

An odd #parkrun day. Went to celebrate an event's 500th and was one of only three people that were at the inaugural run in 2014.

Added poignancy - I checked my time from 2014; cancerous, immune suppressed, fucked ankle 2026 edition me is faster 🤷

#parkrun fastest time this year klaxon! Ok, it's still well off before my knee troubles times but it's encouraging. A consistent injury free spring and summer I might even take on an autumn half.

#Parkrun number 200 completed! Went to Wimbledon Common today. Still love it up there; I don’t go often enough. Beautiful blue sky. Was feeling quite accomplished with my 200, but there were more people with 500 shirts than I’ve seen at any other event. Anyway, not a competition…

Another weekend, another #parkrun - Rising Sun this week, just outside Newcastle.

Really liked this one, extremely friendly and mostly flat over country and woodland trails. Would definitely do this one again if the opportunity came up :)

#running #runnersOfMastodon

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A man in black running gear behind a sign saying "parkrun Rising Sun". Behind him is a car park, a small crowd of runners, trees and fields.

Worthing #parkrun in the sunshine at last 😎

Redcar parkrun for us this morning, and I was definitely not in the mood to go for anything drastic.

Decided to see if, after all the Jeffing recently, I can actually still run the whole thing without stopping! And I'm happy to say that I can, and got myself a new course PB in the process despite taking it fairly easy.

It always feels like really good vibes there, lots of friendly banter among the middle aged lady pace group, sometimes you get to see a train go past but sadly not today. There's always next time!

#Redcar #parkrun #running

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A wide winding path through a park with grass on the right and a few mostly bare trees on the left. Behind the trees is a lake full of ducks and colourful pedalo boats awaiting warmer weather. In the distance along the path is a green wooden cafe building, outside of which the parkrunners are starting to gather.

#parkrun
#halfmarathon
#Hastings
Beautiful morning for running by the sea.
Good luck if you are running Hastings Half marathon tomorrow - conditions look great.
If you see the 13 mile sign you know you are going to finish.
Enjoy your running.

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Shingle beach, calm sea with a blue sky.

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Hastings half marathon mileage sign saying mile 13.

I bid you good day, you warriors of the apocalypse. You denizens of inequity. You dwellers of the precariat. You ruddy bloody gorgeous PLATONICALLY (unless you wanna make out?) legends in our time. For lo.... I hath doneth yet another #ParkRun (eth). 117 done and DONE! Wasn't totally feeling it this morning. Said I would take it easy, but inevitably once the endorphins kick in you're whoopin' and hollerin' (KEEP LEFT) and smilin' and pushing yourself a bit. So it won't be a PB but I got what I needed out if it and have all those happy chemicals buzzing around me. Doing some good things today and tomorrow that will secure my place in the kingdom of heaven, where I'll arrive, tell them I don't believe in it, but if I must live in infinite glory I will have a cheeseburger and a massage then go dancing and also I want to see a LOT of boobs. I'm very sorry I don't know what's come over me this morning. I think it's the sunshine. It's making me irrepressible. I wish to convey peace and happiness straight out of whatever device you're viewing this from, breaching the barrier betwixt world's and going straight into your FACE! HURRAH! Have a great day, everyone. Fare thee well. Amen. X

Der #parkrun hat für drei eher grottige Tage in Stuttgart entschädigt