Volunteers and community spirit build momentum behind parkrun

By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - Keen to get a regular Saturday fix of 5km runs under the parkrun banner but finding himself some distance from his nearest event, Gary O'Leary went for the obvious solution -- start one on his doorstep. So, on Oct. 11, a week after parkrun celebrates its 10th anniversary, Panshanger parkrun, near Hertford, north of London, will become around the 290th UK adult event. It is hard to be exact, such is the speed of expansion, with two new events taking place each week in the UK plus a rash of junior 2km events on Sundays, and a growing number of both worldwide. ...



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