Stewart Park - 500th Parkrun on Saturday

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This Saturday the Stewart Parkrun will be coming together to celebrate the 500th parkrun at Stewart Park. Everyone is welcome to come on down and run, jog, walk, volunteer or watch and the request is wear BLUE. The run starts at 9am near the Ladgate Lane car park. It is a run not a race. But you can first register on parkrun site and download/print off a barcode that will be given to you and you can bring this along to record your run/walk in the weekly results stats.

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Started in 2012, Stewart parkrun has just celebrated a birthday on 7th July. The first run was on 7/7/2012 when Middlesbrough became the first town in the country to have a second parkrun joining Albert Parkrun.

Parkrun is a free, community event where you can walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate. Parkrun is 5km and takes place every Saturday starting at 9am in parklands across this country, Europe and many countries around the world, entirely organised by volunteers. Since last October the event became even more inclusive as there are now dedicated walking volunteers guiding those that would prefer to walk rather than jog or run around the park.

Averaging nearly 260 parkrunners every Saturday, Stewart Parkrun is a major weekly community event. The course is two laps around the scenic Marton park. It is thanks to the efforts of volunteers organised by joint run directors Samantha and Ruth McMaster Lees

Here are some stats from Stewart Parkrun's 500 events.

Finishers: 13,318 (different individuals)

Finishes: 129,581

Average finishers per week: 259.7

Volunteers: 1,119
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Never done a park run but I feel like I need to! How does the timing and stuff work? Is it like an electronic chip you get at other events?
 
your time is taken manually and results are normally showing by late Sat morning on the relevant parkrub site , u also receive a text with your time : -)
You will need to register prior and print off your bar code to show at the finish
 
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Kevo4 said:
Never done a park run but I feel like I need to! How does the timing and stuff work? Is it like an electronic chip you
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Kevo4 said:
Never done a park run but I feel like I need to! How does the timing and stuff work? Is it like an electronic chip you get at other events?
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Click on the link and follow the simple instructions. You get a barcode.
At the end of the run you are given a token after you cross the finish line and someone scans the token and your barcode.
www.parkrun.org.uk

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🙋🏻‍♂️ - I made it round but my rainwear wasn’t strictly blue 😄. Great start to the morning and certainly the first of many more.
I thought it was great to see so many different levels of running/walking abilities giving it their all.
 
I can run, no problem, never seen the obsession with it, i went ten years without runnng but still ran a 10k off the bat to prove a point just based off fitness i have hill walking and cycling

Its not good for me , impact on your joints, especially as you get older, much better just weight training and cycling, you get the same benefits and none of the negatives
 
Gunslinger said:
I can run, no problem, never seen the obsession with it, i went ten years without runnng but still ran a 10k off the bat to prove a point just based off fitness i have hill walking and cycling

Its not good for me , impact on your joints, especially as you get older, much better just weight training and cycling, you get the same benefits and none of the negatives
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Working on your running mechanics and efficiency will stop the “negatives” you mention.

Running is a positive thing to do, simple as that
 
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