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Parkrun
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Parkrun is a free weekly 5 km run held all over the world every Saturday morning, organized by volunteers following consistent rules. It's open to any fitness level.
In detail
Parkrun isn't a competition in the classic sense — participation is free, results are recorded via a personal barcode, and the main idea is regularity and community, not prizes. For many beginners, it's their first experience of organized running and a convenient way to regularly check progress on the same course.
How to use it
Run the same parkrun regularly — comparing results on an identical course gives a much more honest picture of your fitness progress than one-off runs on different distances and terrain.