How parkrun changed our lives
The start at Fell Foot parkrun
Cumbrian parkruns feature in a new book about the Saturday morning event thatâs been hailed as the greatest public health initiative of our time.
How parkrun Changed Our Lives charts the personal stories and the academic research that proves the benefits of the free weekly 5k runs.
Millions of people around the world had registered to do parkrun before lockdown, and they were still signing up throughout the past year when the pandemic called a halt to the events.
Author Eileen Jones set out to see why parkrun is so widely loved and â during the past year â Â desperately missed, and why itâs been described as a social movement for the common good.