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Parkrun return delayed as organisers announce new date to resume 5k events The company said it has been forced to delay the planned reopening of 5k events Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Click here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice The organisers of parkrun have announced today that it h...

But the date for restarting parkruns has now been delayed until June 26 by national organisers. The 5k runs have become hugely popular over the years with hundreds of runners attending every Saturday, including in Oxford, Abingdon, Didcot and Bicester. Amy Rose O'Hanlon leads a junior Park Run in Florence Park earlier this month They will be disappointed that the parkrun is not able to return until June 26, even though lockdown has been eased for shops, pubs and restaurants. Before the pandemic, about 300,000 people nationwide took part in the free timed 5km event on a typical wee...

parkrun UK announces delay to restart of 5k events Carlisle parkrun parkrun UK has announced that the planned restart of its 5k events on June 5 will now be delayed. The decision affects all parkruns in Cumbria. Although more than 250 events do have landowner permission to return – including at Penrith, Barrow, Carlisle, Keswick, Seaton, Workington, Whinlatter Forest and Whitehaven – parkrun has explained that this falls far short of the critical mass needed to prevent overwhelming those that have been given the go-ahead. With more than three million registered parkrunners across England...

THE return of a popular community running event has been delayed after many towns - including Basingstoke - failed to get landowner permission. Parkrun is a free, weekly 5k running event held in more than 2,000 locations in 22 countries across the world. The popular event was due to return on Saturday, June 5, after more than a year of cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the return relied on enough locations being given the go-ahead, so as not to overwhelm those who have. Unfortunately, the target number wasn’t reached and today (May 21) parkrun UK has announced...

Andover’s Parkrun will not go ahead from June 5 as planned over fears the event could be ‘overwhelmed’. Test Valley Borough Council had approved the return of the town’s weekly 5K run, which would put it alongside more than 250 other Parkruns across the country. However, nationally, it has been decided that not enough authorities had given permission for the runs, with the risk that runners from other areas would travel to towns such as Andover and generate large crowds. Andover Parkrun said: “National Parkrun have confirmed that we will not be able to restart on June 5 as hop...