Paul Sinton-Hewitt

But that was a very specific thing that as a runner, an aspiring athlete, I think you used it as a benchmark to see how you were doing on your progress.

Now, when I set up Bushy,

Obviously, I didn't know that it would become parkrun.

I didn't have an aspiration for it to become parkrun.

I only wanted to create this little self-serving event that would take place every single week at the same time, same place over 5K.

I wanted it to be short enough that I could be in and out the park within an hour.

yeah i was worried i was worried that i was going to impact on other park users and i was worried that if i tried to do anything more than that the officials would shut me down the club runners would think that i'm stepping on their territory that sort of thing so so there were a range of things going through my mind at the time but it was very much about

I need to do something.

I want it to be really simple, easy to do.

I didn't want it to take too much time.

I want it to be over with before you got your day done.

Yeah.

Those are the thoughts.

So for me, Parkrun is about being outdoors, being active and being social.

Those are the three foundation pillars that we stand on.

We offer in parks all around the world, 22 countries, but in the United Kingdom, there are about 1,000 5K Saturday morning events.

They all start at the same time.

Did they?

Got that wrong, first bit.

Who does it at 9.30?