Paul Sinton-Hewitt

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

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

yep 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.

Those were 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.

1,000?

Got that wrong, first bit.

Who does it at 9.30?

Scotland's 9.30 because they started in the winter and it was still dark at 9 o'clock in the morning.

And then, for instance, Australia starts at 7.30 because it gets too hot.

There are territorial differences, but in the United Kingdom, in England, Scotland, England, Wales, I think Ireland is also 9.30, but we're 9 o'clock England and Wales.

And

You know, at nine o'clock, approximately 300,000 people are setting off on their 5k journey every single Saturday.