Paul Sinton-Hewitt

And then the software needed to cater for two sets of results coming in for two separate events.

Once I got over that, I knew that I could do three.

And if I could do three, I could do 10.

And if I could do 10, I could do...

So we went from one in 2004 to seven in 2007.

15 in 2008, 35 in 2009.

And so the progression was sort of we were doubling or trebling every year from there on.

But I would say that we still have a lot of resistance.

Clubs didn't really understand us.

Well...

In my mind, at the time, it was a complex situation.

People have understood it now.

People realize that parkrun is the nursery school of running or activity in this world.

People use parkrun to get fit to go and play football or cricket or whatever.

And it's a real springboard for spreading out health and well-being.

In those days, it was perceived a running event or a race.

And as a result, clubs naturally felt that we were taking away their domain.

They needed to jump through all sorts of hoops to make sure their events were properly measured, that they had the right set of health and safety.

They had all those things.

Whereas we didn't do that.