Today I was part of something big. Something unexpected for me, but from another side, so natural, what I still can’t believe, what I didn’t know about it, nothing, till last month.
I’m talking about parkrun – it starts every Saturday at 9 a.m. (some places have multiple days/other times) around the globe for more than 20 years now. It is free, it is for everyone. You can run, you can walk, you will never be the last one, thanks to the “tailwalkers” volunteers.
And it is also timed! Simply visit parkrun.com to obtain your personal barcode. After you have finished the course, you run to the finish funnel, where volunteers will note your time, and the next one will give you your finisher barcode. After that, some other lovely volunteers will scan your personal and finisher barcode, you’ll give the finisher barcode back, and that’s it – some hours later you will get your personal time/place and a bunch of other statistics per email. Just arrive 15 minutes before the start for your first briefing!
