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Title<\/strong>: Parkrun<\/p>\n

Author<\/strong>: Debra Bourne<\/p>\n

Type:<\/strong>\u00a0Non-Fiction<\/p>\n

Page Count\/Review Word Count<\/strong>: 360<\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong>\u00a03.5\/5<\/p>\n

I picked up this book as a Christmas present for my dad, who\u2019s also a big fan of parkrun, and I thought that I should probably pick it up and read it first. You know, to make sure that it\u2019s a good book. Don\u2019t worry though, he doesn\u2019t follow me on social media and probably won\u2019t see this review. Probably.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t heard of parkrun before then you\u2019ve obviously not asked me about my weekend plans of late. It\u2019s essentially a free, weekly 5K run that takes place in parks all over the country (and the world), and it\u2019s one of those things where once you go to one of them, you\u2019re likely to become addicted. I\u2019ve been every Saturday this year except for the first one, when my local parkrun was cancelled due to bad weather.<\/p>\n

Debra Bourne\u2019s books aims to chart the history of parkrun from its inception in Bushy Park to the present day, and that brings us to my only problem with it. I can\u2019t vouch for the latest edition, and I don\u2019t even know if there is one, but the copy that I read only took us up to 2014 or so. That made it feel as though it only covered half the story.<\/p>\n

Parkrun has continued to grow in the years since, surviving COVID-19 and coming out kicking, and there have been all sorts of interesting (and controversial) developments. Bourne dedicated a chunk of the book to talking about how important the statistics are to runners, and they\u2019ve since been taken away by parkrun, ostensibly because they stop people from taking part. It would also have been nice to have read about the politics that have stopped parkrun from continuing in France.<\/p>\n

But while there are little quibbles and things that I would have liked to have seen, I can\u2019t exactly blame Bourne. On top of that, I was mostly interested in reading about the early days, and she had those nicely covered with quotes from the people involved. So all in all, not bad.<\/p>\n

Learn more about Parkrun.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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