Our first ever try at this one, and it does look as if some of you had some fun with it, so good on you!
116 of you were running somewhere & we even got a few pictures back in.
All posts by Tim G.
The Tourist Weekend
On 18th March we have a ‘not a mob match’ which is us trying out a new idea; a ‘Tourist event’. Basically we’d like to encourage you to try a new parkrun, either solo, or in a group, and send us in a photo or a little ‘report’. It’s a chance to fly the flag for your club somewhere else, and have some fun with a new location at the same time. You could even meet up with another club.
So for example here’s one I prepared earlier;
Running in Faith – the National Virtual Mob Match
Well this was the first time we’d moved the inter church ‘mob match’, in a deliberate way, to January, it looks like we got a few new year’s resolution runners – but the icy weather meant some parkruns were shut for health and safety reasons.
In total there were 120 runners, across 29 parkruns running for Christian running groups/churches.
Obviously none of this would be possible without parkrun – so a big thank you to them.
National Update
We have results for 120 of you, but it’s just taking a little while to produce club scores – hopefully we will have scores, and a report, up by next weekend.
Meet churchrunner Chris S
Name: Chris Simpson
Club: Good Shepherd Runners
Age: 43
Home parkrun: Nonsuch
Occupation: Head of Operations
Number of Runs: 82
KMPC Runners – 1000km to May
This is the full length version of the article previously published in the parkrun newsletter
In December 2015, Kirkpatrick Memorial Presbyterian Church (KMPC), in East Belfast, launched a parkrun initiative as a way of raising levels of physical activity & exercise throughout the Congregation. The concept involved making use of the nearby Stormont parkrun (and indeed any others in Northern Ireland) to encourage KMPC members to meet up on a Saturday morning and participate, building our local community and encouraging what we call “Life Together”.
Can you hit your targets – of course you Ken!
Ken Wright – previously featured here in a runner profile ran his 250th parkrun on December 10th – joined by son James & nephew Stevie in his run. He’s a Roundshaw Downs parkrun regular (212 runs), but also has some internationals to his name; Gdynia & Gdansk in Poland, and Bere Island in Ireland.
Can you hit your targets – of course you Ken!
Ken Wright – previously featured here in a runner profile ran his 250th parkrun on December 10th – joined by son James & nephew Stevie in his run. He’s a Roundshaw Downs parkrun regular (212 runs), but also has some internationals to his name; Gdynia & Gdansk in Poland, and Bere Island in Ireland.
Nonsuch Inter-Church Mob Match (Nov 2016)
Brilliant to see you all, 18 ran for Chiltern, 12 for Good Shepherd, 2 for St Paul’s (bonus runners who joined us on the day), 10 for Holy Trinity Church Wallington, 3 for Emmanuel, 12 for St Patrick’s, 3 for Springfield, 4 for The Salvation Army, 3 for Cheam Baptist Church, 2 for Sutton Vineyard, 6 for Croydon Vineyard, 6 for Selsdon Baptist, 2 for Christian Runners UK & 1 for Christ Church Chelmsford – 84 runners in total, and from 14 different Churches.
