How parkrun can help you bond with your family – and make new friends.

Coming up on this episode, we’ll take a trip to Wardown Park in Luton, meet a mother and son duo who love to use parkrun as their weekly catch up, and find out how small changes to lifestyle can have a huge impact, including five key tips to help your new habits stick.

To find out more on how to take part in a parkrun event or collect a free copy of the printed magazine head over to magazine.parkrun.com. parkrun magazine is created by parkrun with the audio version made possible through production by Like the Wind Media and Runcomm.

We hope you enjoy listening.

Key topics:

Welcome from Kirsty Woodbridge [1:00]

Keeping parkrun in the family [2:59]

Wardown Park [6:23]

Charlie Stone, Worthing [12:21]

Time for a change [14:01]

Website: magazine.parkrun.com
Email: magazine@parkrun.com

TV star Ben Shephard shares his 2p tips, and we explore the impact that parkrun can make.

In the final episode of the series, we chat to Ben Shephard, and the telly star tells us all about how he stays mentally and physically fit… and how the real life Tipping Point machines aren’t as easy as they look! We also listen to some stories from members of the parkrun community throughout the UK about how Saturdays and Sundays have made a real difference to their lives.

To find out more on how to take part in a parkrun event or collect a free copy of the printed magazine head over to magazine.parkrun.com. parkrun magazine is created by parkrun with the audio version made possible through production by Like the Wind Media and Runcomm.

We hope you enjoy listening.

Key topics:

100 million milestone [1:03]

Sport for Development Coalition [2:01]

Sportsshoes.com new retail partner [2:48]

Mega milestone [3:25]

Volunteer focus: marshal [4:51]

Ben Shephard's wellbeing routine [6:40]

East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire parkruns [11:59]

People of parkrun [16:02]

Website: magazine.parkrun.com
Email: magazine@parkrun.com

From parkrun’s ambassadors to its volunteers, everyone plays a role in securing our legacy.

In this episode, we’ll be hearing from a parkrun ambassador, and finding out more about how fundraising helps parkrun to stay free, for everyone, forever, and change more lives for the better.

To find out more on how to take part in a parkrun event or collect a free copy of the printed magazine head over to magazine.parkrun.com. parkrun magazine is created by parkrun with the audio version made possible through production by Like the Wind Media and Runcomm.

We hope you enjoy listening.

Key topics:

A true story diagnosed with Alzheimer’s [0:53]

Ask the ambassador: George Sullivan [8:10]

Walking the British coastline and raising funds for parkrun [11:05]

Help keep parkrun free for everyone, forever [13:06]

How parkrun can change lives for the better [14:32]

Where does parkrun get its funding today? [17:25]

Just what the doctor ordered – an active life [18:33]

Website: magazine.parkrun.com
Email: magazine@parkrun.com

From silent walking to becoming a kitchen masterchef, we explore ways to relax and unwind.

In a way, all the stories in this episode are about relaxation. We’ll be getting some info on the new trend of “silent walking”, hearing top tips on how consciously controlling your breathing can be a powerful tool – and getting some great insights into how we can learn from pro chefs to make our kitchens safer and more efficient, and our food tastier!

To find out more on how to take part in a parkrun event or collect a free copy of the printed magazine head over to magazine.parkrun.com. parkrun magazine is created by parkrun with the audio version made possible through production by Like the Wind Media and Runcomm.

We hope you enjoy listening.

Key topics:

Six ways to make your walk more mindful [1:06]

Power in our breathing [3:41]

Kitchen secrets [10:20]

The perfect cuppa [14:35]

Website: magazine.parkrun.com
Email: magazine@parkrun.com

You are never too young to get involved in parkrun – there's a community for everyone.

This episode is all about family – from bringing everyone along to junior parkrun, no matter how old they are, to finding out more about some of the communities that have sprung up around Saturday and Sunday events. We’ll also get some great tips on buggy running with little ones.

To find out more on how to take part in a parkrun event or collect a free copy of the printed magazine head over to magazine.parkrun.com. parkrun magazine is created by parkrun with the audio version made possible through production by Like the Wind Media and Runcomm.

We hope you enjoy listening.

Key topics:

Do you remember the first parkrun? [0:56]

parkrunning as a family [4:04]

All join in on parkrun [6:35]

Getting active with a buggy [7:40]

What is junior parkrun? [8:50]

Figges Marsh junior parkrun [9:35]

Penallta junior parkrun [11:03]

Leigh junior parkrun [11:49]

A friendly Sunday for everyone [13:18]

Life skills and community [14:40]

People of parkrun [16:48]

Website: magazine.parkrun.com
Email: magazine@parkrun.com

Fancy a game of Hide and Seek? Fun and games – and running clubs – are for everyone!

In this episode, we’ll learn all about the power of play – including how to play some games that might take you right back to your own childhood. And we’ll also learn about a whole range of new and inclusive running clubs that are proving that there’s a group out there for everyone.

To find out more on how to take part in a parkrun event or collect a free copy of the printed magazine head over to magazine.parkrun.com. parkrun magazine is created by parkrun with the audio version made possible through production by Like the Wind Media and Runcomm.

We hope you enjoy listening.

Key topics:

The power of play [1:00]

A game of Traffic lights [2:03]

Why play is good for you [2:55]

A game of hide and seek [5:50]

ParkPlay [6:34]

A game of 40/40 [9:01]

When is a running club not a running club? [10:12]

Inclusive running clubs [11:17]

next steps [20:08]

Website: magazine.parkrun.com
Email: magazine@parkrun.com

Saturday and Sunday mornings are a great time to hang out with your family and friends.

In this episode, we’ll find out what happens before parkrunners turn up at the event on Saturday and Sunday mornings and join the parkwalk party in Sheffield.

But first, it’s always nice to catch up with friends and family at parkrun, or to meet new people. But parkrun actually plays a massive role in combatting social isolation.

To find out more on how to take part in a parkrun event or collect a free copy of the printed magazine head over to magazine.parkrun.com. parkrun magazine is created by parkrun with the audio version made possible through editing and audio adaptation by Imogen Lees, and production by Like the Wind Media and Runcomm.

We hope you enjoy listening.

Key topics:

Benefits of parkrun on loneliness [0:51]

Volunteer focus: Event day course check [12:48]

Ask the ambassador: Hannah Perrin [15:26]

Sidebar from Lucy Marris [19:06]

Website: magazine.parkrun.com
Email: magazine@parkrun.com

A whirlwind tour of the UK, from London to Larne and Sheffield to Stormont.

Coming up in this episode, we’ll be visiting Northern Ireland and East London, and looking back at the amazing weekend of celebrations marking the NHS’s 75th birthday in July 2023.

We’ve also got the chance to catch up with the news stories from issue four of the printed magazine.

To find out more on how to take part in a parkrun event or collect a free copy of the printed magazine head over to magazine.parkrun.com. parkrun magazine is created by parkrun with the audio version made possible through editing and audio adaptation by Imogen Lees, and production by Like the Wind Media and Runcomm.

We hope you enjoy listening.

Key topics:

Junior parkrun gets bigger and better [1:00]

100 parkruns at Feltham [1:55]

Benefits of being in the forests [2:53]

Volunteering is now even easier [3:27]

New parkrun charity partners [4:16]

Barking, East London parkrun [5:15]

NHS’s 75th birthday [11:54]

Northern Ireland parkrun [17:30]

Sidebar from Avneet Kaur [19:22]

Website: magazine.parkrun.com
Email: magazine@parkrun.com