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parkrun UK
@parkrunUK
parkrun with @Vitality_UK. Free, weekly, timed 2k & 5k events every Saturday & Sunday mornings - walk, jog, run or volunteer! 🌳 #loveparkrun
May 5, 2020 • 27 tweets • 8 min read
We thought we’d share the story of parkrun.

Why now? Well, we do have some time on our hands!

But we also think it tells us an important lesson about perseverance and humanity.

Let us take you on a journey 👇 Back in 2004, Paul Sinton-Hewitt, who was born in Zimbabwe and grew up in South Africa, had the idea for a time trial in Bushy Park.

What it really needed was a catchy, sophisticated, inspirational name.

What did he call it? The Bushy Park Time Trial.