parkrun

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noun

An informal weekly 5 km (2 km for junior parkrun) running event that takes place in a park or similar location.

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Meanings

nounparkrun (countable and uncountable, plural parkruns)

plural parkruns

  1. countableuncountableAn informal weekly 5 km (2 km for junior parkrun) running event that takes place in a park or similar location.

    The partnership will establish more than 120 new junior parkrun events across the UK, focusing on areas of deprivation and communities where inactivity is at its highest, and growing existing events that have lower attendance.

    2023 October 1, Ellie Ng, “London Marathon Foundation invests £1m in junior parkrun in new partnership”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2023
verbparkrun (third-person singular simple present parkruns, present participle parkrunning, simple past parkran, past participle parkrun)

present singular third person parkruns · participle present parkrunning · past parkran

  1. To take part in this running event.

Origin

Compound of park + run. The first parkrun event, originally known as the "Bushy Park Time Trial", was founded by Paul Sinton-Hewitt in 2004 but only adopted the name "parkrun" in 2008.

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APA

parkrun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parkrun

MLA

“parkrun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parkrun. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parkrun,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parkrun.

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