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Let's talk about inaugural parkruns after they've happened.

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Goofee
Goofee
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West Reading (Reading 2) has a core team in place
brucester
brucester
May 2017
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Friend passed me an article from local Shetland press indicating they are trying to get funding for a parkrun on Bressay (not the main island). Extreme parkrun tourism opportunity, would be most northerly in UK by a long way (sorry Elgin)
Dvorak
Dvorak
May 2017
2:15pm, 12 May 2017
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Wow :-o Fifth largest island in Shetland, population 362. That would be a tourist collector's item. But you can have a spa break there, and there is a pub.
Old Croc
Old Croc
May 2017
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oooh that would knock us off the top of the map slot!
CharlieP
CharlieP
May 2017
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You can take the TBC off Upton House, boss. :)

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multiterrainer
multiterrainer
May 2017
7:57pm, 13 May 2017
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From a chat with the Leeds parkrun ambassador today it would appear that:

a) Chevin Forest is struggling with funding - being well away from the deprived areas of Leeds it is very unlikely to receive funding from the City Council, unlike Middleton Park - which itself would appear to be a few months or more away from any start date - oh and the MP link on the right has an erroneous bracket at the end!

b) There is also interest in setting up a parkrun in Potternewton Park in Leeds.

c) Scarborough is very much on the backburner due to lack of suitable venues.
mole_thing
mole_thing
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Chevin Forest must have the longest gestation period of any parkrun. It had a Facebook page back in 2010.
Jovi Runner
Jovi Runner
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I went to one of the trial events on Otley Chevin - was probably back as far as 2010
Jovi Runner
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There really could do with being one in Northumberland. There is Druridge Bay bug if you live in the Borders it's as quick to drive to Newcastle as Druridge. Other than parts of nor5herm Scotland it must be one of the biggest areas not covered by a parkrun.
multiterrainer
multiterrainer
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mole_thing/Jovi Runner - I don't recall the Chevin trial events held in 2010 (despite having trained up there and regularly ran Chevin Chase etc since late 1990s) but there was the short-lived Run Sunday series of free 3 mile (approx) runs in 2012 which you may be thinking of.

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There may be an inaugural parkrun happening near you. Best to check with the local parkrun volunteers to see if they want you to know about it or not.

Otherwise there are plenty of already established parkruns to go to in the UK and abroad, see: parkrun.org.uk
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