Category Getting Started

The best first running route is the one that keeps you close to home and easy to cut short. Here is how to find yours in the UK.

Nervous about your first parkrun? Here is exactly what happens on a Saturday morning, from registration to the finish funnel, and why walking every step is genuinely fine.

The biggest mistake British beginners make is not going out in the rain. It is overdressing, overheating, and then deciding running in the UK is miserable.

Most people think they need to run the whole way before they have properly started. They do not. Here is what starting actually looks like in the UK.

At any UK parkrun, the 50-59 age group is one of the largest on the finisher list. Here is what the research says about starting running after 50.