2013
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdt082
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Abstract: Preliminary evidence suggests that parkrun is attractive to non-runners, with women, older adults and overweight people well represented. The observed fitness improvements and perceived benefits indicate the scope for investigating the effectiveness of parkrun as a cost-effective community-based intervention for improving public health.

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“…Interestingly, these observations and the other evidence for the features of parkrun influencing participation, did not reveal any clear differences between men and women, or between those with and without prior running experience. This supports existing evidence that parkrun eliminates some of the traditional deterrents to physical activity for women and novice exercisers [10].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
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“…Interestingly, these observations and the other evidence for the features of parkrun influencing participation, did not reveal any clear differences between men and women, or between those with and without prior running experience. This supports existing evidence that parkrun eliminates some of the traditional deterrents to physical activity for women and novice exercisers [10].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
“…All respondents (n = 7308) to a national survey about parkrun involvement [10] were invited to volunteer for an additional interview for the current study. To be eligible, volunteers had to be at least 18 years old, registered for parkrun, and provide informed consent to a recorded interview by telephone.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Yet Krenichyn (2004; highlights feelings of support and inspiration generated through passing encounters with other park goers. This resonates with Stevinson's et al's (2015; see also Barnfield 2016;Stevinson and Hickson, 2014) finding that 'Parkrun' participants valued these communal runs partly for their freedom from any on-going obligation to return. Then there are interesting recent attempts to recast the sociality of running by seeing its shared 'social' character as less about recurrent experiences with other people, and more about collectively shared physical infrastructures and temporal arrangements (Maller et al 2016).…”
Section: Some Concerns With This Visionmentioning
confidence: 56%
“…Looking at a broad spectrum of running club participants, they argue that running should be understood as an example of what Stebbins (1992) has called 'serious leisure'. This is to draw on some different conceptual resources to those of Nettleton, Tulle and Allen Collinson.…”
Section: Existing Qualitative Research and The Apparent Socialitymentioning
confidence: 99%