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

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sLickster
sLickster
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Parkruns are great, aren't they? But inaugural parkruns are something else - a place where new and not so new parkrunners come together to celebrate the launch of another great event.

However, parkrun HQ don't like to publicise these too much so as not to get too big a crowd in for the local organising team, which is very reasonable. It's either the Monday of the week of the launch, via The parkrun Show Podcast that you officially find out, or via the national parkrun facebook page on the Friday (day) before the event.

I know a good number of fetchies, including myself, enjoy getting to the inaugurals, so I wondered if you might post on here when an event that you know of is going to start? FOr one thing it can save a fortune on hotel bookings if you can know about them far enough in advance to get a 'cheap' room :-)

To start the ball rolling...upcoming ones that I'm aware of:

21st Sept - Corby parkrun.org.uk
28th Sept - Shrewsbury parkrun.org.uk
28th Sept - Doncaster parkrun.org.uk
5th October - Longrun Meadow (Taunton) parkrun.org.uk
26th October - Ashford
Ceratonia
Ceratonia
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4:52pm, 16 Sep 2013
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Ceratonia
5th October - Catton (Norwich) parkrun.org.uk
McGoohan
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4:55pm, 16 Sep 2013
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Is that Ashford Middlesex or Ashford Kent, sLickster?
Ceratonia
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Ceratonia
12th October - Pontypridd parkrun.org.uk
sLickster
sLickster
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5:04pm, 16 Sep 2013
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Ashford is in Victoria Park, Kent, according to their facebook page - facebook.com

Thanks Ceratonia, good work on those two, now added to the top :-)
Ceratonia
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And three more:

28th September - Great Lines (Medway/Chatham) parkrun.org.uk
5th October - Southsea parkrun.org.uk
12th October - Victoria (Glasgow) parkrun.org.uk

I assume it would be Ashford Kent, as Bedfontl Lakes is Ashford, Middlesex?
Ceratonia
Ceratonia
Sep 2013
5:07pm, 16 Sep 2013
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Ceratonia
Google is your friend - search for: "announcing the start of" site:parkrun.org.uk
sLickster
sLickster
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5:08pm, 16 Sep 2013
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How are you spotting all of these new ones?!? :-)
sLickster
sLickster
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Ah, I see, cross post there!
doopy
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6:02pm, 16 Sep 2013
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doopy
26th October - Aylesbury

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Maintained by sLickster
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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