Completely unofficial observer of @parkrun stats, with the occasional bonus post about something else.https://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mzax5v5irk2cYesterday's global #parkrun attendance was the second highest of all time, with a new national record for parkrun Ireland finally beating a mark that had stood since Jan 2020. If not for cancellations last weekend, Oct would almost certainly have been the third month with over two million finishes.01 Nov 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzax5v5irk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mywv4yteys22Poppy rage and poppy gatekeeping both disappointingly detract from the entire point, but people who angrily insist that your poppy should be worn 'on your left side, over your heart' also don't have much of a clue about anatomy.28 Oct 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mywv4yteys22https://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3my54hndvbs27Yesterday's global #parkrun attendance was the sixth highest ever, with yet another new national record for parkrun Italy (their fourth in five weeks).18 Oct 2026 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3my54hndvbs27https://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mxrcw5ivnc2sLast Saturday saw the millionth finish at Bushy parkrun. To date only seven parkrun countries (including parkrun UK) have passed that milestone as a national total (though a few more will overtake Bushy Park before long).13 Oct 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxrcw5ivnc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mxlhurcupc25parkrun Italy set a new national attendance record again yesterday, with the top four all in the last four Saturdays.11 Oct 2026 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxlhurcupc25https://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mwivf4rck22bparkrun Italy set a new national attendance record yesterday, for the second Saturday in a row.27 Sep 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwivf4rck22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mvwrzwqeks2nYesterday saw new national attendance records for parkrun Denmark (thanks to the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen) and parkrun Italy.20 Sep 2026 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvwrzwqeks2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mvllscmurs2p74,745 parkrunners (0.95%) and 8,479 volunteers (0.75%) suddenly moved into a different milestone club today. https://blog.parkrun.com/uk/2026/09/15/new-5k-milestones-have-arrived/15 Sep 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvllscmurs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mve4aam66s2hThis morning's attendance was the highest on a Saturday for #parkrun Lithuania (the overall record having been set on Independence Restoration Day back in March).12 Sep 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mve4aam66s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mv44ag52c224Saturday saw a new national attendance record for #parkrun Canada, for the sixth time this year.09 Sep 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv44ag52c224https://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3muc5dru2q22eYesterday saw another national attendance record for parkrun USA, for the second time this month. With the global total down ~37k on last Saturday the 5k #parkrun aggregate for August just failed to pass two million, but it was still the third highest ever.30 Aug 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3muc5dru2q22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mtqusyf6d22tYesterday's global #parkrun attendance was the third-highest of all time, with new national records for parkrun Austria and parkrun Canada, the highest turnout on a Saturday for parkrun Sweden and the third-highest attendance for parkrun UK.23 Aug 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqusyf6d22thttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mt6xegrejk27Yesterday's global #parkrun attendance was over 400,000 for a second Saturday running, with a new national record for parkrun Austria.16 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6xegrejk27https://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3msnd3o7ibk2yYesterday saw over 400,000 #parkrun finishers for only the tenth time. parkrun Singapore set a new attendance record, a day before their Special Day events for Singapore National Day.09 Aug 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnd3o7ibk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3ms3s2om4bk2qYesterday saw a new national attendance record for #parkrun USA.02 Aug 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms3s2om4bk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mrmrzjzook2dYes, I am among those who will be irked by the spangram in today's NYT Strands. 🧐27 Jul 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmrzjzook2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mqhlelg65k2oYesterday saw a new national attendance record for parkrun Canada, 10 days after their highest Special Day attendance on Canada Day.12 Jul 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhlelg65k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mobdjwrbi22zTwo major #parkrun milestones were passed this weekend - on Saturday parkrun USA saw their millionth finish, and on Sunday the millionth event of either kind took place.14 Jun 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mobdjwrbi22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mnokotoghc2xYesterday's global #parkrun attendance was the lowest since February but was still a record for the month of June, while parkrun Germany saw their highest national turnout for a Saturday with 5,420 finishers (just 4 short of the total on Unity Day last year).07 Jun 2026 06:39 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnokotoghc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mn7iz4k3hc2oAverage regular #parkrun attendance in May was slightly down compared to April, but thanks to the extra Saturday (and 8,475 runs registered across the three Special Days), there were over two million individual finishes in a calendar month for only the second time ever.01 Jun 2026 06:59 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn7iz4k3hc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mn4zelj6oc26Yesterday saw parkrun Italy pass one million kilometres run, jogged or walked, while later in the day parkrun Canada set another new national record for the third time in five Saturdays. 1/231 May 2026 07:14 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn4zelj6oc26https://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mmodly5w3s2iWhit Monday brought another new national attendance record for #parkrun Netherlands this morning, with 3,707 finishers across the 15 events that held a Special Day parkrun.25 May 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmodly5w3s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mmlge6j35s2oYesterday parkrun Netherlands set a new national attendance, and parkrun Germany a new record for a Saturday, two days before the Netherlands' Special Day (Whit Monday).24 May 2026 07:19 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmlge6j35s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mm2cybspwk24Yesterday saw new national #parkrun attendance records for Canada, Finland and Norway, and a new Saturday best for Sweden. 1/217 May 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2cybspwk24https://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mlt4vt2tps2wToday (Ascension Day) was the Nordic #parkrun countries' Special Day - Finland had a new national attendance record, while Norway had their highest Special Day turnout and Sweden a new highest Ascension Day total. 1/214 May 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt4vt2tps2whttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mlqqxy5cpc2tThe first two Saturdays of May produced the 2nd and 5th highest global #parkrun attendances to date. 1/313 May 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqqxy5cpc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mkq26atvus2mApril's aggregate #parkrun attendance was a record for a month with four Saturdays, with the average Saturday turnout exceeding 400,000 for the first time.30 Apr 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq26atvus2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mjtgkfend22pYesterday's global #parkrun attendance passed 400,000 again, for just the third time ever. 1/219 Apr 2026 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjtgkfend22phttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mjbwbhfnps2zYesterday's global #parkrun attendance was 10% down on last weekend, but still the fourth highest ever. 1/212 Apr 2026 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjbwbhfnps2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3miqbq6udpc24Yesterday saw a huge new global #parkrun attendance record. 1/305 Apr 2026 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3miqbq6udpc24