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/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/3miqbq6udpc24https://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3midwax6qc22sDespite not having a fifth Saturday or including Christmas or New Year's Day events, March 2026 saw over one and a half million finishes at 5k parkruns, averaging over 380,000 Saturday finishers a week.31 Mar 2026 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3midwax6qc22shttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mhn6zlcr6k2xYesterday's global parkrun attendance was the fourth highest ever and, for the third Saturday running, a record for March.22 Mar 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhn6zlcr6k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mh3gp3ixy223Yesterday's global parkrun attendance was the fifth highest ever and a new record for March. 1/215 Mar 2026 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh3gp3ixy223https://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mgzgx53fjs2sWith two recent launches in/near Nottingham, there is now a point just south of the River Trent that has 8 parkruns within 5 km. The only other places I can find worldwide that match or better this are in South Manchester (8), Belfast (9) and South East London (10).14 Mar 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzgx53fjs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mgrksgkjk22lparkrun Lithuania's first Special Day (for Independence Restoration Day) saw their attendance record more than doubled thanks to an influx of tourists. 6 other countries have had a national record similarly set on their Special Day, though Denmark, Finland and Norway have later beaten it on a Sat.11 Mar 2026 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrksgkjk22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mgk2slrh4227Yesterday's global #parkrun attendance was the 8th highest ever, and a record for March. 1/208 Mar 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgk2slrh4227https://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mfwig2scas2iparkrun Japan saw a new record national attendance this morning, the third time this has happened the eve of the Tokyo Marathon.28 Feb 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwig2scas2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mfhd5hypek2aYesterday's global #parkrun attendance was the fifth highest ever.22 Feb 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhd5hypek2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mevtt64g7k2mThe new Gibraltar Botanical Gardens parkrun is almost antipodal to 2 events in New Zealand. However, while it subtends a (v. marginally) larger arc to Millwater (Great Circle route through Antarctica), the shape of the Earth means it's actually further in distance from Whangarei (GC through China)!15 Feb 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mevtt64g7k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mdzbzml2hc25It's now 3 years since #parkrun announced a 5-year plan to double both the number of active events (from ~2,200 to ~4,400) and finishers (from ~250k to ~500k) each weekend. https://www.parkrun.com/blog/news/2023/02/01/creating-a-healthier-happier-planet-parkruns-new-global-five-year-strategy/ While there has only been a net increase of c.400 events, overall attendance is well on track.04 Feb 2026 06:52 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzbzml2hc25https://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mds4dabjus27Yesterday's global #parkrun attendance was the fourth highest ever, and we also saw over two million finishers in a calendar month for the first time. 1/201 Feb 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mds4dabjus27https://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mdbf2v7urs26Global #parkrun attendance almost passed 400k again yesterday, with parkrun South Africa once more seeing a new post-COVID record. 1/225 Jan 2026 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbf2v7urs26https://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mcspovjd6225I stand corrected! I didn't realise that Durban Point and North Beach (3 km apart on the events map so way off my radar) actually overlap by ~100m (though the former's runners should all be through by the time the latter's reach the shared section). [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jan 2026 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcspovjd6225https://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mcou5z7ack2fYesterday saw a new global #parkrun attendance record, with over 400k finishers for the first time. 1/218 Jan 2026 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcou5z7ack2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mcmpll7uos2aHolme Pierrepont #parkrun set an unenviable new record this morning, and also formed part of the new closest pair of events (but >6 km apart by foot at present).Though only if you go by pins on the events map - the 2 courses that get closest to each other are actually Atlasville and Homestead Lake.17 Jan 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcmpll7uos2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/charliepearce.bsky.social/post/3mc5f7zxv4s2yThanks to Storm Goretti, yesterday saw a record number (630) of global #parkrun cancellations on a Saturday (excluding COVID and Christmas Day), and the lowest number of events (1,676) going ahead since the same weekend last year. There were new national records for New Zealand and Singapore. 1/211 Jan 2026 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:fyo6vmhc5wylioecdipe74he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc5f7zxv4s2y