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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Nadeem Badshah

Parkrun records dropped from website to avoid putting off new entrants

Parkrun runners
A parkrun in Richmond Park, London. Organisers say they will ‘continue to find ways to remove barriers to registration and participation’. Photograph: Alecsandra Raluca Drăgoi/The Guardian

Parkrun, a free weekly running event in open spaces around the world, has removed data such as speed records from its website in order to be less “offputting” to new participants.

The event will also no longer record men who finish in under 17 minutes or women who finish in less than 20, in addition to age grade or category records.

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