A new junior 2km parkrun started in Cobh at the end of May 2018 and the numbers are shown above. As with all new events, there is an initial surge due to the novelty and it has slowly dropped off to about the 100 mark now.
What suprised me in particular was just how many are taking part. When I first heard of this event a few months back, I thought it might get something like 30-40 children every week. When I looked at the numbers today, I noticed that they're getting a lot more than that.
This 2km parkrun is held every Sunday morning Carrignafoy, Cobh at 9:30am and caters for 4 to 14 year olds.... a bit like the 5k parkruns on Saturdays except for kids. The event is completely free and all adults need to do is to register their children to get a unique bar code so that they can get their times later. More info on the Cobh Junior parkrun HERE
At the moment, there are only two Junior parkruns in Munster...one in Cobh and one in Tralee. There must be loads of small parks in Cork and Munster where similar event could be hosted?
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| Sonia O'Sullivan helping out at the Cobh junior parkrun |
If your blog has anything to do with this park run for juniors and its success you deserve all the credit you get, well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks but the credit is really due to the organisers and the volunteers who turn up every week.
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