I had heard about the Junior parkrun in Tralee and that seems to be doing very well. It started in December of 2016 and its long term average is 121 per week!
Think about that for a second. That's an average of 121 children and teenagers aged between 4 and 14 years old who are out getting some exercise at 9:30am every Sunday morning. And it's all free!
What I hadn't realised was that two new Junior parkruns started in September of this year.
In Limerick, there is a new Junior parkrun in Shelbourne Park and it is getting an average of 77 per week .
In Wexford, there is a new Junior parkrun at the Irish National Heritage Park in Ferrycarrig and it is getting an average of 73 per week.
Just have a look at the map above and see the number of Junior parkruns in Dublin. And yet Cobh is currently the only one in Cork. Surely there is scope for a Junior parkrun in Cork City?
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"Surely there is scope for a Junior parkrun in Cork City?"
Yes there absolutely is, and all it takes is for a couple of enthusiastic people to get the ball rolling and step up and volunteer to get it started.
The crew at Ballincollig [5k] parkrun have been asking for volunteers for a Junior event at Ballincollig for a while now, we've offered to help with setting it up, but the response has been... underwhelming.
If you'd like to help and be part of the core crew for a new Junior parkrun at Ballincollig (or elsewhere) please email: ballincolligoffice@parkrun.com and we'll help get you started.
All it takes is 1 or 2 people to get the ball rolling.
Thanks John for your continued support of all things running :-)
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