Parkrun celebrates 20th anniversary growing from 13 runners to more than 2,500 locations

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Founder Mr Sinton-Hewitt said parkrun is about people in the same community gathering together, with numbers “at a reasonable level where you can identify other people in the community, you can identify people like you”. open image in gallery Sinton-Hewitt with the Brooks Ghost 16 parkrun trainers, which were created to commemorate the event’s 20th anniversary He added: “Parkrun is a charity. open image in gallery Runners take part in the weekly Saturday 5km run at Hove Promenade parkrun in Brighton Almost 2,000 GP practices around the world are twinned with a local event, and social prescribing has seen parkrun suggested to people with anxiety, depression, asthma, arthritis, diabetes, heart conditions and cancer. Go and experience that community, you won’t meet a finer bunch of people.” open image in gallery The charity’s 20th birthday at Bushy Park where the first ever event took place Parkruns are also held in 25 prisons and young offenders institutions around the world and have already improved the lives of more than 10,000 people in custody.