Bikes, trains and parkruns

Leon Brunt tells the story of how he went from a “binge runner” and “casual cyclist” to an avid pedal to parkrunner. Find out more about his four categories of pedal to parkrun adventure and get inspired!

Pedal to Monsal Trail parkrun

It had only been a week since my last overnight pedal to parkrun adventure to Sence Valley Forest Park. I couldn’t take another Friday off work, so I decided to get up crazily early on Saturday 25 November to pedal to Monsal trail parkrun. The Peak District is a regular haunt of mine and I’ve […]

Pedal to Sence Valley Forest Park parkrun

It was Friday 17 November, and I had the day booked off work. It was time for my first overnight pedal to parkrun trip since the summer. I’d done quite a bit of recent tourism whilst on holidays or going elsewhere on a Saturday – sometimes cycling, and sometimes in the car. But now it […]

Julia’s Dutch Adventure

Julia Locherbach tells us all about her cycling adventure around the Netherlands where she ran at Kralingse Bos and Zuiderpark parkruns, sharing lots of helpful information for anyone planning something similar.

Harry & Nicolas vs John O’Groats to Land’s End

In the summer of 2023, 9-year-old Harry Peksa and his dad Nicolas cycled 1,300 miles from John O’Groats to Land’s End. As if that wasn’t enough of a challenge, they also completed four parkruns along the way!

Pedal to Beacon Hill Country Park parkrun

It was Friday 23rd June 2023. I’d booked the afternoon off work, the sun was shining, and I was ready to pedal to Beacon Hill Country Park parkrun! Pedal to Woodthorpe I’d booked AirBnB accommodation for the night in Woodthorpe, just south of Loughborough. I set off from my home in Beeston starting with the […]

Pedal to Fountains Abbey parkrun

It’s been a long time since my last overnight Pedal to parkrun adventure. Over the winter I’ve been cycling to more local parkruns and squeezing in a bit of non-cycle tourism when I’ve been elsewhere for other reasons. But now it was time to pedal to Fountains Abbey parkrun! It was a risk to pre-book […]

Pedal to Sherwood Pines parkrun

A bike ride from home in Nottingham to Sherwood Pines with my 14-year-old stepdaughter. We were joined by my Dad for an overnight camp and the parkrun. We took the train for part of the journey home.

Pedal to Bestwood Village parkrun

On 2 July 2022, I went on a pedal to Bestwood Village parkrun mini-adventure. This was my first “new” venue since Unisee in Germany three weeks earlier. Just after we returned from Holland, I drove up to Clumber parkrun where I met my Dad, ran with him, and then went on to his house to […]