Resources
Barriers to initiating and maintaining participation in parkrun (BMC Health)
Interventions that increase population physical activity are required to promote health and wellbeing. parkrun delivers community-based, 5k events worldwide yet 43% who register never participate in a parkrun event. This research had two objectives; i) explore the demographics of people who register for parkrun and don’t initiate or maintain participation ii) understand the barriers to participating in parkrun amongst these people.
With females significantly more likely than males to report the psychological barrier of feeling too unfit to participate in parkrun, the resources created for this project aim to break down the barriers identified in this research and reflect the primary motivations that drive parkrun participation amongst young females.
Patterns and correlates of participation in Australian parkruns (National Library of Medicine)
Studying effective interventions already operating at scale is critical to improving physical activity intervention research translation.parkrun is a free, weekly, timed 5k that represents a unique opportunity to examine successful organic dissemination. This ecological study identified patterns of growth in Australian parkrun participation and their correlates.