Tim Cooper

A couple with parkrun sign

2 Brits and an Aussie before parkrun

Picture of runners waiting for start of parkrun

When in Rome.....

Met Bruce from Sydney on the Rome metro - instant parkrun connection

Thank you Caffarella Parkrun for such a warm welcome #loveparkrun

Reason no 308 to love #parkrun- you usually feel better afterwards....

Reason no 307 to love #parkrun - you can do it with family - even long lost family ......

Autistic man stranded on desert island asks rescue team for a couple more weeks An autistic man who became stranded on a desert island after a shipwreck has asked the search and rescue team who found him if they wouldn’t mind fucking off again, reports have confirmed.  Concerns…

Concerns have been growing for Eddie Albington, 45, ever since he was the only member of his crew not recovered within hours of the wreckage – but despite his family’s fears, Albington was reportedly “not just surviving, but thriving.”

Reason No 306 to love #parkrun- it can become one of your favourite things ......

How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?

Photo of Paul Sinton-Hewitt talking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival 2025

Photo of me meeting Paul Sinton Hewitt and getting my copy of his book One Small Step signed

Photo of a Cheltenham Literature Festival Banner saying “the power of parkrun”

After a difficult day I decided to go out to the #cheltlitfest events I bought tickets for before life got hard. First up: @pauls-h.bsky.social talking about #parkrun. Then went and met him to say thank you for how much happiness I’ve had from it. What a legend

Hooked.

Reason no 305 to love #parkrun - you can have imaginary battles with "SomeGuy" without them ever knowing about it .....

Reason no 304 to love #parkrun- sometimes it's just a nice day for it 🌳

Reason no 303 to love #parkrun - it is estimated to have an annual $835m benefit to the nation's health

Reason No 302 to love #parkrun - you might feel lost without it

A pic of Matt Gough a parkrunner from Woking wearing a blue " Freedom Runners "

Reason No 301 to love parkrun - Matt Gough
Matt was a fanatical parkrunner from Woking who just loved parkrun.
Matt was a great guy, who would chat to anyone.
We lost Matt this week as he sadly passed away after a short illness.
He embodied all that is good about parkrun. We miss you, Matt

A handsome couple In front Of "East Brighton parkrun" sign

Open field with parkrun finish funnel and grass terraces in distance

Pic of east Brighton pavilion cafe

Reason no 300 to love #parkrun - sometimes you find a hidden gem- East Brighton parkrun - small but beautifully formed- especially loved the unique grass terraces

Reason no 299 to love #parkrun - it's so good that your first one can get you hooked !

Reason no 298 to live #parkrun - you always feel better after a parkrun.....

Reason no 297 to love #parkrun - it's all about the chatting....

Reason no 296 to love #parkrun - sometimes some lovely people will act as pacers, so that you can know how slow you're running !

Reason to love #parkrun no 295

"It's a pleasure just to be there and to do what I can on the day"

Remembering Dave at Nonsuch
parkrun #bemoredave

Reason No 294 to love #parkrun - it can be a little bit of running and a big bit of chat, coffee and socialising

Group of 6 Woking parkrunners with 3 dogs in front of Hogmoor Inclosure parkrun sign

Reason no 293 to love #parkrun -
When your home parkrun is off, you can enjoy another one
Thank you Hogmoor Inclosure - a lovely, somewhat sandy course

Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns.

They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.

That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.

Reason No 292 to love #parkrun- individually it's an ordinary thing , that collectively is extraordinary....

Reason no 291 to love #parkrun - sometimes the volunteers do weird and wonderful things.....

Makes me proud not to be a
German ....

People Gathering in front of a park bandstand for Woking junior parkrun

A long line of junior parkrunners on a field at the start of Woking junior parkrun

Reason no 290 to love #parkrun -
Junior parkrun !
Joyful to watch 139 youngsters and their families run/ walk/jogging at Woking junior parkrun

Fantastic achievement, Graeme- I did my 400th today- a couple of years to go until blue cupcake day for me

Great that you were able to go to parkrun- good to feel part of a running community - best wishes to you

A screenshot of Tim Cooper's 5k App Parkrun summary indicating he has achieved 400 parkruns

Screen shot of my stopwatch bingo showing 29 seconds is the only number missing

Reason No 289 to love #parkrun - if you plod round enough times you get to an arbitrary milestone

Reason No 289A to be frustrated - 29 seconds continues to elude me on my stopwatch bingo !