News Release

People are more likely to return to parkrun if they are male, older, and faster runners, and if their event is smaller and near to freshwater and woodland, according to data from over 20,000 first time participants in Scotland

Peer-Reviewed Publication

PLOS

People are more likely to return to parkrun if they are male, older, and faster runners, and if their event is smaller and near to freshwater and woodland, according to data from over 20,000 first time participants in Scotland

image: Parkrun participants view more 

Credit: Gilburn, 2023, PLOS Global Public Health, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

People are more likely to return to parkrun if they are male, older, and faster runners, and if their event is smaller and near to freshwater and woodland, according to data from over 20,000 first time participants in Scotland.

####

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001786

Article Title: Predictors of successful return to parkrun for first-time adult participants in Scotland

Author Countries: UK

Funding: The author received no specific funding for this work.


Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.