Podcast appearances and mentions of paul sinton hewitt

From one event with 13 runners to a global movement that's transformed lives—this is the story of how parkrun came to be.This week on The Runna Podcast, we're joined by Paul Sinton-Hewitt, the founder of parkrun, to hear the inspiring story behind one of the world's most powerful community movements.What started as a small time trial during a difficult period in Paul's life became a lifeline—not just for him, but for millions around the world.

This week on the RunPod PowerPlaylist, Jenni's joined by none other than Paul Sinton-Hewitt, the legendary founder of parkrun. While Paul prefers the peaceful rhythm of his own breath and the sounds of nature on a run, don't let that fool you - his musical taste is anything but quiet.Expect a playlist that powers you through every step - from banging rock anthems like AC/DC to the soulful harmonies of Simon and Garfunkel. Paul knows that a thumping tune will help you through a painful exercise, and his choices bring just the right mix of energy and emotion to fuel your next session.Plus, he shares some top podcast recommendations for your cool-down walks or post-run inspiration.Press play, lace up, and let's go.

This week on RunPod, Jenni is joined by a true running rockstar – Paul Sinton-Hewitt, the legendary founder of parkrun.What started as a simple run in London's Bushy Park has exploded into a global movement across five continents. Paul's vision has inspired millions to lace up their trainers, not only transforming physical health but also making a powerful impact on mental wellbeing.In this episode, Paul shares the incredible journey of how parkrun grew from a small gathering to a worldwide phenomenon – one that's sparked friendships, marriages, and a love of running for people of all ages and abilities. He opens up about the legacy he's built, the community it's created, and what it feels like to be recognised (and papped!) by fans more often than most celebrities.Plus, he chats about his new book ‘One Small Step' – the definitive account of the run that became a movement.Whether you're a parkrun regular or just love a good running story, this is one not to miss.

On this week's episode, we speak with parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt about his memoir, One Small Step. Listen to Paul discuss his challenging upbringing in South Africa, formative running experiences and, of course, the start and development of the global phenomenon that is parkrun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Sinton-Hewitt's parkrun is truly a global phenomenon. From humble beginnings in 2004 it has grown to be one of the world's biggest - and most important - sporting events; with millions taking part every week. In this episode meet the man behind the movement that's making the world healthier and happier one run at a time.   Hear each song chosen by every Five of My Life guest at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/60PqJQ1rg6fverFMyKvdkG Follow The Five of My Life on Instagram: The Five of My Life (@thefiveofmylife) Contact Nigel at https://nigelmarsh.com/

David Gillicik, alongside Parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt, was in Marlay Park this morning to celebrate its success in Ireland with an incredible 9% of the Irish population now being registered for Parkrun. Joining Anton to chat about its success is Olympian, broadcaster, and VHI Park Run Ambassador, David Gillick.

Parkrun will be a familiar term to anybody who has taken part in their local 5k run. It has become a global movement, with over 150 Parkrun locations in Ireland alone. It all started with one man, Paul Sinton-Hewitt, who joins Ray in studio.

parkrun, which started as a small, informal 5K run with just 13 participants in Bushy Park, London, in 2004, has grown into a global phenomenon with over 10 million runners and 2600 parkruns. Its founder, South African born, Paul Sinton-Hewitt grew up in Potchefstroom. From only 26 runners and 3 volunteers at the first run, parkrun has flourished, particularly in South Africa, where more than a million of its members are based. Bruce Fordyce, the legendary South African ultra-marathon runner, is one of the key figures behind parkrun's success. In an interview with BizNews, Fordyce shared that he plans to participate in his 549th parkrun this weekend, despite having recently undergone knee replacement surgery. parkrun started he says that South Africans are drawn to the 5-kilometer parkrun due to its safety, the majority of runners are women. Fordyce says participants enjoy adding new runs to their totals, which he describes as “stamp collecting on steroids,” as they try to add more destinations to their list.

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It's the last of our Back Chatalogue surprise guest repeats - and this one was a very special occasion for Joe. Earlier this year, he and David were joined by Paul Sinton-Hewit, who is the founder of Parkrun. It's a fantastic organisation which has played an important part in thousands of runner's lives all over the world since Paul founded it in 2004. Least of all Joe's, who might be one of its biggest fans. So Paul kicks things off with some of Joe's running and volenteering statistics, before going on to explain how Parkrun came about and grew into the much-loved institution that it is now. Joe was in heaven! Recorded March 2024 FOR ALL THINGS CHATABIX'Y FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE/CONTACT: You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@chatabixpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatabix1 Insta: https://www.instagram.com/chatabixpodcast/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chatabix Merch: https://chatabixshop.com/ Contact us: chatabix@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul Sinton-Hewitt, the founder of parkrun, was born in Zimbabwe and moved to South Africa at the age of five, where he was brought up in care with his two siblings. Always a keen middle distance runner, he was a second for a friend in one of South Africa's most gruelling road races. Eventually he moved to the UK to work in IT and raise a family. After a perfect storm of redundancy, marriage breakdown and an injury which prevented him from running with his own club, he decided he'd start a time trial in a local park, for his running club pals. The only proviso that they had to have coffee and cake with him afterwards. Twenty years later, that timed run that he started has outpaced anything he could have envisaged and turned into parkrun. The 5k run around local parks on a Saturday morning, has gone global and the parkrun community has hundreds of thousands of people running or volunteering as stewards every week. Stephen Smith finds out what makes Paul Sinton-Hewitt run. PRESENTER: Stephen SmithPRODUCTION TEAMProducers: Julie Ball, Natasha Fernandes, Farhana Haider Editor: Tom Bigwood Production Co-ordinators: Maria Ogundele and Sabine Schereck Sound: Neil ChurchillCONTRIBUTORSRoun Barry, School friend Hugh Brasher, Director, London Marathon Bruce Fordyce, Marathon runner Duncan Gaskell, parkrunner and friend Russ Jeffereys - CEO, parkrun Eileen Jones, Author and parkrunner Joanne Sinton-Hewitt, Wife

parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt joins the pod this week to discuss his delight that many 5K events have now returned. He also tells us about his mammoth cycle ride from Land's End to John O'Groats. Vassos reads out a belter of an email and we find out how his first parkrun in 18 months went...or maybe we don't!

Episode #30 of the Running Industry Podcast rounds-up the Weekly News from the running world and the wider running industry.In this week's news, London Marathon Events unveil the Reunion 5k, parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt says that parkrun's future is at stake, trail racing is back as Lakeland Trails runners head  to Staveley, UTMB partners with Ironman, runners in the UK ran over 10 billion miles last year, One Hundred launch the worlds's first Artificial Mountain Trail World Championship, former women's marathon world record holder Tegla Loroupe, says that athletes using new running shoe technology are "cheating", adidas have unveiled the next step in data driven 3D printed midsole innovation, the Adidas 4DFWD, jogging buddy.com have released the footwear data from their members in a Sole Performance analysis, Trigger Point announce the International Foam Rolling Day, Northern Ireland runner Emer McKee produces a 5k world record for a 12-year old and ultra-runner Anna Rutherford smashes a Scottish coast-to-coast record with the help of stock cubes for energy!Listen and subscribe via all podcast providers and via the Running Industry Podcast websitewww.runningindustrypodcast.comIG @runindustry Tw @runindustryYou can also show your support by donating to the running industry podcast via Patreon www.patreon.com/runningindustrypodcast Running Industry Podcast is hosted by Matt WardProduced by supersonic www.supersonic.productionsIG @supersonic.productions

parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt and Vassos take a stroll round Bushy Park, venue of the first ever parkrun in 2004. They chat about the early days, where the idea came from and how it has grown into what it is today.

Paul Sinton-Hewitt is the founder of Parkrun, the worldwide phenomenon that sees thousands rock up to local parks around the world every Saturday morning to run a timed 5k. Paul began ParkRun at a time when his own life was not going very well. He wanted people to not only run, but mostly join him for coffee afterwards.

Our special guest this week is Sandy Gilmour, who answered parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt’s offer of a (not)parkrun round Bushy Park. She tells us how it came about and why there was more talking than running! We also hear from parkrun’s newest recruit Callum who shares his tips on how to impress during a job interview.

parkrun's Global Head of Communications Russ Jefferys joins us to talk about parktoberfest, which encourages people to get together with friends, family and neighbours to inspire each other to complete as many (not)parkruns as possible in the month of October. We get a sneak preview of Vassos’ chat with Paul Sinton-Hewitt on the eve of parkrun’s 16th anniversary, and we check in with the return of parkrun in the Falkland Islands.

We check in with Rowan Ardill from the health and wellbeing team at parkrun HQ and find out what he’s up to during lockdown. Jode Binch, ED from Brierley Forest tells us about how she’s keeping the community together while parkrun is paused. And we receive a letter of complaint from parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt.

Hello! What determines whether crises lead to major social change? We talk to two historians about lessons from the past. Walter Scheidel explains his argument that economic inequality has only ever been significantly reduced by catastrophes and war. Then Theda Skocpol discusses the impact that ideas and social movements can have.Plus ParkRun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt on the story behind its phenomenal success. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Most people find it hard enough to get themselves out running, let alone trying to get 4 million people to join them. Paul started Park Run with just 13 amateur runners at 8.45 AM on October 2nd, 2004 in Bushy Park in South West London. It now takes place in 1,300 parks worldwide. It is a global movement. Inspiring.—Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2018.Watch Paul's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/paul-sinton-hewitt-a-founders-truth

A look back at the welter of fantastic racing over the last week, as well as a fascinating insight into the mind of the creator of Park Run phenomenon, podcast listener Paul Sinton-Hewitt.

This week we hear from parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt after he was honoured with the Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal. Helen speaks to Tom about just how special the award is and Vassos catches up with BBC newsreader and parkrun fanatic Sophie Raworth.

As parkrun celebrates its 15th birthday, Helen and Vassos chat to the man that started it all back in 2004. Paul Sinton-Hewitt tells us how far parkrun has come in that time, why he doesn't deserve all the praise and what is his favourite aspect of what he has created.

Hello! I'm having a small summer break, but don't worry, RunPod will be back really soon. Don't forget to listen back to the rest of the episodes, where you can get inspirational advice and motivation from guests including Kelly Holmes, Amanda Holden, Jo Pavey and Park-Run founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt! I'll be back very soon with more amazing interviews, In the meantime, chuck your headphones on, listen to your favourite episode of RunPod on Global Player and get running!

Vassos and Louise are joined by lifestyle coach Rory Coleman. Rory tells us how he uses parkrun to train all his clients, be them GB athletes or first time runners and also how he became a lifestyle coach. Vassos is stunned by the newest member of the Cowell Club and some of your stories get a hip hip hooray.

This week on RunPod, Jenni’s joined by the man who gave 3 million of us in 23 countries, across 5 continents the gift that is parkrun. Paul Sinton Hewitt CBE tells us how he turned a simple get-together into a global phenomenon, and how it’s transformed so many lives around the world – including his own! They also chat parkrun challenges, Paul’s favourite running spots and the power of community spirit. He might even persuade you to give up that Saturday morning in bed for a 5k run instead!

These two sports psychologists may have different areas they focus on, but they both love to run; Dr Helen Lane and Professor Andy Lane both race marathons, have run over 200 parkruns and even enjoy ultra marathons. This means they get the running struggles we go through and how important the mental side of training the mind is to racing well. Helen and Andy have both worked with professional athletes to help them reach their potential, as well as teaching runners psychological skills training techniques such as imagery, anxiety regulation, and emotion regulation. If you love learning more about the mind, and how we can learn to handle the negative thoughts that go through our mind when we are in the hard part of a race, you will love this husband and wife episode, where there is a lot of humor and fast talking British and New Zealand accents, be ready to listen, and be ready to learn! Today’s Guests Dr Helen Lane has a PhD in attitudes to eating among exercisers. She has authored several articles including the commonly used measure of mood called the The Brunel Mood Scale and a version of the Eating Attitude Test. Andy Lane has a PhD and is BASES accredited sport and exercise scientist, a fellow of BASES, Chartered by the British Psychological Society, and a psychologist registered with the Health Professionals Council. What you will learn about: How Helen and Andy met, and if they psychoanalyze one another  What Andy has learned in the 100 peer reviewed journal articles he has worked on The powerful impact of sad or depressed thoughts and how it can really affect your ability to run well How important it is to go for a run if you are in a difficult period of your life Why the fear of failure is not necessary a bad thing, and how to limit the pressure you feel for a race when you have told so many people you are going the race Why you should have some kind of effort involved with you goals, rather than exclusively time goals Why EVERYONE has a self confidence issue, and why knowing that makes us feel like we are not alone How we are all connected emotionally to food, and guilt can be present even while we are eating food we enjoy The relationship between food and performance, and how runners can be affected by a need to be thin The strategies to use to get through the hardest parts of the race, including imagery of a runner you admire (really interesting!) Running with music can actually help you run faster if you find the right rhythm What to do if you have a bad race; how jumping in another race COULD be a good idea, in the right circumstance  Why having a break after a great race will help you to reassess and think up a new goal, if you go back into it without much rest, you are going to struggle   Inspirational Quotes: You get trapped in the event. You might be the expert, but you are still trapped in the event. You do need to hold back when you are giving advice out, and it is difficult to take advice as well, no matter how well intended it is.-Andy Lane A small mark of depression can lead to all sorts of devastating or negative results that go on from that.-Andy Lane Everybody needs a bag of tricks to identify and use in the dark moments.-Andy Lane Your emotions are evolutionary functions to tell you what is important- Andy Lane Human beings are competitive, so we have competed with ourself by saying that (a time we want), so we can easily think we are failures.-Helen Lane Everyone underneath has an underlining self esteem issue, they are not confident in all situations- Helen Lane Everyone has a little bit of an emotional problem with eating; they eat when they are stressed, bored, not when they are hungry, overeat in social settings...we all have this awareness with food, almost a preoccupation with food.-Helen Lane If I look at social media, I would not know what to eat.- Andy Lane If you want to find an angry person, find a hungry person!- Andy Lane Rethink what fatigue means. Fatigue is an indicator you are working hard. It is not to be feared, it is accepting that you are working hard.- Andy Lane It is very difficult to get from the very highs and maintain those highs, it's unlikely you are going to have another Olympic Gold Medal winning moment two months after.-Andy Lane Resources: Last week's episode with Dean Karnazes Subscribe to the Running for Real Podcast on your favorite player: Apple Podcasts (iTunes) Stitcher Castbox Overcast Spotify Google Play Tina4Real Podcast  Running for Real Superstars Community Support Tina through her Patreon Page Buy a Running for Real T-shirt, Tank, or Hat Andy on Twitter Helen on Twitter Winning Lane website Chrissie Wellington interview Paul Sinton Hewitt interview Check out the Running for Real Podcast Series, sponsoring this episode today: Beginners Mental Toughness Training Marathon Training Coming Back From Injuries Running Nutrition Running Through and After Pregnancy   Thanks for Listening! I hope you enjoyed today's episode. To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Join the Running for Real Facebook Group and share your thoughts on the episode (or future guests you would like to hear from) Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews will really help me climb up the iTunes rankings and I promise, I read every single one. Subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcast player. Not sure how to leave a review or subscribe, you can find out here. Thank you to Helen and Andy, I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the show.

In this, the inaugural Free Weekly Timed podcast, Vassos and Louise speak to Paul Sinton-Hewitt about how it all began, what he’d like to change - and about his own running career. Louise wades into the debate about whether it’s ok for parkrunners never to volunteer. And Vassos admits to committing one of running’s cardinal sins. Two actually.      LINKS The link to the chrome browser extension is https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/running-challenges/kdapmdimgdebpgolimjnmcdlkbkddoif   It was written by Laura Cowen and Andy Taylor, only works with Chrome on a desktop, and is fabulous.   “Install the extension and then visit your athlete page to see how it rearranges the data on the page to show your challenge progress alongside the existing tables of results.”  

Parkrun has become a global movement. Although it initially started in the UK with some friends meeting up on a Saturday for a run followed by coffee, it has grown to over 1100 locations in 14 countries around the world with 3.5 million people registered, yes, it really is that big! With 200,000 participants joining in every weekend for free, it is no wonder it has taken on a life of its own, especially as many of the people involved through running the events and volunteering are people like you! Just good, genuine people! Paul Sinton-Hewitt, the founder of Parkrun is here to talk about the growth they have experienced, completely organically, and why Paul thinks the people who participate are some of the best people in the world. With fostering community as the heart and center of Parkrun, it is easy to see why. Parkrun has been responsible for over 100,000 people joining clubs, and they celebrate the milestones of reaching 50, 100, 250, and even 500 parkruns (thats over 10 years straight! You are going to love this episode if you love the running community, and I hope if you haven't already participated, you will consider it in the future, yes, even if you are unable to run right now! This podcast episode is for you if you love to make new friends, be a part of the running community, and participate in social movements. Parkrun is making the world a healthier, happier place, one location at a time. Today's Guest Paul Sinton-Hewitt Founder of Parkrun, growing it from a few friends meeting for a run and coffee to 200,000 runners every weekend. What You Will Learn About Where the idea for parkrun came from and how it grew the way it did Why the race is a 5k Why parkrun will ALWAYS be free The setbacks to address when setting up new events in the US and other countries around the world What happened when one of the packruns tried to add a fee for park maintenance   Inspirational Quotes It's a simple run, in a park, every single week, with your mates, where we socialize at the end of it. Those principles stand today. Slowly but surely we are energizing the world, we are making the world a healthier and happier place. I receive all these awards, but I receive them on behalf of all the people who make this happen, as without all those volunteers, we would be one event in a park, and I would still be the person doing all the volunteering. We are a social movement that just happens to run. For anybody, regardless of whether they intend running in the future or not, this is a place to go where you meet fantastic people. The people you meet are some of the most beautiful people in the world. Parkrun isn't a cure for everyone, but it is part of the process of how people can be the best they can be. There is nothing more rewarding than doing that with your friends, people who are there to support you and help you and celebrate your achievements. We want more people running more often. We want more people more active more often. Anything we can do to help other people achieve that same goal, we will. If things carry on the way they are, in 2023, we will have over 10000 weekly events and a million runners a week. Resources Mentioned Last week's episode with David Geier Parkrun website Set up your own parkrun event November Project GoodGym Thanks to our sponsor Get Vi, check out GetVI.com/running4real to enter to win a Vi 

Time for Part 2 of Track Record with Sue Dougan. This week she sits down with the founder of park-run, Paul Sinton-Hewitt, CBE.

Time for a brand new episode of Track Record with Sue Dougan. This week she sits down with the founder of park-run, Paul Sinton-Hewitt, CBE.

Artistic Director and acclaimed comedian, Viv Groskop joins Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein to talk about the 'caw' of stand-up comedy and what it's like making tea for famous authors at the Bath Literature Festival. Ten years ago Paul Sinton-Hewitt was fired and then had a bad fall when training for a half marathon which ruptured his stomach. Not knowing what to do with himself and determined not to give up running, he set up a club with the aim of running 5k at 9 o'clock on a Saturday morning. 13 people joined him on his first run. Today, more than 1 million people across the world are part of the phenomenon Paul created that day - it's called Parkrun and it's happening as we speak, in more than 500 parks across the world. Seventy seven year-old Jill Stidever has been teaching children with disabilities to swim for over 50 years. Three of her swimmers have gone on to be paralympians - including her daughter Jane who won five gold medals. In December Jill won the 2014 BBC Get Inspired Unsung Hero award at the Sports Personality of the Year for her work in changing the perception of disabled sport. Interaction designer & aspiring astronaut Nelly Ben Hayoun works to bring the wonder of outer space into the comfort of the living room & creates chaos out of order. JP Devlin meets a group of pensioners in Gateshead who find that keeping hens helps stave off loneliness. Novelist, essayist, lyricist, and screenwriter Nick Hornby picks his Inheritance Tracks Producer: Maire Devine Editor: Karen Dalziel I Laughed, I Cried: How One Woman Took on Stand-Up and (Almost) Ruined Her Life Paperback - Jun 2013 by Viv Groskop. Published by Orion Inheritance Tracks: Ring of Fire written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore sung by Johnny Cash, 1963 album, Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash. (Do the) Mashed Potatoes recorded by James Brown with his band in 1959.

We hope you had a Merry Christmas! The guys review the parkrun packed festive weekend with Martin dressing up in a Santa outfit with a beard and pigtails in Poole, Tom had much joy run directing at Sewerby on the Eve and running at Leeds Hyde Park on the main day and Danny did three parkruns in three days in three different locations. There are tales of moving Nativity scenes, Christmas parkrun passes plus Paul Sinton-Hewitt and Crispy Wright give the listeners their own messages.