Parkrunners Podcast shares real stories from the global parkrun community—runners, walkers, and volunteers whose lives have been transformed by movement and connection. Hosted by Catherine Stenson, each episode celebrates courage, belonging, and the quiet power of showing up.
Sonia O'Sullivan: World Champion, Olympian and the Joy of a Saturday parkrun
What keeps a World Champion and Olympic medallist coming back to a free 5K in the park on a Saturday morning? This week, Catherine is joined by one of Ireland's greatest ever athletes, Sonia O'Sullivan, 5,000m World Champion, Olympic silver medallist and, these days, a passionate parkrunner with more than 200 events to her name. But this isn't simply a conversation about medals and elite athletics. Sonia shares how she discovered parkrun in its early days at Bushy Park, how it fitted around f...
28 Aug 2026
A Rescue Dog, a Barcode and a Movement: Tim Oberg on founding parkrun Australia
What does it take to turn a Saturday morning idea into a movement that half a million Australians now call part of their weekly routine? In this episode, Catherine sits down with Tim Oberg, the founder of parkrun Australia, for a warm, candid and often surprising look back at how it all began, including the true story of how a rescued street dog from Montenegro named Clarence was the reason Tim discovered parkrun in the first place (dogs used to get their own barcodes — yes, really). Tim, a f...
22 Aug 2026
Dr Wendy White: The Saturday parkrun became a matter of life & death
What happens when an ordinary Saturday morning at parkrun suddenly becomes a matter of life and death? Dr Wendy White is an NHS GP, passionate Bushy parkrunner and self-confessed former non-runner who once hid in the bushes during school cross-country. Today, she has more than 300 parkruns behind her, has completed a 54K ultramarathon and describes parkrun as her “church”. But in 2022, Wendy was waiting among around 1,500 people for Bushy parkrun to start when a man arriving on his bike sudde...
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