Are there 2 Parkruns close enough together with a large enough start time difference such that one could run both on one day?

3/13/2023 2:01:29 PM

Just to add a technically correct answer: Both Tokyo and the Vancouver/Seattle-area have several runs to choose from. From what I can find, the flight time between the two is about 9 hours, but the time-zone difference is 16 hours, which leaves several hours to spare.

3/13/2023 10:44:06 AM

You can run multiple events, however, you can only have an official finish one, the will remove the other from your results, including different countries, so even if you country/timezone hop it still will not count. The only ‘official way’ used to be the New Year’s day ‘double’ when the start times were staggered, however, this has been removed.

In the UK I have actually done two in one day, just for fun(!), as they were just over a mile apart (but again only ‘credited’ with one). Looking back I definitely should not have done this(!), one person is one thing but if groups do it. Additionally, you are behind-the-tail walker, so confusing marshals, or they may move off, after the tail walker and you get injured with no one around. (I’ve been at parkrun that was stopped mid-way to allow the air ambulance for someone who had a heart attack).

You can do ‘special events’ as extra days, for example in the UK Christmas Day alot of parkruns happen, even if not a Saturday, the same for New Years, so in 2022 we have 4 in just over a week (Christmas Eve/NYE were Saturdays).

I should mention I did the first one in under 20 minutes, and most importantly, it does not matter your speed, you can take as much time as you like to walk, jog or run it.

3/12/2023 9:07:00 PM

Reading Parkrun and Woodley Parkrun are roughly 2km apart as the crow flies, or a car journey of 7 minutes. If you were very fast, you could probably do the first, jump in the car, and catch up the last finishers at the second – typically walkers in the region of 45 minutes.

3/12/2023 9:44:51 AM

You mentioned the New Year’s Day parkruns, and these are often arranged to allow exactly this. Neighbouring parkruns will coordinate to start at 9, 10 or even later to allow for double runs.

It may be easier to get to New Year, than to get to Ohio.

3/14/2023 6:18:55 AM

During the summer, the Brecksville Reservation Parkrun starts at 8am and the Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation Parkrun starts at 9am. They are in Ohio, within a 20-minute drive of each other according to Google Maps.

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