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Jun 2021

Last Updated: 15/06/2021

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Roadmap delay pushes back return of Harrogate district Parkruns

by Connor Creaghan

| 15 Jun, 2021

The free, weekly 5 km runs are now scheduled to return on July 24. Parkruns in the Harrogate district take place on the Stray in Harrogate, Conyngham Hall in Knaresborough and Fountains Abbey, near Ripon.

A Parkrun in Harrogate from 2015.

The delayed ending of coronavirus restrictions has forced organisers of Parkrun in the Harrogate district to push back its return by a month.

It has been a difficult few months for the organisers, who have tentatively scheduled the return of the free, weekly 5 km runs time and time again, only to then have to disappoint runners.

Outdoor events are permitted under the current government rules. However, many of the landowners that host the runs have granted permission for them to take place on the condition that all lockdown restrictions are lifted.

Now the government has delayed the roadmap easing until July 19, Parkrun is looking to return on July 24.

There are three Parkruns in the Harrogate district: on the Stray in Harrogate, Conyngham Hall in Knaresborough and Fountains Abbey, near Ripon.

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A spokesperson for Parkrun said today:

"A huge amount of work has been done in recent weeks to ensure we have permission to return from the large majority of landowners.

"While this delay is disappointing, we respect the fact that a significant number of these permissions were contingent on the country moving into Step 4.

"We will therefore target a new reopening date of July 24."

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