Parkrun in ten different counties

"What if you collected counties on Saturday mornings, 5 km at a time?"

Why this is so fun

There is something quietly brilliant about turning a free Saturday morning run into a grand tour of the country. One week you are looping a lake in Roscommon, the next you are breathing sea air on a Waterford greenway. Every new county feels like a small personal victory, and the parkrun crowd — all ages, all paces — makes you feel welcome the moment you show up. You will discover corners of Ireland you would never have driven to otherwise, and realise your own legs are a surprisingly decent way to see the place.

Someone who did this

Orla (31), Bray — works in HR for a logistics company, collects fridge magnets from every county she visits

It started because I was bored of the Bray seafront loop and someone in work mentioned they'd done Kilkenny parkrun the previous Saturday like it was a completely normal thing to do.

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First 3 steps

1Register at parkrun.ie this week and print your free barcode.
2Find your nearest parkrun on the map and show up Saturday at 9:30.
3Plan your second county by checking parkrun locations across Leinster or Munster.