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Inside Europe: A weekly run that's a global phenomenon

Lars Bevanger
July 20, 2018

The UK has one of Europe's worst obesity problems. Doctors are increasingly advising patients who need a healthier lifestyle to get engaged with a free event, parkrun. Lars Bevanger caught up with his local parkrunners near Manchester to find out how this weekly event has grown from 13 runners in a London park, to a global phenomenon covering five continents.

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