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Bushy Park, in London's leafy Richmond area, has become an unlikely place of pilgrimage. Annie, a warehouse worker, travelled here from Belfast after her running friends clubbed together to buy flights for her 60th birthday. She joins parents with pushchairs pensioners and puppies as they get ready to chargeor chat-their way around the park. Home of the first Parkrun event 21 years ago, Bushy is the ‘Holy Grail, says a veteran of 350 such runs. 伦敦绿树成荫的里士满区，布希公园成了一处意想不到的朝圣 地。仓库工人安妮今年 60 岁，跑步群的朋友们凑钱为她买了 机票作为生日礼物，她便从贝尔法斯特专程赶来。公园里，推 着婴儿车的父母、退休老人、遛狗的人们正准备出发_—→或 是边跑边聊，环绕公园前行。21 年前，第一届公园跑（Parkrun 就在这里举办，一位完成过350场公园跑的资深参与者说，布 希公园就是这项活动的“圣地”。 Every Saturday at 9am starting guns sound in 880 spots around Britain, from Land's End to Shetland, for a 5km run or walk. Parkrun is free. Attendance has grown from 13 at the opening run in 2004 to 200,000 across the country on a typical Saturday now. In Britain nearly 3.9m people have completed at least one parkrun. The simple formula has spread to 23 countries, as far as Australia and Eswatini. On Sundays there are now 490 children's 2km runs as well. 每周六上午9点，从兰兹角到设得兰群岛，英国880个地点 都会响起发令枪声，一场5公里的跑步或健走活动就此开启。 公园跑全程免费。2004 年首次活动仅有13 人参加，如今每个 周六全国参与人数通常能达到 20 万。在英国，已有近 390 万 人至少完成过一次公园跑。这一简单模式已传播到 23 个国家. 远至澳大利亚和埃斯瓦蒂尼。如今每周日，还有 490场面向儿 童的2公里公园跑活动。