- Popular event had been expected to return on 5 June
- Only 161 of 589 events have landowner permission to run
The return of parkrun in England could be “delayed indefinitely” because of the reluctance of many local authorities and private landowners to grant approval for the free 5km runs to come back, organisers have warned.
It had been widely expected that the popular event, which attracts more than 200,000 people every week, would return on 5 June given the easing of Covid-19 restrictions. But in a downbeat assessment, organisers warned that was now unlikely as fewer than a third of adult parkruns in England had been granted permission to return.
