Salisbury's junior parkrun starts today
It's been cancelled since last March because of the pandemic
Salisbury Junior parkrun - a 3k event - is one of 52 junior runs to restart in England for 4 to 10 year olds today.
A further 27 junior parkrun events will reopen on Sunday 18th April and many more are getting ready to join them.
It looks like the Salisbury parkrun could resume on 5th June 2021, and all other parkrun events in England only on that date.
The free Saturday 5k running event takes place in Salisbury at the city's Churchill Gardens on Southampton Road.
FALSE START
The Salisbury parkrun has already faced disappointment though during the pandemic.
Back in October it was revealed that the running event was about to get back on track by the end of that month.
But those hopes were dashed as case number rose and the spread of the virus led to even tighter restrictions being imposed once again.
PARKRUN STATEMENT
On the parkrun UK website it states:
"Following the publication of the Government’s roadmap for exiting lockdown, we are excited to share our plans to restart both junior and 5k parkrun events across England."
"In line with the latest guidance on the lifting of restrictions across England, and operating within our already approved COVID-19 framework, we currently expect that:"
All 5k parkrun events across England will return on Saturday 5 June 2021
"We are still working towards the return of 5k events in England from Saturday 5th June, and continue to ask teams not to contact landowners directly for permission please.
"As part of the restart process we need to ensure that we have up to date landowner contact details on record so that we can manage those permissions centrally, a strategy that has been highly effective for junior events.
"The most important thing 5k event teams in England can do now to help is to respond to our email requesting this information."