Parkruns Taking Place Across Kildare This Saturday

Older people are being encouraged to get involved.

Three parkruns are taking place in County Kildare this weekend.

The parkrun locations are in Naas, Kilcock and Celbridge at 9:30am on Saturday the 26th February.

To register for the parkrun events use this link.

People can also drop into Kildare Library Services in Naas, Kilcock or Celbridge library up until the 25^th February and the staff will be there to help with registering and printing the barcode for the event. 

Naas Racecourse is hosting the Naas parkrun and access is from the Tipper Road off the Blessington Road. 

The walk will take place on the ambulance track about 600M from the car park.

It's a flat 2.5 loops of the ambulance track which is a total of 5km.

The Celbridge location is in Castletown House, the starting point is just a few hundred meters from the front of the house.

This route is 2 laps a scenic route with sighted support/assistance available for people who are visually impaired. 

The Kilcock location is on the canal towpath, from train station walk over the canal bridge towards town and then turning left onto canal towpath.

The start is approx 200m from there.

This route is out and back on trail paths along the canal. 

Free t-shirts will be given out to those taking part on the day along with some goodie bags and spot prizes!

The key to these events is to come along, whether you want to walk, roll, run or volunteer.

The public are invited to join in the walk, wear green to promote positive ageing and put a #SpringInYourStep. 

There is no pressure to complete the full 5km, though of course you can if you wish.

The HSE Health Promotion Team with local partners Healthy Ireland, Older Voice Kildare, Kildare County Council, Kildare Sports Partnership, Kildare library services.

A number of partners in Co. Kildare have come together to create an event highlighting the importance of physical activity as we age.

County Kildare LEADER Partnership and Parkrun are hoping to show that walking can be fun, social and even the smallest sustainable changes to your movement minutes every day, can have considerable health benefits physically and mentally.