Last year, we had an idea, a vision. All across the country, people wearing their PKD T-shirts would come together at 9 o’clock on September 6 to take part in a 5K to celebrate the end of PKD Awareness week. Although we couldn’t all be in the same place, we could all be doing the same thing at the same time.

And it was an incredible success!

We had over 120 people taking part across 49 locations, many of them at local parkruns, from Friockheim Park near Dundee to Bromham’s near Exeter, and even across the water in Ireland at Ormeau in Belfast.

The event gave participants the chance to talk about PKD, raise awareness of the condition, and, even better, meet others who were also taking part. Thanks to the matching T-shirts, it was easy to spot fellow participants and say hi!

Thank you to everyone who took part by walking, running, or cheering from the sideline. 

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Here are just some of the many people who took part in the PKD Fun 5k. 

*PKD has no official affiliation with parkrun, and while their name is mentioned, this is not a collaboration.