Sports Massage & Remedial Therapy | Group & 1:1 Running Sessions | Injury Rehabilitation
29th June & 28th September 2025
PARKSTRONG is an outdoor community fitness event hosted in Hilly Fields, SE4, raising money for London’s Air Ambulance Charity.
PARKSTRONG takes inspiration from the very popular ‘Hyrox’ events that take place across the country and around the world, combining running with functional fitness strength exercises.
PARKSTRONG is a collaborative event with Hilly Fields Run Sessions and Mace Masters with 6 fundamental strength exercises, and 6 run intervals in Hilly Fields.
Participants will complete 1 strength exercise, followed by 1 run interval and repeat 6 times. There are full and sprint distance options, individual and partner entries.
Start time: 10:00am
Run distance:
1km, repeated 6 times
Strength exercises:
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mace high carry x 160m
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hand mace ski x 40
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mace gravedigger x 40
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mace walking lunges x 80m
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handmace plank row x 40
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mace blaster x 40
Start time: 9:00/9:30am
PARKSTRONG relies on volunteers on the day to run smoothly, please help us by joining our team!
Our volunteers:
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Register participants and give them event numbers
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Help with any questions including the big one “What do I do next?”
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Write certificates for and celebrate with our finishers
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Record times
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Give out jelly babies and water
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Cheer on the run course
Start time: 11:45am
Run distance:
500m, repeated 6 times
Strength exercises:
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mace high carry x 160m
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hand mace ski x 30
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mace gravedigger x 30
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mace walking lunges x 80m
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handmace plank row x 30
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mace blaster x 30
Start time: 11:45am
Work with your partner to complete the runs and strength exercises.
Run distance: 500m, repeated 6 times. Run together or share the running, your choice!
Strength exercises: Only one partner working at a time, share the exercises however works best for you.
Each partner requires an event entry.
PARKSTRONG pointers
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Participants will receive one overall time for the event
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Participants are responsible for counting their own numbers of reps for the strength exercise stations, however there will be helpful volunteers on hand to remind
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Strength exercises - it is totally fine to take breaks during the number of reps required for each strength station if required
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If the weather prevents us from going ahead on March 16th we will rearrange for an alternative date, but will not offer any entry fee refunds.
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Participants must be 14 years old or over.
PARKSTRONG training
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Join our group running and strength classes and have fun while training for PARKSTRONG.
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Strength for Runners uses maces, hand maces and body weight in functional strength training that not only prepares you for PARKSTRONG but also includes key running movement patterns to make your running more resilient too. Saturdays 9:45am, Hilly Fields stone circle.
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Strength for Runners sessions with MaceMasters build in the PARKSTRONG exercises
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Hilly Fields Run Sessions are interval based run sessions which are perfect preparation for the 1km or 500m runs in PARKSTRONG. Tuesdays 6:15am or Fridays 9:30am, Hilly Fields.
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MaceMasters mace based strength classes are at 11am on Saturdays or 7pm Thursdays at Hilly Fields stone circle
London's Air Ambulance Charity
London’s Air Ambulance Charity delivers an advanced trauma team to London’s most seriously injured patients. By providing intervention as quickly as possible after injury, they aim to give patients the best chance of survival, and best quality of life, after trauma. We know the difference they can make and so we'll be donating all the proceeds of PARKSTRONG to help them do this.
The only part of the entrance fee which isn't donated will be to cover the costs of running the event, which we will keep as small as possible.
