Old MacDonald

What is the Old MacDonald parkrun challenge?

Old MacDonald is a parkrun challenge inspired by the familiar chorus 'E-I-E-I-O'. Rather than collecting animals from a farm, you collect event names beginning with those letters. You need two different parkruns starting with E, two different parkruns starting with I and one starting with O. That's five venues in total, and you can visit them in any order, at any pace and in any year. It's a lovely bite-sized tourism goal, especially if you're already trying the full Alphabeteer challenge. The fun comes from spotting suitable names on the map and slowly completing the tune.

• The letter is the first A–Z character in the event name.
• Each slot needs a different parkrun. Repeating one event does not fill another slot.
• The slots are E, I, E, I, O.
• 2 parkruns whose name starts with E.
• 2 parkruns whose name starts with I.
• 1 parkrun whose name starts with O.

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