My name is Dr Patrick Daly and I am one of parkrun Australia’s volunteer Health and Wellbeing Ambassadors. parkrun has evolved a lot over the years in terms of who takes part and how it benefits people’s health and happiness, and my volunteer role is to help position parkrun as a health and social…
Forest Lake parkrun in Queensland is fortunate to have 2 volunteers who love volunteering each week and cheering on all the walkers and runners. Craig Johnson and his faithful sidekick Ruby are there rain or shine to scan barcodes and give a “well done” to everyone who completes the beautiful shady course. He’s been…
During the long lockdown weeks in Melbourne, Julie Boyd completed a book – ‘The Rise and Fall(s) of a Would Be Runner, a mature aged woman’s running-related travel tales’ It is a collection of stories taking the reader through the highs, lows, misfortunes and successes of training and participating in organised marathons, solo runs, hikes…
Helen Young started parkrunning three years ago after looking for local volunteering opportunities. Seeing how friendly and inclusive it was, she eventually took on the 5km course herself, and now she has set off to virtually run the perimeter of Sierra Leone in 5km chunks. My first parkrun was about three years ago. I…
2020 challenged most of us in ways we never expected. For some, the lockdowns and change of routine provided an opportunity to focus on being more active and for others, it went in a slightly different direction. For 2021 we’ve turned to one of Ballarat’s favourite parkrunners, Steve Moneghetti, to share his top tips for…
Last weekend we saw 700 events take place across seven countries, with more than 62,000 participants enjoying the magic of free, community-led, outdoor, social physical activity opportunities. It is so encouraging to see these events welcomed back by local communities, and to see our COVID-19 Framework in action and working well. This COVID-specific framework…
The Eccles family have shared their parkrun journey together. It has evolved as the children have grown, got faster but one constant is their desire to participate together. It hasn’t always been sunshine and PBs. We didn’t start out with the intention to achieve 1000 parkruns as a family, but that’s where we are…
My name is Liz and I am ex-Royal Air Force. I served all over the UK as well as on overseas postings. I got involved in parkrun when I moved to Australia and realised I was losing my fitness pretty rapidly after leaving the service. Having moved from abroad and knowing absolutely no one here,…
I moved to Newcastle with no idea what I was really doing. I went to a parkrun as a friend said I could try her stand up paddle board if I came. I have never left. I am now on over 280 parkruns and I spent 2.5 years as an RD at Lake…
Like many, Gagan Dhingra was nervous about going to his first parkrun. He discovered parkrun about three years ago while out on a walk. “One morning I was walking at Lochiel park and I saw a lot of runners and walkers and parkrun flags. I wasn’t sure what it was all about so I…
