Since we started providing fortnightly updates specific to parkrun in Australia, we promised to send an additional email with any significant developments. Following extensive discussions with the Queensland Department of Sport and Recreation, we have approval to reopen all parkrun events in Queensland on 28 November. When events reopen in Queensland they will…
On Saturday October 31, Wagi Bridge celebrated the return of parkrun to the ACT and its first birthday. With just 19 events completed at Wagi Bridge, their first year provided plenty of challenges. Wagi Bridge parkrun held its first event on the 26th of October 2019 and after only 8 parkruns was interrupted with cancellations…
My initial parkrun was my first run for a few decades and I figured that if I was going to do any running I might as well conquer a tough course to start. On 6 May 2017 I lined up at Nambour parkrun with my wife and a few other newbies. Ordinary sneakers and…
The 31st of October marked the end of #parktoberfest, our month long celebration of being physically active, together and outdoors. We encouraged the parkrun community to inspire and motivate their friends, family, neighbours and colleagues and join them, in person or virtually, for a (not)parkrun. We kicked off with a number 16 theme, in…
With the reopening of events in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Guernsey and the Isle of Man last weekend, we saw 103 events and over 10,000 participants at parkruns across four countries. It’s also worth noting that it took us six-and-a-half years to reach this milestone in April 2011, a feat that we’ve achieved in…
Since our last fortnightly update we have seen 47 parkruns operating around Australia in the Northern Territory, Tasmania and Western Australia with 4,946 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers taking part. This weekend we will reopen parkrun in the ACT as an initial six-week trial. Our events will display a QR code that participants will…
Late October last year, the Collins family got some pretty upsetting news. Rene, wife Angela and their three boys are regulars at North Wollongong parkrun. They got a call on a Friday afternoon to say Angela’s mum Beth – a Bega parkrunner – had a blood clot in her lung and was in a…
Last Saturday we were delighted to see parkrun events in Japan and Western Australia restart. Alongside parkruns currently operating in New Zealand, other Australian states and Territories, and the Falkland Islands, we saw 89 events welcome more than 8,500 walkers, joggers and runners, with over 900 volunteers, almost one hundred of whom were volunteering with…
As parkrun returned in Tasmania last weekend, Val Warwick returned to volunteer as photographer in the pouring rain and wind at Devonport parkrun. Never considering herself to be athletic, but being married to a runner, she was introduced to parkrun. After volunteering, walking, jogging and running all over Australia she feels completely embraced by…
Belinda discovered parkrun in 2013 while looking for fun ways to stay motivated with running. During that year she set a 5km PB of 24:05 at Riverway parkrun in Townsville, ran her first half marathon, and completed a sprint triathlon. Over the following 6 years, I lost motivation with my health and fitness as…
