Peta Lawrie and Tim Yates met around seven years ago through a mutual friend. They shared a love of music and art but it wasn’t until they saw some Facebook posts from Peta’s high school friend Mark Cooper that they decided to give parkrun a try. Peta used to run in high school and after…
Darren Lydeamore turned 50 in 2017 and decided to come along to Atherton parkrun in January of his ‘milestone year’ after a work colleague in the UK had encouraged him. He was unfit, unhealthy and unhappy with how he was feeling but with the encouragement and support of the Atherton parkrun community, all that has…
Whilst a number of parkruns take place in coastal towns and cities across Australia every week, finding a free, weekly, timed 5k that gives you the opportunity to get sand between your toes and waves splashing on your feet are few and far between. But, in the parkrun world, there are more opportunities to…
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34-year-old Queenslander Vanessa Gibson describes herself as being in a ‘baby haze’ for quite a while after the birth of her second child. Having heard about the concept of parkrun and thinking it would be some fantastic ‘me time’ she was disappointed to discover there were no parkruns in her neighbourhood. Vanessa’s reaction was simple:…
parkrun has grown from one event in a park to a global movement of millions of people walking, jogging, running and volunteering across 21 countries. But parkrun is so much more than a walk, jog or run in a park! If you or someone you know is yet to come along for the first time,…
It was April 2015. 24-year-old Yvonne Tse had spent a year trying to get fit via a couch-to-5km program but to no avail, so she reluctantly joined her friend Olivia at parkrun. Yvonne explains how she caught the parkrun bug during the final kilometre of her very first parkrun. I was very reluctant to…
31-year-old Kirsty Baker from Gatton parkrun in Queensland has been parkrunning regularly for more than two years. Kirsty explains how she overcame her nerves to start parkrun and reassures any first-timers that your wardrobe should never be a barrier to parkrun! I first joined my local parkrun when I was 29 because I wanted to…
42-year-old Kate Banaszek wanted to join in at Highfields parkrun in Queensland to be more physically active and a role model for her daughters, but she had never run in public before. Kate explains how she overcame her fears and changed her life. I had heard about parkrun being a very friendly, free event…
After turning 60 I refused to age gracefully and took up the challenge of Port Broughton parkrun on the Yorke Peninusla in South Australia. It offered an easy test of one’s self over a 5km course – walk, jog or run at a pace of my choosing. I was surprised how nervous I was…
