As part of parkrun Australia’s ongoing partnership with Athletics Australia, we are thrilled to announce that ‘Nitro’ is coming to Albert Melbourne parkrun on Saturday February 11! What does this man? For one very special morning, the stars of Nitro Athletics will be in attendance at the ‘Nitro parkrun‘, starting and finishing inside Lakeside Stadium at…
Hi, I’m Molly, a 7 month old Hungarian Vizsla – you can follow me on Instagram! @mollythehungarian_vizsla My home run is Lismore parkrun and I love running with my family! I am not sure how many parkruns I’ve completed as I am not registered but I have been coming since I was 8 weeks old!…
Name – Paige Barry Age – 10 Occupation – Primary School Student Home parkrun – Inverloch Number of parkruns (runner) – 41 PB time – 31:45 Number of parkruns (volunteer) – 21 Favourite volunteer role – Photographer I volunteer at parkrun because – I started attending with my Dad and therefore meet lots of new…
On the 20th of December 2016 we released a blog entitled, “Who was the first Australian parkrunner?” in which we concluded that Michael Clayton (29/10/2005) was the first Australian male parkrunner and Melanie Cottell (29/07/2006) was the first Australian female parkrunner! A couple of days later Michael responded with the news the Melanie is in fact his wife –…
Name: Jim Ayre Age: 58 Occupation: Correctional Officer Home parkrun: The Beaches Number of parkruns: 129 PB: 28.14 at Newy Number of parkrun Volunteers: 21 Favourite volunteer role: anything but scanning because I am partially deaf. I volunteer at parkrun because it is a very social thing to do. One thing I love about parkrun…
My name is Sasha Arnold-Steven and I am an American Staffy and a Ridgeback – you can see my ridge when I’m happy. My local parkrun is Studley Park, which is also my favourite place for hanging out with my bestfriend is Zed. My club is “Love the Run” and my Dad says we are…
Name – Grant Cameron Age – 47 Occupation – School’s Officer Home parkrun – Bunyaville Number of parkruns (runner) – 154 PB time – Due to Bunyaville being all trail and hilly, I have two PBs. Bunyaville – 23:26 & Kedron 20:19. Number of parkruns (volunteer) – 25 Favourite volunteer role – Photographer. I enjoy…
Hi, I’m Ringo. I’m a 15 year young Border Collie. I’ve always had a passion for running, although thesedays I’m a bit slower! ‘Run’ and ‘walk’ are two of my favorite words so when I heard about Forster parkrun I was so happy – I’ve done a couple now and I’ve had a ball. It…
Our friends at Medibank have put together this exclusive competition for parkrunners Go in the draw to win 1 of 4 New Year’s fitness prize packs, valued at $350, when you take part in a parkrun event in January. To enter, simply snap a picture of yourself participating in a January parkrun and…
I was living in the Inner West of Sydney and a good friend, who was also president of the local running club I was part of, told me about parkrun. It was many years ago now after he had returned from a trip to the UK. “This is going to be huge”! he said. At…
