I heard about parkrun just before I turned 70 and did my first (walk, actually) about 10 days later. At that time, I had not run for around 55 years and had smoked for the first 20 of them. I never saw either of my parents running, ever. After that initial walk, I was…
67-year-old Lyn Rose’s first experiences of West Beach parkrun in South Australia involved watching it with her daughters and their families. Having never liked physical activity and not believing parkrun was for her, a health scare changed her attitude and prompted her to give parkrun a try. My name is Lyn and I recently…
If there’s one thing many parkrunners have in common, it’s celebrating a milestone. However Fingal Bay parkrunner and Port Stephens great grandmother Colleen O’Shea doesn’t want a fuss this weekend, despite the fact she will complete her 250th parkrun. What makes Colleen’s story all the more remarkable is she’s 90 and will be the…
It was only a few weeks after we moved from a small country town south of Perth at the end of July in 2017, that my son asked if I would like to volunteer as a photographer at the Champion Lakes parkrun. Even though I’ve always been a photographer, my initial response was definitely ‘no’…
At 76 years old I have been an avid parkrunner for about 6 years; 271 parkruns notched up in 37 different venues in 5 countries and looking forward to three more countries this year with a respectful homage to Bushy Park in the UK . Re your inspiring story this week and ways to…
In February 2019 my wife and I introduced my 93-year-old uncle to parkrun and its now his favourite Saturday morning adventure. His home course is North Sydney and they are so accommodating and friendly to Adrian, he even has a coffee afterwards with them and assists with the token sorting. His PB at…
66-year-old Alison Campbell lives in South Australia’s Adelaide Hills, which meant the prospect of walking or running 5km was somewhat unappealing! After some gentle persuading from her younger sister however, Alison went to parkrun in 2018 to get herself ‘off the couch’ and she’s been walking 5km every days since. In November 2018 I was something of…
Happy man… After having completed parkrun with my 3 children I finally nagged my mum into coming and doing her first parkwalk on Saturday Must say it was my slowest parkrun time. But so proud of my mum at 74 yrs young for enjoying the buzz of the great community we have at Inverloch…
Two important figures at Pakenham parkrun are Bernie and Jack. Finding an easy and accessible way to stay connected with their community, while staying active into their seventies. Bernie Ollerenshaw used to walk on his own near where he lived, around and about Garfield, Tynong and Bunyip in Victoria. Having been motivated to take…
Proving age is just a number, 21 over 80-year-old parkrunners visited Rhodes parkrun as they hosted its first-ever Octogenarian meet-up. The event team were inspired by two regular Rhodes parkrunners, Marion Griffith and Peter Nash, and upon seeing a similar event in the UK, decided it was something they needed to do. With the plan…
