At around 7:50am on a Saturday I say to my husband “don’t worry, we won’t be the only ones” meaning we won’t be the only ones to arrive within minutes of the parkrun start. This week I said it again, but with less conviction because each road we took was temporarily closed off. It turns…
On Saturday 16 March, at Forest Lake’s 1st Birthday, I was very excited to fulfill my goal of becoming an ‘Alphabeteer’ (completing parkruns commencing with letters A-Z). Many thanks to the Event Director Shirley Wienand, all volunteers, special guests and family members at Forest Lake for making that a memorial event for me. I…
Huge milestone coming up at Mudgeeraba parkrun this weekend. We have 12-year-old twin brothers Joshua and Benjamin Hopkins doing their 100th parkrun. What makes this unique is these boys are non-verbal autistic. Every Saturday their parents Deborah and Cameron take turns, one runs their own parkrun and the other one walks the course with…
Regulars at Galston parkrun will know Claire Willacy who has volunteered an amazing 100 times. Remarkably, Claire has never done parkrun herself! A very big congratulations & thank you for all that you do, Claire! Galston parkrun event team
Fantastic how parkrun brings so many people together, lovely to meet fellow Event Director from Lochiel parkrun. Jan is over in the UK for 2 weeks. Melanie Sturman
We’ve been visiting parkrun as a family for more than 2 years now. Always with a pram, sometimes two. First it was a way to include kids in the marathon training and later on, the Saturday morning became such a strong tradition that every training block was built around it. We started with single running…
206 parkrunners gathered on Saturday to celebrate a significant milestone for one of Ashgrove’s much-loved Run Directors. It was the 250 milestone, Ashgrove’s first and, in keeping with the shirt colour to be awarded, green was the theme colour of the day. The briefing took on a festive air with congratulatory speeches, green cupcakes…
I would love to share my parkrun story with you, including my international parkrun tourism. I first started parkrun in 2013, after my sister, Kylie, had come across Torrens parkrun in Adelaide. It took a couple of weeks for her to convince me to go, but like many others, once you start you can’t…
My son, Thomas completed his 25th volunteer on New Years Day at the Beaches. He has also completed 63 events and he is only 5 years old. Well done Thomas! John Porter
I LOVE this photo. To me, it epitomizes what parkrun is ALL about. I am a regular runner and volunteer at Wondai parkrun. This shot was taken on our 100th event in Wondai. I had the delightful experience of a young man called Rob running with me for pretty much the whole event. So,…
