Bangor parkrunners Colette McIntyre and Gillian Shorter have been timekeeping and barcode scanning using the Virtual Volunteer app. Here they tell us how it works, how easy it is, and why they never want to go back to using the previous equipment. Colette’s story I’ve previously done timekeeping with the old…
We are back! After a quick briefing, Swakopmund parkrunners were ready to go on Saturday. Beautiful weather was ordered and delivered and fun was had by all. Swakopmund parkrun volunteers My daughter kept on saying, “mom, why don’t you start doing parkrun?”, and my granddaughter said “Nanna you can do…
Leanne Hall has lived most of her life experiencing up to 10 seizures a day. After her fourth brain surgery, she is now getting used to living seizure free. Leanne credits Hull parkrun for playing a huge part in her recovery. I was diagnosed with a dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial (DNET) brain tumour the size of…
On Saturday 28 August, Piet Retief parkrun celebrated its 69th event. Piet Retief parkrun started on 25 January 2019. Before the Covid shutdown, we averaged around 100 parkrunners each week. We were lucky to be able to resume on 29 May and since we restarted we have seen an average of around 40…
On 30th July 2016, a friend (ex South African) was visiting from New Zealand, and a mutual friend suggested we head over to parkrun for fun that weekend at Giloollys Farm in Johannesburg. It was mid-winter, and a beautiful crisp morning. We nattered away whilst walking all the way around the course, and had a lovely…
Have you ever been to a parkrun on an island? It can be a very different experience. Surrounded by water it can offer a tranquil experience where you can get closer to nature. Sometimes they are completely traffic free so once you cross the bridge (or get off the ferry!) you can get that car-free…
Earlier this year we announced some changes to the milestone t-shirts that recognise and reward individual participation at parkrun. As we prepare to implement the new process, here’s the latest information. Back in March 2021 we let you know about changes we are making to milestone t-shirts. We had initially hoped that…
“parkrun is like my second job, it is the perfect start to my weekend, after coming here in the morning my day is just better!” as told by Mavis Peterson this morning one of our regular parkrunners here at Mountain Drive parkrun, Graaff-Reinet. I joined the parkrun family around seven years ago. I did a…
Serious health issues saw Chris Smith admitted to hospital in 2020, and then facing a long road to recovery. He wrote himself a motivational note that simply read ‘parkrun’. Here’s his story of how that note inspired him to keep going in the face of adversity. In all my years of running I…
In Western Australia, Tayla Taseff loves crossing the parkrun finish line before her dad Steve each week. Steve pushes Tayla, 22, around Yokine parkrun in her “purple peanut” wheelchair each week. Tayla has cerebral palsy, but she refers to it as “cool people syndrome”. “We are very cool humans,” Tayla said. …
