Airlie Beach parkrun

On Saturday 63 fantastic people ran, jogged and walked our waterfront course, of whom 21 were first timers and there were no new Personal Bests.

The event was made possible by 13 awesome volunteers: Rosalie Crank, Ashley Gerard, Christopher Harvey, Corrine Hendrikse (Photographer), Laura Oates, Tim Oberg, Kara Olver, Darlene Reid, Sebastian Vinci (Run Director), Sarah Voigt, Lachlan, Larissa Whincop and Wade Whincop.

Airlie Beach parkrun started on 5th December 2015. Since then 3,587 participants have completed 19,607 parkruns covering a total distance of 98,035 km, including 2,323 new Personal Bests. A total of 312 individuals have volunteered 2,576 times.

No volunteer will be turned away, so send a message to airliebeach@parkrun.com to join the volunteer team this Saturday or for another week. On Saturday the post parkrun coffee/breakfast/chat will take place at Bohemian Raw Café.

Every Saturday Airlie Beach parkrun meets at 6:50am for a briefing at area D, Coral Sea Marina (adjacent to the top carpark). Parking is free in the lower carpark till 9:30am if a parkrun barcode is placed on the dashboard.

The best-kept secret about parkrun is that it’s not about running - it’s about bringing people together in public parks and open spaces across the world to have some fun in a friendly, social and supportive environment. You can walk or run the 5km course (pushing a pram or with one dog on a short lead if you want to!), lend a helping hand as a volunteer in a wide range of super-easy roles, or simply spectate and socialise on the sidelines.

There are no winners at parkrun and nobody comes last – the tail walkers do. Regular participation is rewarded rather than performance, with ‘parkrun milestone shirts’ available to people to recognise their achievements in coming along.

Contributed with thanks to Airlie Beach parkrun.

Last week’s parkrun

Michael, Emil and Scarlett

Tailwalkers Sarah and Ashley

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