Parkrunners take no holiday
The holidays came and went but parkrun was permanent. Whether counting down to a milestone, beginning the journey afresh or making space for festive delights, parkrunners kept up their commitment to their favourite Saturday morning activity.
The holidays came and went but parkrun was permanent.
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Whether counting down to a milestone, beginning the journey afresh or making space for festive delights, park runners kept up their commitment to their favourite Saturday morning activity. With runs on Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, there was ample opportunity to keep heart rates up.
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The first of the standard schedule runs was held on January 7 with 207 parkrunners registering times. Nathan Walsh was fastest in a time of 20 minutes 37 seconds, crossing the line first for the sixth time in the last 20 Ruimsig events. Jodene Shawe was the fastest female in time of 23 minutes 36 minutes, doing so for the third time in the last nine Ruimsig parkruns.
On the morning of New Year’s Eve, 68 runners began the last day of 2022 in their running gear while 71 returned to Ruimsig stadium the next day to start the new year on the right foot. Nathan Walsh was again fastest on December 31 in a time of 21 minutes and 31 seconds while Allan Tatham was number one on January 1 in a time of 25 minutes and 25 seconds just eight and half hours into 2023.
Flying the female flags, the barcodes registered Hayley Jose and Phyllis de Fouw fastest with times of 24 minutes and 07 seconds and 25 minutes and 22 seconds of December 31 and January 1, respectively. Parkrun would not be the phenomenon it is without the volunteers, with the tipping of peak-caps going to January 7 Race Director Tim Barker who was assisted by 10 other invaluable part-time officials.
