This is a video you truly must watch, a real parkrun story you need to know. 💜 Brett Orpwood is a parkrunner from Mullum Mullum parkrun. His life was saved on Saturday 23 December 2017 at parkrun after he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. Well done to the wonderful parkrunners at Mullum Mullum for stepping in immediately to support Brett and his family, and save his life. 🙏🏼 Well done to parkrun Australia for being dedicated to ensuring every parkrun event in Australia has access to a defibrillator. 🧡 Hamilton parkrun has a defibrillator thanks to a grant from Dan Tehan MP and the Dept of Infrastructure and Regional Development. 💛 Brett has set up a crowdfunding page to help raise money to purchase a defibrillator for all parkrun events that are still yet to have access to one. 💗 Please consider donating and making parkrun the safest environment to enjoy your free 5km each week. 💚 https://www.gofundme.com/defibrillators-for-parkrun

There once was a parkrun volunteer. He wanted to wear fluoro gear. He put his name down. He then lost his frown. And was smiling from ear to ear. :) Let us know if you'd like to help out!

Wow!! Was not the temperature we were expecting. With 53 people turning up this morning made for a pleasant run/walk. Cheers to Garry Aydon, Narelle Frichot, Jodie Thompson, Bella Smith, Bruce Stephens and Jess Hayes for volunteering this morning. We even had a visitor all the way from Ireland.

☀️☀️ Important info ☀️☀️ The temperature at 8am tomorrow is likely to be 20 degrees. parkrun will go ahead as usual, but please be prepared for the conditions. Please arrive at 7.50am for the essential safety briefing and we will start the run/walk at 8am sharp. We will have a volunteer water sniper out on course to hose you down and keep you cool 😉 (Thank you Simon Van Kalken 🙏🏼😊) Here are some tips for walking/running during the warm morning: - Drink water before and during your walk/run (there is a water fountain at the start/finish line for refills-see photo; and there is a tap at the rowing sheds near the bbq shelter). - Wear light clothing, a hat, suncreen, and sunglasses. - Seek shade as soon as you can following your walk/run. There is shelter at the start line ☺️ - parkrun is a run not a race, so reduce your pace in the heat. We don’t expect any PBs in the heat 🤔 - if you see someone struggling in the heat, please stop and offer help and locate/call a volunteer for assistance 🙏🏼 - Have fun!

Grab a cuppa and put your feet up... it’s time to catch up on the latest parkrun e-news 👇🏼

Our friends at Port Fairy parkrun are having a party this Saturday 27 Jan to Celebrate their FIRST BIRTHDAY! 🎉🎂 Yippee! Head south to the coast and visit our neighbours to help them celebrate... we hear there may be some cake too 🎂😉 #lovethyneighbour #happybirthdayportfairyparkrun #loveparkrun

🌟 Are you interested in... ✅ Having fun? ✅ Meeting new people? ✅ Making new friends? ✅ Looking hot in fluro? 🤔😉 😍 Volunteer with us at Hamilton parkrun! All roles are easy to learn on the morning and the Run Director will provide you with training and support. This Saturday we need a barcode scanner, marshal and photographer. And with the weather looking to be hot again, it would be great to have an extra marshal out there with a water gun keeping everyone cool 😎 👍🏼 If you can help out, comment here or send us an email to hamiltonhelpers@parkrun.com

🙏🏼 Shoutout to our awesome #pacers from Saturday’s event, 30 min pacer Carol Pryle and 40 min pacer Narelle Frichot. You both did a fantastic job 👏🏻👏🏻 and well done to everyone that achieved a new PB as a result of #chasingthepacers 👍🏼🙊 #notstalkingatall 😉 . . We’ve had so much positive feedback and more requests for Pacers 👍🏼 and we are locked in to do it all again in February 🙌woohoo! . . Saturday 3 Feb is your day and so far we have the following 3 volunteer Pacers and times for you to chase.... . . 40 mins - Narelle Frichot 35 mins - Rebecca Hill Time TBD between 25-28 mins - Bryan Barrera (pushing a pram) . . Are you after a different time? Or would you like to be a volunteer pacer? Get in touch with us via this post or email hamiltonhelpers@parkrun.com . . . #PBtime #getexcited #loveparkrun #volunteerpacersrock #loveourvolunteers @ Hamilton parkrun

Saturday 20th January 2018

👣 Have you been following the #parkruncraze? 👣 Do you love #parkrunstats? Check this out 👇🏼 Massive WELL DONE to the team at North Beach parkrun in parkrun South Africa for managing their event yesterday with such a huge turnout of #parkrunners 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Wendy and Samuel were having a lovely chat during results processing at The Roxburgh this morning! Thank you to the 42 runners that joined us this morning. Congratulations to the 9 people that achieved PBs and welcome to the 2 first timers. It was fantastic having Narelle and Carol as pacers giving people who were aiming for 30/40mins someone to chase. As always, thank you to our fabulous volunteers... Carol PRYLE • Caroline MACDONALD • Carolyn VANKALKEN • Cindy RIDDLE • Fiona ROBERTSON • Gail MCGREGOR • Joshua FRICHOT • Narelle FRICHOT • Renee ACKERLEY Here are your results... http://www.parkrun.com.au/hamilton/results/latestresults/