On Saturday fifty-four people ran, jogged and walked the 5km waterfront course. Seventeen were first timers from locations that included Airlie Beach, Bowen, Cairns, Mackay and Melbourne. Four people recorded new Personal Bests - well done Martin, Nyrie, Gus and Laura.
It was great to have an enthusiastic team of junior (and some not so junior) water gun shooters to keep participants cool.
The event was made possible by 14 wonderful volunteers: Tim Oberg, Kara Olver (Run Director), Chris Hands, Megan Drennan, Sarah Voigt, Nathalie Bloome, Darlene Reid, Susanne Willmott, Valerie Kimpton (Photographer), Ronald McCall, Levon Cookson, Laura Oates, Annette Turner and Brad Turner.
Airlie Beach parkrun started on 5th December 2015. Since then 3,611 participants have completed 19,710 parkruns covering a total distance of 98,550 km, including 2,333 new Personal Bests. A total of 313 individuals have volunteered 2,616 times.
There will be a tropical themed celebration for Airlie Beach parkrun’s 300th event on February 26th. Participants are encouraged to come along tropically themed. All finishers will receive a frozen mocktail and My Rainbow Bakery are providing complimentary tropical juice for the post parkrun celebrations.
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.
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 weekend’s parkrun
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