Frog Hollow parkrun

📰🐸 THE FROG HOLLOW GAZETTE 🐸📰
📅 Saturday, 5th September 2026

With spring officially underway 🌸🌞, there was plenty of action on the course, although someone clearly forgot to tell the weather department that it was supposed to be getting warmer! 😂🥶

A whopping 78 runners, joggers and walkers rolled into Frog Hollow for Event #572! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🐸

👋 17 first timers joined the fun — welcome aboard, legends! 👏

⚡ 5 PBs were smashed! 🏆💨
Clearly, someone had put a couple of extra Weet-Bix in the bowl! 😂🥣

👕 10 clubs were represented, bringing enough lycra to make the 1980s fashion police nervous! 😂🕺

🦸‍♀️ OUR SATURDAY CHAMPIONS 🦸‍♂️
A massive Aussie THANK YOU to our 9 volunteers:

👏 Gay BOURKE
👏 Alan BENNIE
👏 Peter DOUGLAS
👏 Alister VAGANIANCE
👏 Helen ANDERSON
👏 Leigh CURRAN
👏 Lucinda JONES
👏 Margaret HAY
👏 Glenn MOLONEY

Absolute legends! Without volunteers, we'd just have 78 people standing around asking, “So… who’s got the stopwatch?” ⏱️😂

Since starting in 2014:
🏃 8,092 participants
🏅 52,241 parkruns
🌏 261,205 km covered
⚡ 6,946 PBs
🙌 754 volunteers
👏 5,382 volunteer occasions

That's a LOT of kilometres! 😲
In fact, that's enough distance to make even the old Holden Commodore ask for a service! 🚗😂

🐸 Well done everyone — see you next week! 🐸👏❤️

Event 572

05/09/2026 Milestones we are aware of

Firstly, there is one official milestone that was missed from last Saturday:

• Congratulations to Lachlan Mott for completing his 25th parkrun*

Congratulations to the following parkrunners who will be achieving official or unofficial milestones this weekend:

• Kelvin Li – j10 for completing ten parkruns as a junior, under the age of eighteen (Kelvin’s milestone report was posted for 29/08/2026)
• Callum Titheridge – unofficial milestone of 100 parkruns at Frog Hollow in the JM11-14 age group

*I only write 25 parkruns milestone reports for juniors, under the age of eighteen, as encouragement. (RR)

Lachlan Mott - 25 parkruns (completed on 29/08/2026)

• Lachlan’s parkrun journey began at Frog Hollow on 18/01/2025.
• His 25th parkrun was also his 25th at Frog Hollow.
• He has achieved a total of eight PBs.
• His best time is 24:43, run at Frog Hollow on 20/06/2026.
• His average time over 25 parkruns is 27:59.
• He has a best age grade percentage of 58.66%, earned on the day of his PB.
• Lachlan currently runs in the JM11-14 age category, in which he has completed all his parkruns to date.
• The most parkruns he has completed in a calendar year is 23, this year.
• Both of his official milestones to date have been achieved at Frog Hollow. He reached his j10 milestone, for completing ten parkruns as a junior, under the age of eighteen, on 07/03/2026, and his 25 parkruns milestone on 29/08/2026.
• We look forward to seeing him achieve many more milestones in the future!

Callum Titheridge – unofficial milestone of 100 parkruns at Frog Hollow in the JM11-14 age group

• Callum’s parkrun journey began at Frog Hollow on 04/02/2017, as a five -year-old.
• He has completed a total of 156 parkruns, 121 of them at Frog Hollow.
• This weekend he will complete his 100th parkrun at Frog Hollow in the JM11-14 age group. He will be the second male to reach this milestone in his age group.
• In the history of Frog Hollow parkrun, 100 parkruns in a single age group at our event has only been achieved a total of 68 times. Callum will be the 48th individual parkrunner to achieve 100 parkruns at Frog Hollow in a single age group, out of a total of 8,075 parkrunners who have completed at least one parkrun at Frog Hollow.
• He has achieved a total of 24 PBs.
• His best time is 22:52, run at Frog Hollow on 01/03/2025.
• His best finish position is tenth, achieved at Frog Hollow on 10/12/2023.
• His average time over 156 parkruns is 31:40.
• He has a best age grade percentage of 63.41%, earned on the day of his PB.
• He has run at a total of twelve parkrun locations, all in Victoria. Apart from his parkruns at Frog Hollow, he has completed sixteen at Jells, five at Lewis Park Reserve, three at Marriott Waters, and two each at Birdsland Reserve, Chelsea Bicentennial and Dandenong. He has completed one parkrun each at another five events.
• Callum’s fastest parkrun was completed in his current age group.
• The most parkruns he has completed in a calendar year is 39, in 2025, earning him a Bronze Obsessive Award in Running Challenges. He also earned Bronze for completing 32 parkruns in 2024. This weekend he will earn another Bronze Obsessive Award, when he completes his 30th parkrun for 2026.
• He has earned two volunteer credits, both at Frog Hollow. He has volunteered across two distinct roles. He has done the roles of barcode scanner and tail walker once each.
• Callum reached his j10 milestone at Frog Hollow on 16/02/2019, his 25 parkruns milestone at Phillip Island on 25/01/2020, his 50 parkruns milestone at Frog Hollow on 23/09/2023, and his 100 parkruns milestone at Frog Hollow on 22/03/2025.
• We look forward to seeing him achieve many more milestones in the future.

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Volunteers Needed for the 5th September.

1 × Timekeeper
1 × Barcode Scanner
A Photographer

If you can help out, send us a message, e-mail
or leave a comment below.

Volunteers Needed for the 5th September.

1 × Timekeeper
1 × Barcode Scanner
A Tail Walker - FILLED
A Photographer

If you can help out sent as a message, A e-mail
or leave a comment below.

📰 Frog Hollow parkrun Weekly Wrap – Event #571 🐸🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Saturday, 29th August 2026

This week, 151 legends ran, jogged, walked and generally made their way around the Frog Hollow course. Whether you were chasing a Personal Best, catching up with mates, or simply trying to convince yourself that getting out of bed was a good idea, we’re glad you joined us! 😂👏

A huge welcome goes out to our 24 first timers! 👋 We hope you enjoyed your first taste of Frog Hollow and that you’ve already started planning your return visit.

And how about those speedy people! 💨 20 participants recorded new Personal Bests this week. Clearly, there was something in the Frog Hollow water… although we probably don’t recommend drinking it! 🤣🐸

We also welcomed representatives from 12 different clubs, proving once again that Frog Hollow is the place to be on a Saturday morning!

Of course, parkrun doesn't happen by magic. Well, unless you count the magical powers of our amazing volunteers! ✨

This week's event was made possible by these 11 absolute CHAMPIONS:

👏 Darren BEDFORD
👏 Noel BURKE
👏 Jeffrey MCLEAN
👏 Ross TENNANT
👏 Amy BLACKWOOD
👏 Glenn MOLONEY
👏 Gary HOLLAND
👏 Gay BOURKE
👏 Kelly STRAY
👏 Amanda HOLMES
👏 Odette CAINS

Give them all a massive round of applause! 👏👏👏 Without volunteers, there would be no timers, no scanners, no results… and probably just 151 people wandering around wondering when they’re allowed to go home! 😂

Frog Hollow parkrun first kicked off on 14th June 2014, and since then, things have certainly added up!

🐸 8,075 participants
🏃 52,163 parkruns completed
📏 260,815 kilometres covered
⚡ 6,941 new Personal Bests
🦸 754 volunteers
🙌 5,371 volunteer occasions

That’s a lot of kilometres, a lot of Saturday mornings, and an absolutely ridiculous number of alarms going off before sunrise! ⏰🤣

Whether you're running, jogging, walking, volunteering, cheering, chatting or simply turning up for the post-parkrun catch-up, Frog Hollow is what it is because of its amazing community. 💚🐸

Thanks to everyone who joined us for Event #571, and we’ll see you all next Saturday for another dose of fresh air, friendly faces and questionable decisions about how fast to start the first kilometre! 😂🏃‍♂️💨
Same place. Same time. Same brilliant Frog Hollow community! 🐸💚

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