Albert Melbourne parkrun

We had 662 finishers and 44 volunteers at our today. This included 32 people doing their first parkrun and 99 people visiting us for the first time. For those who arrived early, the sunrise was spectacular. What was your highlight? Let us know in the comments.

Results are online and in your inboxes, link below.

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀

https://www.parkrun.com.au/albertmelbourne/results/693/

𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴

We still have a lot roles to fill for next week. It really does help immensely if people can sign up to volunteer at parkrun. The next most helpful thing is to volunteer early in the week. The roles we still need to fill include:

🦺🚲👷 Event course checker and half way marshal (combined role)
🔀👷‍♀️ Funnel marshals x 11
📸👷🏻‍♀️ Photographer

If you’re able to help next week, please reach out. You can reply to this post, message us or email [email protected] to be added to the roster.

Are you ready for tomorrow? We are, it's looking fine and dry for the morning. Please join us!

If you're a visitor or celebrating a milestone, let us know in the comments.

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀:
🎒 Bags: Leave non-valuables at the finish at Coot Picnic Area
🚻 Toilets: Coot Picnic Area
📍Start: Palms Lawn
⏰ 7:50am: First-timers welcome
⏰ 7:55am: Main Briefing
⏰ 8:00am: Start time
🎟️ Scan and return your finish token after parkrun
🦺 Consider volunteering at a future event, ask us for details
☕️ Join us at a local cafe after parkrun for coffee or breakfast, ask our volunteers for directions.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗿𝘂𝗻:
💻 if it’s your first time, sign-up online at parkrun.com.au. You only register once, it’s free for life!
Bring a printed copy of your barcode 🖨 or save the image on your phone or watch📱⌚️

Our weekly report is now online, link below.

𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀

In event no. 692, there were 782 finishers and 41 marvelous volunteers. Well done to everyone. There were 188 first timers comprising 139 first-time visitors from other parkruns and 49 finishers completing their first-ever parkrun. 105 people recorded personal bests. Representatives of 63 different clubs took part.

Congratulations to Paul SHEAHAN on completing 250 parkruns. Paul commenced parkrunning at Albert Melbourne in 2018 and has completed more than 200 parkruns at this venue. Paul has made many friends through parkrun and volunteers once on average for every 6 finishes. Paul played 31 test cricket matches for Australia with a highest score of 127. We are excited that he has now almost doubled that total at parkrun. Well done on your parkrun achievement Paul and your contribution to our parkrun community.

Congratulations to Thea on volunteering for the 10th time - a marvelous contribution by a junior parkrunner.

A huge thank you to 5 marvelous first-time volunteers at Albert Melbourne including 4 volunteering for the first time anywhere and 1 visitor from another parkrun. We value your participation. You all made an essential contribution to the smooth running of this event and we invite you to volunteer again at future events.

Congratulations to Paris PO***CK, Lina MESA and Lisa LANPHIER on completing 100 parkruns.

Paul MCGUNNIGLE, Marcelo DALTO HILARIO, Nicholas TAMBUNAN and Sue BRENNAN achieved the 50 parkrun milestone.

Brett HILL, Tom MEADOWS, Finlay ANDERSON and Fergus achieved the 25 parkrun milestone.

Lucy, Willow and Marc completed 10 parkruns - a terrific achievement for a junior parkrunner.

𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: https://www.parkrun.com.au/albertmelbourne/news/2026/06/09/weekly-report-692-06-06-2026/

Leading melanoma pathologist and 2024 Australian of the Year, Professor Richard Scolyer has died aged 59 after a remarkable three-year fight against the 'worst of the worst brain cancers'

Richard was also a huge advocate for parkrun, acknowledging the benefits of activity for everyone. Last year he did reach his goal of participating in 250 parkruns. Included in that were two visits to our parkrun in 2024.

We send our condolences to all Richard’s friends and family.

You can see an Australian Story episode about Richard at this link:

https://fb.watch/HBPaVg6g-w/?

We had 782 finishers and 41 volunteers on a perfect morning today. This included 49 people doing their first parkrun and 139 people visiting us for the first time. What was your highlight? Let us know in the comments.

Results are online and in your inboxes, link below.

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀

https://www.parkrun.com.au/albertmelbourne/results/692/

𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴

We still have a few roles to fill for next week including:

🦺 Marshals
📷 Photographer

If you’re really lucky, a fellow volunteer might bake cookies!

If you’re able to help next week, please reach out. You can reply to this post, message us or email [email protected] to be added to the roster.

Our week of sun and rain made planning for challenging. Today's glorious sunshine and a fine forecast tomorrow has seen more volunteers come forward. However, we still need:

🚩👷 Funnel Manager 3 (the easiest one, at the token end)
🎟️👷‍♀️ Number Checker (you just need to count by 50s)
🔀👷‍♀️ Funnel marshals (wave and tell people to stay in order)

If you can help, please comment, message or email us ([email protected]).

For participants, please join us in the morning for a run or walk around the lake.

If you're a visitor or celebrating a milestone, let us know in the comments.

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀:
🎒 Bags: Leave non-valuables at the finish at Coot Picnic Area
🚻 Toilets: Coot Picnic Area
📍Start: Palms Lawn
⏰ 7:50am: First-timers welcome
⏰ 7:55am: Main Briefing
⏰ 8:00am: Start time
🎟️ Scan and return your finish token after parkrun
🦺 Consider volunteering at a future event, ask us for details
☕️ Join us at a local cafe after parkrun for coffee or breakfast, ask our volunteers for directions.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗿𝘂𝗻:
💻 if it’s your first time, sign-up online at parkrun.com.au. You only register once, it’s free for life!
Bring a printed copy of your barcode 🖨 or save the image on your phone or watch📱⌚️

Can you volunteer at parkrun? We're currently a long way short of filling our core roles. For next Saturday we still need:

🚘👷Car park marshal
🚩👷 Funnel Manager
🔀👷‍♀️ Funnel marshals x 9
🎟️👷‍♀️ Number Checker

All the roles are easy and fun and the weather forecast for Saturday is looking good. We know it's a long weekend so some people will be going away, but that also means some more visitors. If you can help, please comment, message or email us ([email protected]).

Our weekly report is now online, link below.

𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀

In event no. 691, there were 823 finishers and 46 marvelous volunteers. Well done to everyone. There were 189 first timers comprising 127 first-time visitors from other parkruns and 62 finishers completing their first-ever parkrun. 113 people recorded personal bests. Representatives of 50 different clubs took part.

Wowee!! One thousand parkruns!! Well done to our volunteer tailwalker this week Sue LYNESS who chalked up the 1000th parkrun for the Lyness family - long-term participants at Albert Melbourne. Sue's daughter Rosie and husband Richard ran the 998th and 999th Lyness family parkruns respectively half an hour earlier at Karkarook parkrun.

Congratulations to Ann ESLER, a visitor from Puarenga parkrun in New Zealand who recorded her 50th parkrun finish after already volunteering more than 50 times. The 'double 50' is a magnificent personal achievement and contribution to parkrun.

A huge thank you to 7 marvelous first-time volunteers at Albert Melbourne including 6 volunteering for the first time anywhere and 1 visitor from another parkrun. We value your participation. You all made an essential contribution to the smooth running of this event and we invite you to volunteer again at future events.

Congratulations to Ben MUTSAERS and Sarah HUNT on completing 100 parkruns.

Moses MKUSA, Anh P BUI, Sanket GURIKAR and Ann ESLER achieved the 50 parkrun milestone.

Pam DENTON, Matt COLLINSON, Lei BIAN, David LUK, Jianjun ZHANG, Francis BRADY and Rachael GEARING achieved the 25 parkrun milestone.

Bradley, Mitchell and Ethan completed 10 parkruns - a terrific achievement for a junior parkrunner.

Link to news: https://www.parkrun.com.au/albertmelbourne/news/2026/06/02/weekly-report-691-30-05-2026/

𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴

For next Saturday we still need:

🚘👷Car park marshal
🚩👷 Funnel Manager x 2
🔀👷‍♀️ Funnel marshals x 12
🎟️👷‍♀️ Number Checker
🎫👷🏽‍♂️ Finish Tokens

If you can help, please comment, message or email us ([email protected]).

A huge thanks to Graham Hunter for again volunteering to take photos at parkrun this week. The photos are awesome. Check out the full album.