Shellharbour parkrun

Join us tomorrow for Shellharbour parkrun #573 at stunning Killalea Regional park where we have a cross country course, hills and ocean views. 🌊

For those wanting something flatter, reminder Reddall Reserve parkrun is turning 1 tomorrow.

To the wonderful volunteers, thank you! Carolyn will see you up and sign you in from 7.30am. 👌
If you are keen to help, come have a chat we always appreciate the support in bringing this event to you each week 🙏

If you are a first timer to parkrun, or visiting us, Debby and Jeff will brief you on course details at 7.45am. 🏃🏻‍♂️‍➡️🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️

Just a reminder no dogs allowed.

Don’t forget your barcode. We start at 8am.
🙌🎉🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️😅

Volly roster is looking very healthy for parkrun #573!! As usual, if you are keen to help out come and see us in the morning. We do have a spot for a 📸. If this sounds like you, please reply on this post.😊

✨️MILESTONES✨️

This past Saturday at Shellharbour parkrun event 572 we celebrated the following milestone...

🖤Katy S - 100 parkruns🖤
Katy has completed Shellharbour parkrun 41 times and has also visited The Ponds (31), Reddall Reserve (18), Rouse Hill (5), Fingal Bay (2), Tamworth, Brooklyn Bridge and Pirrama parkrun

💚Bob F - 300 parkruns💚
Bob was recently featured as completing his 100 volunteers, now he is back in the spotlight with triple the amount of parkruns! Bob has completed almost all of them here at home, 295 Shellharbour's and a visit to Kirra (2), Ginninderra Echuca Moama and St George parkrun. Bringing up his 300th as Tailwalker this past Saturday.

Congrats to all our Milestone achievers. If you or anyone you know is achieving a milestone here at Shellharbour parkrun, grab a snap with our Milestone cut outs and send them in, we'd love to give them a shoutout at our next Milestone Monday.

Thank you to all the parkrunners, including the 146 finishers and 30 volunteers, who joined us for Shellharbour parkrun event #572. Without you, this event would not have been possible.
Three cheers to the 2 parkrunners who joined a new parkrun milestone club this weekend:
⚫ Katy joined the 100 club
🟢 Bob joined the 300 club.
The first time to parkrun is something to celebrate! It's also the first step towards your first official milestone club membership. Welcome to the 8 parkrunners who took this step this weekend: Anna, Chloe, Harrison, James, Josie, Madeline, Terry and Tom.
Welcome to the 13 parkrunners who joined us at Shellharbour parkrun for the first time: Adam, Alexander, Alyssa, Annaliese, Ben, Craig, Daniel, Kate, Kim, Lyndal, Russell, Tym Lawrence and Zoe.
Shellharbour parkrun is not a race, but it's a great way to challenge yourself. Very well done to the 19 parkrunners who improved their personal best this week: Angela (31:18), Audrey (28:13), Graciela (42:59), Hugo (27:46), Jesse (20:22), Jessica (37:02), Joshua (29:08), Kiara (35:29), Leonie (41:44), Matt (27:52), Micheal (38:30), Rebecca (32:46), Ryan (27:14), Sam (32:35), Skye (39:55), Tash (51:36), Tess (28:01), Tristan (29:46) and Zachary (22:10).
We were pleased to see 9 walking and running groups represented at this event: _, Illawarra Kareelah Orienteers, Kembla Joggers AC, Running Mums Australia, Smurf & Smurfette, Team Veteran, The Adventurers, ULTRA Mediocre Runners of Canberra and Woodstock Runners.
You can find the full results for Shellharbour parkrun event #572 at https://www.parkrun.com.au/shellharbour/results/572/ .
The following parkrunners volunteered to host Shellharbour parkrun this weekend. Our deep thanks to: Alisa, Ava, Bob, Carolyn, Craig, Cruz, Dean, Debby, Gordon, Harper, Harriette, Ian, Ian, Jeff, Julie, Kristen, Margaret, Margaret, Marie, Peter, Phill, Rachelle, Rebecca, Rhian, Richard, Simon, Steve and Vera.
A special welcome to the 2 parkrunners who volunteered for the first time: Emma and Oliver.
If you would like to volunteer at Shellharbour parkrun, please check out our future roster page at https://www.parkrun.com.au/shellharbour/futureroster/ . All of our roles are easy to learn, and we will provide training and support. We would love to have you join us.
Please don't forget to bring a scannable copy of your barcode with you to Shellharbour parkrun if you'd like to have your time recorded. These stripy little tickets are your passport to free, fun, and friendly weekly events all over the world and also carry contact details in case of an emergency. parkrun barcode wristbands also have medical information, which you can take with you wherever you exercise.
Since Shellharbour parkrun started 13,448 brilliant parkrunners have had their barcodes scanned, and a grand total of 103,955 finishers have covered a total distance of 519,775 km, while celebrating 13,015 personal bests. We shall always be grateful to each of our 987 wonderful volunteers for their contributions.
We'll be back next week for another free, fun, and friendly weekly 5km community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you.

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There’s lots to look forward to this weekend! An extra cheer for the dads at parkrun out on course ahead of Father’s Day💝, also Pacer week is here! 🙌
(We do have a 25min pacer spot free if someone would like to fill that let me know if that’s you). 😅

Bringing plenty of energy and excitement our pacers will be looking over their shoulder to help keep you on track, encouraging you along the way to reach your goal and perhaps nab a new pb, or simply achieving a 5km finish is something to celebrate! 🎉

Join us tomorrow for Shellharbour parkrun #572 at stunning Killalea Regional park where we have a cross country course, hills and ocean views. 🌊
It’s warming up quickly so come prepared with water to help hydrate and perhaps a towel for an ocean dip.

To the wonderful volunteers, thank you! Richard will set you up for the morning event from 7.30am. 👌
If you are keen to help, come have a chat we always appreciate the support in bringing this event to you each week 🙏

If you are a first timer to parkrun, or visiting us, Debbie and Jeff will brief you on course details at 7.45am. 🏃🏻‍♂️‍➡️🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️

Just a reminder no dogs allowed.

Don’t forget your barcode. We start at 8am.
🙌🎉🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️😅