09/26/2026
Ed Austin Regional parkrun - Event number 215 - 26th September 2026:
It was our 4th Anniversary Celebration today, and before you say anything... yes, yes... we ARE a week late. For reasons. But belated birthdays are a thing, plus we really wanted some COOLER weather for it all... so... yeah. This week! 🤷♂️
Plenty of other races around town again, but we still had 74 people who ran, jogged and walked the course. 5 of them were first timers (WELCOME, please join us again!). Our friend David DUGGAN joined us from the UK again, now for the already 5th time. Always great to have him, plus he brought along a big tray of FRUITY BITS for everyone, which made for quite the celebratory smorgasboard with the DONUT HOLES from Rebecca GRIBBEN, and the ever present FROZEN popsicles STILL provided by Kim BARROWS, despite the clearly cooler temperatures! Kim also again provided very cute PHOTO SWAG for our 4th! Thank you so much for always making us look good!
We also had return tourists from Australia, who didn't say a word when we asked for tourists... probably because they have been here several times. but great to have them back with us again, too!
Not a barkrunner in sight, but Amanda GEIKE successfully wielded a stroller this week, and we had a couple of juniors with us as well. No milestones... we could have had a few, but the runners in question didn't show. Maybe next week?
Seth MATHIS made the most of his brand new PUMA FAST-R NITRO™ Elite 3 and took the first finish with a time of 20:04, just 8 seconds off his personal best... wheeee! This was the third time he did so at Ed Austin Regional parkrun. Speaking of repeat first finishers, the Ladies' side was once again headed up by Mayumi PIERCE, who today clocked a 27:11 to clinch the top spot for the TENTH time, which now makes her the second-firstfinishingest Lady of our parkrun behind the immortal Gigi ESCOBAR, who holds the record with 20! Great job, you two - as well as the whopping SIXTEEN parkrunners who took maximum advantage of the cooler conditions and achieved new personal best times today: Rigo GALINDO, Bobby PICKLE, Bobby PARKER, Denise ANDER, Rejane CORTES, Michael CURRY, Keara MIER, Daniela URIOSTEGUI, Lyn HALLER, Ronald F ROSALES, Riley HART, Emily SHAPIRO, Jackie HART, Megan OLAH, Liam CURRY, and Austin RUSSELL (no relation to RUSSEL). Congratulations to everyone!
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Ed Austin Regional parkrun Results Page: https://www.parkrun.us/edaustinregional/results/215
The event was made possible by 15 CHOMPING AT THE FRUITY BITS volunteers:
Rebecca GRIBBEN • David DUGGAN • Lo**ta HAIGHT • Maximilian SUCHY • Ronda THOMPSON • Jessica CATON • Kim BARROWS • Karin EBUEN • Michael HAIGHT • Melissa CHACINSKI • Elizabeth GRIFFIS • William GILLESPIE • Luis ARETA • Katelynn ARBOUR • Ronald F ROSALES
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEAR VOLUNTEERS! ❤️❤️
No changes in the course records this week:
The male record is held by Bradley MANKUS who recorded a time of 15:59 on 21st December 2024 (event number 121)
The female record is held by Avery HARTLEY who recorded a time of 17:56 on 16th March 2024 (event number 81).
The Age Grade course record is held by Avery HARTLEY who recorded 89.03% (17:56) on 16th March 2024 (event number 81).
Ed Austin Regional parkrun started on 17th September 2022. Since then 1,945 participants have completed 10,489 parkruns covering a total distance of 52,445 km, including 1,654 new Personal Bests. A total of 203 individuals have volunteered 2,848 times.
