The Avenues parkrun

07/09/2026

A smallish turnout on Saturday for event number 27.
And what started out to be a glorious morning 🫣 until the heavens opened and we went running for the umbrellas! ☔
Perfect spring weather right? 🙃

This week 26 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 2 were first timers to put beautiful course.

Huge congratulations to Brad Middleton and Colette Pillar for smashing their Avenues PB's

And a super shout to one of our core volunteers Brett Merchant aka The Stooge for celebrating his 50th parkrun volunteer! ❤️

The event was made possible by 9 volunteers:

Brett MERCHANT • Heidi BETTONEY • David MURRAY • Lucy GLEDHILL • Steven TILEY • Jim COOPER • Richard COWPE • Melissa VERNER • Rachel COOPER

Saturdays full results and a complete event history can be found on the The Avenues parkrun Results Page.

02/09/2026

01/09/2026

Please excuse our technical difficulties for Saturdays run report...
Better late than never we say!

Just how beautiful was our course on the weekend? An eeerie silence hung in the thick fog for The Avenues parkrun, Event number 271... But the silence was stunning? And the fog mystical and magical!

And out of the fog came 55 wonderful people who ran, jogged and walked the course. We had 10 first timers to to The Avenues with vistors all the way from Switzerland!

Congratulations to Robbie Bache for celebrating 50 parkruns! ❤️🙌 and
Kelvin McCarthy for celebrating 200 parkruns 🙌

And a big shout out to these 9 superstars for smashing their Avenues PB's!

💪 Boris Woods
💪 Steve Burdett
💪 Jack Culshaw
💪 Amanda Brook
💪 Sam Lee
💪 Holly McCarthy
💪 Minky Cockshell
💪 Daniel McCarthy
💪 Hannah McCarthy

The event was made possible by 11 superstar volunteers:

Lisa DAVIS • Heidi BETTONEY • Sandy MCINERNEY • David MURRAY • Lucy GLEDHILL • Steven TILEY • Jim COOPER • Brandon COOPER • Anne COOPER • Rachel COOPER • Boris WOODS

And a special shout out to Forestry SA for reuniting us with our photo frame, which had a little sleepover in the forest during the week! 🙌🥰

***more photos to be uploaded***

The Avenues parkrun started on 29th May 2021. Since then 3,049 participants have completed 9,888 parkruns covering a total distance of 49,440 km, including 1,385 new Personal Bests. A total of 384 individuals have volunteered 2,170 times.

26/08/2026

Happy Hump day parkrun family...
Our roster is looking a little bare this week... We have some of our lovely core volunteers abroad for the next few weeks so we are looking for some wonderful high vis hero's to join us this Saturday 🙌
Please sing out if you can fill in these vital roles ⭐

***edit - just a barcode scanner and finish tokens required***

22/08/2026

Whenever I mention that I am attending The Avenues parkrun, the usual response I get is, it’s so far away, but is it? 52kms from Adelaide railway station, and to us Aussies, c’mon, what is 50kms?

In 1898, Kuitpo was the first of many plantations set in the Mt Lofty Ranges. It was created so that Adelaide would have a sustainable timber supply, or so says Wikipedia !!!

As a venue, Kuitpo has much to offer the tourist (other than parkrun, but hey, what other reason is there to visit !!!), you can walk the Heysen Trail, visit hill climb, or as I just wrote, come to The Avenues parkrun

On the 29th of May, in 2021, the very first one lapper in South Australia was born. A trail run, no fumes, no noise, just 55 runners, koalas, kangaroos and an elusive echidna !!! And from the start, this made it a special parkrun


The parkrun, as a venue, never grew big, maybe it was the thought of it being so far away, but that never stopped the legions of tourists or the dedicated team of core volunteers, because hey, as a runner, it is part of the Radelaide set, and once run once, there is a fairly high turnover of returnees


After a couple of weeks of rain, event number 270 was run, walked and jogged by 36 people and yes it was muddy, slippery, slidy but SPECTACULAR! Even better, the roos were out with their joey's in tow!


Today was an extra special day, now we all know what happens in the 22nd don't we? TUTUS! And ok, a few people forgot 🤦🏻‍♀️ but we had some pretty snazzy tutu toting tail walkers today. Say that fast!

Speaking of fast! Today's PB's!
🔥 Stephen Shears
🔥 Brad Middleton
🔥 Peter Cook (never a doubt!)
🔥 Scott Wellington
🔥 Kathy Frith


And finally, parkrun can only exist with the volunteers, and this week, we must thank the following legends, Lucy GLEDHILL, David MURRAY, Heidi BETTONEY, Liz PROWSE, Alex KIRKHAM, Jane MATERNE, Steven TILEY, Sue DAVITT, thanks guys

Thanks,

David Murray

14/08/2026

We know its is winter still and can get cold and wet (not as much as this pic though). Just need a timekeeper, and two early finishers to barcode scan and hand out tokens.
A lot of parkruns around the state struggle with vollies, please consider supporting parkrun as a volunteer. It's one of the best health initiatives around.

13/08/2026

Big call out for some fabulous vollies!
With a few of our core crew away, we need a few extra hands for this Saturday.
Core roles needed...

⏰ Timekeeper
🤳 Barcode Scanner
💁🏼 Finish tokens

Sing out if you can help! 🙌

08/08/2026

A smaller crowd this morning at The Avenues parkrun for Event number 268 💛
Whilst the weather was wet, gloomy and moody before and after, we actually had a rather lovely morning between 8 and 9!!!
Thank you Mother Nature 🙌 you had us worried there for a little while!

This week 21 people ran, jogged and walked the course and we had 6 first timers to our beautiful course!

The event was made possible by 6 volunteers:

Brett MERCHANT • Heidi BETTONEY • Steven TILEY • Sue DAVITT • Debra JEFFREY • Richard COWPE

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the The Avenues parkrun Results Page.

Also... If anyone has forgotten their navy blue umbrella, it's safe and sound in ED Steve's car ☔

07/08/2026

It's parkrun eve which means only one sleep until parkrunday! 🤩
But we need some T's 🤦🏻‍♀️

A timekeeper and a tailwalker ⏰ 🚶🏻‍♀️

Both of these roles are crucial to us having a wonderful and safe time tomorrow morning.
Please let us know if you can help 💛