Portland parkrun

29/08/2026

🏃‍♀️ Portland parkrun – Event #485 🏃‍♂️
📅 29th August 2026

What a morning at Portland parkrun! 🎉

This week, 68 people ran, jogged and walked their way around the course, including 5 first timers and an amazing 10 people who recorded new Personal Bests! 🎉👏

It must have been a morning for PBs, because there were plenty of fantastic times to celebrate! Check these out:

🏅 Personal Bests (PBs):

⏱️ 36:55 – Claire Alexander
⏱️ 27:47 – Declan Jenkin
⏱️ 22:56 – Diane Enriquez
⏱️ 18:21 – Lachlan Heafield
⏱️ 22:31 – Maximus Carr
⏱️ 28:31 – Naueme Zaragosa
⏱️ 39:41 – Nickolas Debono
⏱️ 23:05 – Sarah Annett
⏱️ 23:05 – Tracy Jensen
⏱️ 33:24 – Trina Luy

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who smashed a PB! 🥳👏 Whether it was by a second or a minute, every PB is something to be proud of!

And, of course, parkrun wouldn't happen without our fantastic volunteers. ❤️

🙌 A big thank you to our 8 volunteers:

Brian GLOVER • Christopher KING • Kay ANTONY • Jan LINEKER • David HALICZER • Keith MURRAY • Sonya MURRAY • Leon DANDO

Your help, smiles and encouragement make Portland parkrun possible every Saturday. Thank you! 👏

Well done to everyone who took part this morning — whether you ran, jogged, walked, volunteered or cheered from the sidelines. You all helped make it another great morning at Portland parkrun! ❤️

See you next Saturday! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️☀️
Kay Antony
Event Director.

29/08/2026

22/08/2026

🌿 Portland parkrun – Event #484 | 22 August 2026 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

What a great morning at Portland parkrun! 🎉

This week, 52 people ran, jogged and walked their way around the course, including 6 first timers — welcome to the parkrun family! 👋

A fantastic 7 participants recorded new Personal Bests — congratulations to everyone who achieved a PB! 🏅👏

And, of course, none of this would be possible without our wonderful volunteers. 💙 A huge thank you to this week's 9 volunteers:

👏 Brian GLOVER
👏 Christopher KING
👏 Kay ANTONY
👏 Jan LINEKER
👏 David HALICZER
👏 Vicki BROWN
👏 Tressilla MACLEOD
👏 Keith MURRAY
👏 Leon DANDO

Your time, energy and encouragement make Portland parkrun happen every week. Thank you! 🙌

Same time, same place next week — we hope to see you there! 🏃‍♀️🌊🏃‍♂️

21/08/2026

🌅 parkrun is all set to GO in the morning! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Come on down and start your Saturday with us! Whether you’re keen for a run, happy to volunteer, or just feel like having a chat and catching up with the parkrun crew — there’s a place for you. ❤️

Bring a friend, bring the family, bring your running shoes… or just bring yourself! 😄

See you at the lagoon in the morning! 🌳☕️

15/08/2026

Portland parkrun #483 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

A cool but dry morning greeted the 60 participants who committed to today’s event! 🌤️

A very warm welcome to our very first timers to parkrun — Jacinta Kuklych, Gina Shemeld, Jade Enriques, Lincoln Smith, Alex Smith, Claire Alexander and Karen Smith. 👋💚 We hope today is the beginning of many happy parkrun adventures!

We also welcomed some parkrun tourists — Jackson Vella, Nicole Spence, Susan Carlon, Michael Carlon and Barry Jeffs. We hope you loved our parkrun as much as we do. We’re so happy you joined us! 🥰

🔔 PB BELL TIME! 🔔

Six participants smashed out personal bests, which is an awesome effort! Huge congratulations to:

🏅 Gwen Homer — 22:09
🏅 Tracy Jensen — 23:09
🏅 Ben Diez — 29:32
🏅 Achet Sivabalen — 29:36
🏅 Steve Homer — 30:16
🏅 Trina Luy — 33:26

Our future volunteer roster still has a few blank spaces, and we’d love for you to join us! Volunteering is easy, fun and a great way to be part of the parkrun community. No experience needed — we’ll show you the ropes! 🙌

You can put your hand up via the Portland parkrun page, email or the parkrun app.

A huge thank you to today’s 10 amazing volunteers who brought Portland parkrun to you:

👏 Chris King
👏 Tim McGennisken
👏 Kay Antony
👏 Tressilla MacLeod
👏 Norm Burville
👏 David Haliczer
👏 Vicki Brown
👏 Ben Antony
👏 Brian Glover
👏 Kristy Hutchins

Thanks for coming to portlandparkrun! 💚

See you all next parkrun day! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️☕

Kristy
RD

11/08/2026

08/08/2026

🔥🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ PORTLAND PARKRUN – EVENT #482! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🔥
📅 8th August 2026

What a morning at Portland parkrun! 🎉☀️

A fantastic 42 people ran, jogged and walked their way around the course today, including 4 first timers — welcome to the parkrun family! 👋💙

But that’s not all… we were absolutely ON FIRE with 9 PBs! 🔥🔥🔥

👏🎉 A HUGE congratulations to our PB stars:

🏅 Cameron Gleeson – 23:16
🏅 Charlee Hewlett – 38:35
🏅 Diane Enriquez – 23:17
🏅 Keith Murray – 24:07
🏅 Mia Cobby – 26:57
🏅 Noah Emonson – 21:34
🏅 Sheryl Carr – 47:12
🏅 Timothy Mcgennisken – 22:53
🏅 Tracy Jensen – 23:20

💥 NINE personal bests! That deserves a massive round of applause! 👏👏👏

And of course, parkrun wouldn't happen without our incredible volunteers. 💙

🙌 A huge THANK YOU to our 8 volunteers:
⭐ Brian Glover
⭐ Christopher King
⭐ Kay Antony
⭐ Lisa Johnson
⭐ Tracy Jensen
⭐ Hugh Middleton
⭐ David Halcizer
⭐ Michaela Bruce

Whether you ran, jogged, walked, volunteered, cheered from the sidelines or simply came along for the atmosphere — YOU helped make Event #482 a ripper! 💙

🎉 Congratulations everyone, and we’ll see you next Saturday for another parkrun! Kay Antony, Event Director.