22/08/2026
With thanks to Marcela for today’s run report
Sunny Hill #306
Saturday 22nd August
What a glorious, Saturday at Sunny Hill! Summer has well and truly settled over our lovely park, bringing with it that fabulous, warm energy where everyone comes together, chats away, and generally soaks up the good vibes.
It was a cosy, intimate gathering of 57 parkrunners, joggers, and walkers tackling our famous hills today.
A massive congratulations to Tom (Thomas Hamper), who led the field home as our first male finisher in a sharp time of 20:41 and bagged a brilliant new Personal Best to boot as he recalled he was doing bar code scanning too! Great job. I was the first female finisher by chance as our best runners were all away, so not much of a merit in there.
A extra warm welcome to Evie-Mai, Alex, and Arthur, who completed their very first parkrun ever with us today—welcome to the parkrun family!
A huge, noisy Sunny Hill round of applause goes to Cynthia, who celebrated her fabulous 100th parkrun today! Joining the 100 Club is a brilliant achievement, Cynthia—wear that t-shirt with pride!
Now, on a slightly embarrassing personal note... in all the morning excitement, I somehow completely forgot to announce that today was actually my 50th volunteering anniversary! Whoops! I suppose I was far too busy soaking up the atmosphere to remember my own milestone.
Our blackboard was bursting with visiting royalty today, with tourists joining us all the way from Cheltenham, Wiltshire (Melksham), and Bristol. We were also delighted to host runners representing visiting clubs, including:
Almost Athletes
Bristol and West AC
Ealing Eagles RC
Finchley Manor STRiders
Lonely Goat RC
Melksham CAK
Sudbury Joggers
Thank you all for making the trip to tackle our course—we hope the hills were kind to you!
It was absolute bliss catching up with everyone around the finish funnel today. It was fantastic to see Bob back in fine form, rediscovering his speedy legs and smashing through the sub-27 barrier before heading off to Cambridge to enjoy a lovely catch-up with family and friends.
We also had a delightful chat with Victor, who was looking wonderfully jolly and getting ready for a glamorous outing to see Cats at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre later!
It really is the best part of summertime at parkrun—watching people gather, share stories, and leave with big smiles.
A huge thank you to our 15 brilliant volunteers who made today's event possible:
Gemma DAVIES Run Director
Sylvia UKACHUKWU
Jo-Anne WINSTON
Thomas HAMPER
Jordan WARNER
Julie DATTA
Simon GREENFIELD
Cynthia DACILLO
Louise PRYOR
Harry HARPER-WILKINSON
Isaac LAYNE
Philip MAYER
Victor BRILLIANT
Penny HARPER-WILKINSON
Marcela GREENFIELD
See you all next week at the top of the hill! Remember to volunteer by dropping an email at [email protected]
