Melton Mowbray parkrun

30/10/2026

[EDIT: Roster filled, thanks all!]

Howdy folks!

We're in need of 5 more volunteers for tomorrow's event:

1x Barcode scanner
4x Marshals

Please let us know if you can help out - we need these roles filling for tomorrow's event.

P.S. If you think we've been quiet here lately, that's because most of our volunteer appeals go via email (as the Facebook algorithm is.... unhelpful) so if you want to stay in the loop, make sure you sign up to those! The link to do so is in your results emails 😊

02/10/2026

Morning all - we're still looking for volunteers for tomorrow's event. We need:

2x Timekeepers
1x Finish Tokens [Filled!]
1x Marshal

Chris Vaughan is also looking for a VI guide running 36-42 at a chatty steady pace. If you've not been a guide runner before he can teach you (it's easier than it sounds!) and coffee and food is on him after :) [Filled!]

If you can help with any of that please let us know!

27/09/2026

Massive thank you to James Sutton for this week's event report, and congratulations again to our 5K graduates 🥳

Event #545 by James Sutton Posted on September 27, 2026 by meltonmowbrayoffice What a morning! Saturday was a special occasion, marking the graduation of the latest Couch to 5K participants through a fantastic collaboration between Melton Running Club (MRC) and the Stilton Striders. Congratulations....

26/09/2026

24/09/2026

Looks like this will be a great morning. See you on Saturday 😊

I am delighted to announce that the first cohort of runners from the Melton Couch to 5K run by Stilton Striders Running Club and Melton Running Club - MRC will be celebrating completion of their 10 week programme at Melton Mowbray parkrun on Saturday (26th September). 👏🎉
To mark the occasion there will be a group of runners from Stilton Striders Running Club who will be pacing times from 22 to 40 minutes. 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️
Please come along to join in the celebration and pace yourself to a new PB at the same time.
I hope you join me in congratulating the C25K graduates and welcoming them to our fabulous Melton Mowbray parkrun family.
Mike 🏅👏😁

19/09/2026

📢You may have heard Sharon announce this morning that we're doing a spot of fundraising - so I thought I'd put together a post to talk you through how that works and what we're looking to buy!

🛒Shopping list:
🚑 New AED pads - these should be covered by donations we already have thanks to the Whissendine 6ix!

📦A new on-site storage box - I'll attach a picture in the comments but our current box is falling to pieces and needs moving due to health and safety considerations at the cafe. The current box will not survive the move and we'd like to put a lock on it to prevent people just dumping things in there too.

🎟️New finish tokens - if you've handled our finish tokens recently then this doesn't need much explaining. These are some of the more surprisingly expensive items and have to be procured from HQ.

🚩 Sign stakes - due to the rocky nature of the park all of the spikes on our stakes are bent, so nothing sits in the ground correctly

🪧 Signage - we need updated signage for the put and back course. We plan to reuse a lot where we can but some course-specific signage would be a great addition

So, there are some big ticket items on there (AED pads and finish tokens) but otherwise we're very much a keep it simple event with not a lot of kit requirements. Most of these are to give a bit of a refresh as in a lot of cases the current kit is original to the event!

💸So how can you donate?
The only way to donate to us is via our website - if you go to: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/meltonmowbray/aboutus/ and scroll halfway down the page you will see a purple/blue button saying "donate to this event". If you click on that you'll be taken to a paypal portal and donations there go directly to our "pot" which is looked after by HQ. The orange button at the top of the screen is for donations to HQ only and none of that money would come to us. I'll pop a video on the comments to guide you through if needed.

Please don't feel you have to donate, we know everything is expensive right now! - but if you can a couple of pounds would help go a long way.

Many thanks,
Liz, Rich and the Core Team

Melton Mowbray parkrun is a FREE weekly 5k event for participants of all standards, which takes place every Saturday at 9:00am in Melton Country park, Wymondham Way, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1HX.