Lower Hutt parkrun

19/06/2026

19/06/2026

Congratulations to all 256 parkrunners who braved a grey and windy day. Luckily the rain held off for us but the course was a little slippery.

There were less people than normal, were they watching Australia / USA match, did the loss keep you in bed this morning?

We had a couple of first timers and visitors, welcome to Windy Wellington and we hope to see you again shortly.

Results have been processed and should be available shortly.

Have a fantastic week and see you again next week.

19/06/2026

The winter solstice is happening this Sunday (21/6) at 8:24pm and there will be more light coming through in the earlier hours of the evening, leading into the warmer months.

Happy National Volunteer week.

Looking forward to seeing you all the riverbank

A friendly reminder for tomorrow:
7:40am - First Timers Welcome for parkrun debutants and visitors
7:40am - Volunteers to meet at the finish chute for briefing and training
7:55am - Run Directors Briefing
8am - 3,2,1 ... GO

17/06/2026

It is National Volunteer week and parkrun has just celebrated its 1 millonith event last weekend. Thank you all for making this happen to each and everyone of us.

The weather forecast for this week is appearing to have occasional rain, so having some old shoes might help on the grass sections of our course.

Our volunteer roster has a few spots available. Please comment or email [email protected], if you can help fill any of the following volunteer roles

- Finish Token Giver (role filled)
- Tailwalker (role filled)
- First Timers Welcome (role filled)
- Photographer (role filled)
- Report Writer

13/06/2026

Thanks to Penne Durdle for writing the report for event 703.

National Volunteer Week starts today (Sunday 14th June) until Saturday 20th June.

You can read more about it from the link below

Lower Hutt parkrun #703 – 13th June 2026 Posted on June 13, 2026 by lowerhuttoffice As we near the longest night of 2026, and therefore one of the darkest parkrun mornings, 322 runners and walkers still managed to drag themselves out of bed and make their way to the start line. It probably helped ...

13/06/2026

Stats below for event 703.

Congratulations to our participants and to those who have achieved a milestone today.

12/06/2026

322 parkrunners enjoyed cold conditions. Lots of people forgot their gloves...something to remember for next week Lower Hutt parkrunners!

Thanks to all the stellar volunteers this week (who also forgot their gloves).

Milestones were celebrated and visitors welcomed.

Results have been processed and should be available soon.

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12/06/2026

parkrun is almost here and when you first wake up tomorrow, another day awaits us.

We are almost halfway of the month of June. Not too long after is the winter solstice then followed by halfway of the 2026 calendar would have passed. Feels like the school holidays are approaching us too.

Looking forward to seeing you all the riverbank

A friendly reminder for tomorrow:
7:40am - First Timers Welcome for parkrun debutants and visitors
7:40am - Volunteers to meet at the finish chute for briefing and training
7:55am - Run Directors Briefing
8am - 3,2,1 ... GO

10/06/2026

Where did the week go? Its almost time for our next event and we are looking forward to seeing you all again at the riverbank soon.

The weather forecast for this week is fine, which means that some of us could be outside for a longer chat after completing your parkrun.

Our volunteer roster is looking great this week and it will be much better if the vacant spots are filled. Please comment below or email [email protected], if you can do any of the following roles:

- Barcode Scanner (role filled)
- Report Writer (role filled)

It is New Zealand's national volunteer week this coming week and it would be great to celebrate our awesome volunteers each week. Feel free to check out our future roster from the link below
https://www.parkrun.co.nz/lowerhutt/futureroster/