Monthly Archives: December 2013

Eastbourne parkrun

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Kirsty Anderson

Jon’s turn for relative visiting saw us heading north via Eastbourne after Christmas and never one to miss either a parkrun or a parkrun tourism opportunity we decided to give Eastbourne parkrun a go after a very nice evening spent with his Aunt and Uncle. It’s a reasonably small parkrun with only around 100 regulars … Continue reading Eastbourne parkrun

Lower Hutt parkrun

New Zealand, Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Angela Coates

Basically, see last years report for Lower Hutt parkrun, December 2012 but imagine Santa outfits, Christmas hats and a 9:00 am start. We arrived early at the course and met the race director Richard McChesney. Richard, a very keen runner, had been living in the UK for a number of years and was very excited … Continue reading Lower Hutt parkrun

Sedgefield Christmas Day parkrun

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Melanie Hudson

Leading up to Christmas we were asked the usual question of ‘what are your plans on Xmas Day’. I do not think some people quite expected the answer of ‘parkrun’ and gave us some odd looks. However we turned up, on what was a crisp but sunny morning, to find over 100 other people with … Continue reading Sedgefield Christmas Day parkrun

Loftus Poultry Run

Sunday, December 22, 2013

approx. 8 miles

Alister Robson and Grame Walton

Alister … This is a fantastic run which I think would be perfect for a Grand Prix event and has been in previous years – as recently as 2008/9 in fact. I first ran this in 2011 although confusingly this was the 2010 event, delayed by weather conditions from its usual pre-Christmas slot. In my … Continue reading Loftus Poultry Run

Hamilton Lake parkrun

New Zealand, Saturday, December 21, 2013

Angela Coates and Paul Pascoe

We’ve been waiting for a few years for Hamilton to put on a parkrun as we have visited Lake Rotoroa quite a few times for a walk and to see the Pukeko (a wading Bird). Finally we spotted (not that I’m stalking parkrun NZ or anything) that a parkrun was coming to Hamilton. Would we … Continue reading Hamilton Lake parkrun