Palmerston parkrun will be on at the usual time of 7am on the following dates.
Saturday 24th December 2016
Saturday 31st December 2016
Sunday 1st January 2017

Merry Christmas

Every Saturday through the festive season we are going ahead at 7am as per usual AND WE HAVE TWO BONUS RUNS AS WELL.
That's right, Christmas Day and New Years Day, Darwin parkrun will be on at 7am.  Everything the same, except a few more red eyes.

CHRISTMAS DAY - If you've been a good boy or girl this year and Santa brings you some new running kit or GPS watch, then why not start the Christmas Day with a little fun run or walk with the Family in the park?

NEW YEARS DAY - Why not burn of some of that party juice and start your new year resolutions straight off the bat?

Check out the photos from last Christmas for inspiration.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.738579286257507.1073741895.453125664802872&type=3

CHRISTMAS DAY - If you've been a good boy or girl this year and Santa brings you some new running kit or GPS watch, then why not start the Christmas Day with a little fun run or walk with the Family in the park?

NEW YEARS DAY - Why not burn of some of that party juice and start your new year resolutions straight off the bat?
Check out Logan Rivers 2014 new year run.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.448061688626636.1073741873.361561540609985&type=3

Happy Running

This week is the week of PB’s (and I don’t mean Peanut Butter)…..
I don’t know what was going on this week.  Everyone was talking about how ‘hot’ and ‘sticky’ it was, maybe that caused everyone to try and get off the course quicker. Darwin parkrun took out the ‘Highest % of PBs’ in Australia this week.  A staggering  total of 52.2% of runners recorded Personal Bests this week.

I think it might be time to ‘Ask the Prof’ what the record is.
You can hear from the prof on
‘The parkrun Show’ (Facebook) – www.theparkrunshow.com.au  

Anyway – Sit back and enjoy the photos.

Happy running.
ED – Mark Connolly

This week run report will be like my son, (short and sweet)
We had another glorious parkrun morning and it seemed to put everyone in a great mood.
Apparently this week was 'pose/ hi for the camera week'.

We also had a couple of visitors from the lovely Yorkshire in England.  They will be sticking around for a couple of months, so let’s welcome Keith and Christina to the Darwin parkrun family.

Anyway – Sit back and enjoy the photos.

Happy running.
ED – Mark Connolly

As always: Happy Running and DFYB (Don’t forget your barcode)
ED – Mark Connolly

Don’t forget The parkrun Show AU podcast.
For your weekly round up of all things parkrun check out the podcast.
If you would like to listen, you can find it in a few places – in the itunes store, on Soundcloud etc.
Check out the website for more details www.theparkrunshow.com.au

Darwin parkrun
Event number 5
23rd November 2013

Men's placings:
Simon ROBERTS (SM30-34) (Unattached) was first over the line in 21:09 - second time in 2 appearances.
Aaron COLLINS (SM30-34) (Unattached) was second over the line in 22:02.
Brett DYSON (SM20-24) (Unattached) was third over the line in 22:48.
Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Trent DE WITH (Palmerston Crossfit) 391 pts.
Mark CONNOLLY (Darwin Runners and Walkers) 380 pts.
Silva LAI (Unattached) 358 pts.
Women's placings:
Meagan VENHUIZEN (SW25-29) (Unattached) was first (8th overall) over the line in 25:16 - first time in 2 appearances.
Emma FLEMING (SW30-34) (Unattached) was second (10th overall) over the line in 26:37.
Rachel LLOYD (SW25-29) (Unattached) was third (16th overall) over the line in 28:21.
Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Jill HAMILTON (Unattached) 484 pts.
Kim BEDGGOOD (five30runners) 438 pts.
Carla NUNN (Unattached) 427 pts.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Simon ROBERTS (SM30-34) was graded 61.15% for the time 21:09 (first overall).
Aaron COLLINS (SM30-34) was graded 59.53% for the time 22:02 (second overall).
Meagan VENHUIZEN (SW25-29) was graded 58.58% for the time 25:16 (8th overall).
This week there were 56 runners, of whom 15 were first timers and 2 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 5 different athletics clubs took part.
Darwin parkrun started on 26th October 2013, and since then 139 different runners, including participants from 9 athletics clubs, have completed 265 runs covering a total distance of 1,325 km, and there have been 39 new Personal Bests.
The women's record is held by Katie KELLY who ran in a time of 00:21:09 on 2013-10-26 (event number 1).
The men's record is held by Adrian SEIDLER who ran in a time of 00:19:10 on 2013-11-09 (event number 3).
The Age Grade course record is held by Katie KELLY who recorded a 71.55% run (21:09) on 26th October 2013 (event number 1).
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Darwin parkrun Results Page.

In this week’s run report we celebrate some Darwin parkrun ‘Stayers’, thanks some new volunteers and let you know how to register/ run for your local club.

First of all – Let’s give a cheer for the ‘Stayers’ that have completed or volunteered every week so far.  Karla Nunn, Kim Bedggod, Suzanne Mullen and Jill Hamilton.  All of these ladies, have either run or volunteered at all four Darwin parkruns.  Then it’s no surprise that they are at the top of the points table.  I will give a description of the points in next weeks run report.  Let’s see how long the streak lasts.

Ashley, the first finisher was also a first timer, which now makes it four different first finishers in four weeks.  We now have 228 registered runners for Darwin parkrun.  We cracked the 200 mark last week and just kept going.

Registering your club.
If you notice on the results page, some people have a club beside their name.
If you would like to add a club to your profile, update your profile from one of your recent emails.
Your club can be a running club, triathalon club, gym or crossfit etc.
If your club isn’t on the list you can add it into the system, this only has to be done once then everyone else can choose them to be their club.
See link : http://support.parkrun.com/hc/en-us/articles/200565873-Can-I-register-my-running-club-with-parkrun-

Thanks to this week's volunteers
As always, HUGE thanks and appreciation goes to the volunteers who help make this event happen. A couple of new volunteers this week and they did a wonderful job.  This morning we had Andrew O’Brien and Suzanne Mullen. And don’t forget Ben Hosking and Warrick Baldwin running around in their red shirts
(a couple of guys from CrossFit Palmerston- Links below) who had a ball on tokens and photographer duties - thank you.
If you would like to help out there are always places available.
(don’t worry, all of the roles are easy to do)
So if you would like to give a hand, check out www.parkrun.com.au/darwin/volunteer
or email us at darwinhelpers@parkrun.com

As always: Happy Running and DFYB (Don’t forget your barcode)
Event Director – Mark Connolly

p.s. Thanks to Suzanne for the sensational cupcakes for my birthday.  I enjoyed getting out and running, even with the enforced run/walk strategy when my son didn’t want to stay in his pram and wanted to go running too.

Links :
CrossFit Palmerston
Website : www.crossfitpalmerston.com
Facebook : www.facebook.com/CrossFitPalmerston

FROM TIM and parkrun Australia HQ
For the past 3 weeks you have all been involved in a titanic battle to ‘boost your parkrun’, courtesy of adidas. During this time we have seen record attendances across almost all events, a boom in registrations, and plenty of good, clean, parkrunning! To refresh your memory, for the month of November adidas put up a bounty of $1,000 each week to incentivise you, the parkrunners, to go all in for your event with the winning Event Director able to spend the prize on new equipment, a Christmas party, or both! For the last 3 weeks we have measured each parkrun location to see how it has stacked up against 3 key measures:

Week 1: 1st Timers - Measured by the number of 1st timers as a percentage of the total number of runners on the day.
Week 2: Personal Bests - Measured by the number of overall PBs as a percentage of total number of runners on the day.
Week 3: Participation - Measured by the number of runners as a percentage of the event's total number of registered runners.

Each parkrun event was only allowed to win once to give everyone equal opportunity to take the prize. Highlights from ‘boost your parkrun’ include:
- An Australian record 7,657 parkrunners took part on November 2, including 1,663 first timers!
- An amazing 1,653 personal best times were recorded on November 9!
- Numerous course attendance records each week, including 7 on November 16 despite horrific weather on the East Coast.

Drum roll please… The results are now in and we’re pleased to announce that the winners… will be announced by Robbo and Russ on the next edition of the parkrun show Australia podcast, due to be released tonight (Tuesday).

Special thanks must go to our friends from adidas for sponsoring this promotion. adidas have been the major sponsor of parkrun Australia since September 2011 and it is no exaggeration to say that without their support we would struggle to do what we do - bring you free, weekly, timed 5km running events every Saturday run by teams of passionate and inspiring local volunteers.
#boostyourparkun

Don’t forget The parkrun Show AU podcast.
For your weekly round up of all things parkrun check out the podcast.
If you would like to listen, you can find it in a few places – in the itunes store, on Soundcloud etc.
Check out the website for more details www.theparkrunshow.com.au

STATS after Event #4
Men's placings:
Ashley FREEMAN (SM30-34) of Darwin Runners and Walkers, was first over the line in 21:38 - first appearance.
Jimmy PEACOCK (SM30-34) (Unattached) was second over the line in 21:49.
Jeffery ROBINSON (VM45-49) (Unattached) was third (4th overall) over the line in 23:33.
Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Mark CONNOLLY (Darwin Runners and Walkers) 380 pts.
Andrew O'BRIEN (Unattached) 300 pts.
Trent DE WITH (Palmerston Crossfit) 291 pts.
Women's placings:
Siobhan SEFTON (SW25-29) of Darwin Runners and Walkers, was first (third overall) over the line in 21:58 - second time in 3 appearances.
Lauren O'SHEA (SW25-29) (Unattached) was second (12th overall) over the line in 25:45.
Kristy MILLAR (SW30-34) (Unattached) was third (14th overall) over the line in 26:25.
Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Suzanne MULLEN (Unattached) 394 pts.
Jill HAMILTON (Unattached) 388 pts.
Kim BEDGGOOD (five30runners) 351 pts.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Siobhan SEFTON (SW25-29) was graded 67.37% for the time 21:58 (third overall).
Jeffery ROBINSON (VM45-49) was graded 61.64% for the time 23:33 (4th overall).
Jimmy PEACOCK (SM30-34) was graded 60.12% for the time 21:49 (second overall).
This week there were 57 runners, of whom 18 were first timers and 20 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 4 different athletics clubs took part.
Darwin parkrun started on 26th October 2013, and since then 124 different runners, including participants from 8 athletics clubs, have completed 209 runs covering a total distance of 1,045 km, and there have been 37 new Personal Bests.
The women's record is held by Katie KELLY who ran in a time of 00:21:09 on 2013-10-26 (event number 1).
The men's record is held by Adrian SEIDLER who ran in a time of 00:19:10 on 2013-11-09 (event number 3).
The Age Grade course record is held by Katie KELLY who recorded a 71.55% run (21:09) on 26th October 2013 (event number 1).
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Darwin parkrun Results Page.

As always: Happy Running and DFYB (Don’t forget your barcode)
ED – Mark Connolly

Don’t forget The parkrun Show AU podcast.
For your weekly round up of all things parkrun check out the podcast.
If you would like to listen, you can find it in a few places – in the itunes store, on Soundcloud etc.
Check out the website for more details www.theparkrunshow.com.au

Darwin parkrun Statistics
Event number 3
9th November 2013

Men's placings:
Adrian SEIDLER (SM30-34) of Darwin Runners and Walkers, was first over the line in 19:10 - first appearance.
Paul WORDLEY (SM30-34) (Unattached) was second over the line in 21:23.
Karl ANDRISKE (SM35-39) (Unattached) was third over the line in 21:51.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Mark CONNOLLY (Darwin Runners and Walkers) 300 pts.
Daniel MOO (Unattached) 200 pts.
Andrew O'BRIEN (Unattached) 200 pts.

Women's placings:
Siobhan SEFTON (SW25-29) of Darwin Runners and Walkers, was first (4th overall) over the line in 22:15 - first time in 2 appearances.
Meagan VENHUIZEN (SW25-29) (Unattached) was second (5th overall) over the line in 23:50.
Diane NEWMAN (SW30-34) (Unattached) was third (9th overall) over the line in 26:25.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Katie CONNOLLY (Unattached) 300 pts.
Suzanne MULLEN (Unattached) 294 pts.
Jill HAMILTON (Unattached) 292 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Adrian SEIDLER (SM30-34) was graded 67.48% for the time 19:10 (first overall).
Siobhan SEFTON (SW25-29) was graded 66.52% for the time 22:15 (4th overall).
Meagan VENHUIZEN (SW25-29) was graded 62.10% for the time 23:50 (5th overall).

This week there were 47 runners, of whom 22 were first timers and 7 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 2 different athletics clubs took part.
Darwin parkrun started on 26th October 2013, and since then 106 different runners, including participants from 8 athletics clubs, have completed 152 runs covering a total distance of 760 km, and there have been 17 new Personal Bests.

The women's record is held by Katie KELLY who ran in a time of 00:21:09 on 2013-10-26 (event number 1).
The men's record is held by Adrian SEIDLER who ran in a time of 00:19:10 on 2013-11-09 (event number 3).
The Age Grade course record is held by Katie KELLY who recorded a 71.55% run (21:09) on 26th October 2013 (event number 1).
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Darwin parkrun Results Page.

In this week’s run report we celebrate a new parkrun Australia attendance record, cheer on some first timers, reflect on Event #2and discuss the ‘adidas BOOST your parkrun’ competition. Results are now up on the website also some photos on our facebook page (Darwin parkrun) and you should have received your emails from parkrun HQ.
On the weekend, we broke all kinds of records.
Including:

• Most runners Globally (50,128)
• Australian Attendance record (7,657)
• Australian Attendance record at a single event (South Bank - 944 runners)

First of all – Let’s give a cheer for all the ‘First Timers’ that completed the 5k on Saturday.  Both male and female first finishers were first timers.  We had 26 First Timers out of a total 43 runners.  This gives us approx 60.465116279% of runners as First Timers, which should put us in with a good chance for week 1 of the adidas BOOST competition.  We will find out if Darwin parkrun has won the $1000 when week 3 has finished.
Week 2 of the competition is Personal Best week - Measured by the number of overall PBs as a percentage of total number of runners on the day.  SO REMEMBER TO GET A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP FRIDAY NIGHT.

Among the first timers was our first junior runner.  Alison is in the JW14 category and completed the run in 31:31.  Alison also came down to one of our test events where she ran around 35mins.  That’s a nice improvement over 4 weeks.

If you remember Robbo from event #1, he has done up a little video clip of his journey for Darwins launch. See it here https://vimeo.com/78403968
Robbo is, along with Russ Jefferys, ‘the parkrun show AU’ podcast.
If you would like to listen, you can find it in a couple of places – in the itunes store, on Soundcloud etc. Check out the website for more details www.theparkrunshow.com.au

Huge thanks and appreciation goes to the volunteers who help make this event happen.
This morning we had  Ness Cotton, Katie Connolly, Suzanne Mullen, Daniel Moo and Andrew O’Brien who all made sure that everything ran smoothly- thank you.
And another big thanks to the runners that have put their hand up to help us in the future.

If you would like to help out there are always places available.
(don’t worry, all of the roles are easy to do)
So if you would like to give a hand, check out www.parkrun.com.au/darwin/volunteer
or email us at darwinhelpers@parkrun.com

For some reason the biggest smiles are reserved for the back end of the field.So it is always worth sticking around to see cheer them through.

See you same time, same place next parkrunday (Saturday).
Happy Running
ED – Mark Connolly

STATS FOR EVENT #2 – 2nd November 2013

Men's placings:
Lincoln CHAMBERS (SM20-24)  was first over the line in 20:34 - first appearance.
An unknown runner was second.
Brett DYSON (SM20-24) was third over the line in 21:42.
Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Daniel MOO   200 pts.
Mark CONNOLLY (Darwin Runners and Walkers) 200 pts.
Chris MULLEN  188 pts.
Women's placings:
Stephanie WATT (SW30-34)   was first (10th overall) over the line in 25:00 - first appearance.
Liz MCCOUAIG (SW25-29)   was second (12th overall) over the line in 26:04.
Kat ASSITER (SW25-29)   was third (13th overall) over the line in 26:23.
Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Katie CONNOLLY   200 pts.
Suzanne MULLEN   200 pts.
Kat ASSITER   194 pts.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Lincoln CHAMBERS (SM20-24) was graded 62.72% for the time 20:34 (first overall).
Brett DYSON (SM20-24) was graded 59.45% for the time 21:42 (third overall).
Stephanie WATT (SW30-34) was graded 59.27% for the time 25:00 (10th overall).

This week there were 43 runners, of whom 26 were first timers and 10 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 2 different athletics clubs took part.
Darwin parkrun started on 26th October 2013, and since then 84 different runners, including participants from 7 athletics clubs, have completed 105 runs covering a total distance of 525 km, and there have been 10 new Personal Bests.

The women's record is held by Katie KELLY who ran in a time of 00:21:09 on 2013-10-26 (event number 1).
The men's record is held by Simon ROBERTS who ran in a time of 00:19:14 on 2013-10-26 (event number 1).
The Age Grade course record is held by Katie KELLY who recorded a 71.55% run (21:09) on 26th October 2013 (event number 1).
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Darwin parkrun Results Page.

Congratulations to the 62 runners who took part in the inaugural Darwin parkrun
this morning!
It was great to see the smiling faces of the first timers and the ‘southerners’ joining us
on a glorious Darwin morning run.
Results are now up on the website also some photos on our facebook page (Darwin parkrun)
and you should have received your emails from parkrun HQ.

Today there was some great running from the speedsters up front,
with Simon Roberts our first finisher and Katie Kelly our first female.

JUST as important are the self titled ‘not runners’ crew towards the back
who also came home strong leaving a trail of destruction behind them.

We also enjoyed the hangout afterwards, chatting and mingling with the more experienced parkrunners from the south.
It seems a few of them struggled with the ‘stickiness’ of the NT.


If you noticed Robbo wandering around with the microphone
(and let’s face it you couldn’t miss him).
He is, along with Russ Jefferys, ‘the parkrun show AU’ podcast.
If you would like to listen to the Darwin special, you can find it in a couple of places
– in the itunes store, on Soundcloud etc.
Check out the website for more details www.theparkrunshow.com.au

adidas – One of our major sponsors, is going to ‘BOOST your parkrun’.
They are putting 3 x $1,000 cash prizes up for grabs.
adidas wants you to go all in for your parkrun with the chance to win
$1000 for your Event Director to spend on your event. It might be used
for some new equipment, a Christmas party, or both!

This could quite easily be won by Darwin if we unite for the cause! Get excited people!
2nd November: 1st Timers Week- Measured by the number of 1st timers as a percentage of the total number of runners on the day.  SO BRING A FRIEND.
Make sure they are registered and don’t forget your barcode.
9th November: Personal Bests - Measured by the number of overall PBs as a percentage of total number of runners on the day.  SO REMEMBER TO GET A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP FRIDAY NIGHT.
Week 3 – As we are a new event, we won’t be eligible for this prize.

Huge thanks and appreciation goes to the volunteers who help make this event happen.
This morning we had Katie Connolly, Rhea Ten Haghuis, Suzanne Mullen, Chris Mullen, Daniel Moo and Katie Kelly who all made sure that everything ran smoothly- thank you.

Just a quick reminder that all parkruns are completely run by volunteers
and if you would like to help out there are always places available.
(don’t worry, all of the roles are easy to do)
So if you would like to give a hand check out www.parkrun.com.au/darwin/volunteer
or email us at darwinhelpers@parkrun.com

Happy Running
ED – Mark Connolly
p.s. These reports won’t always be this long, I am still a bit excited.

STATS FOR EVENT #1 – 26 October 2013

Men's placings:
Simon ROBERTS (SM30-34) (Unattached) was first over the line in 19:14 - first appearance.
Russ JEFFERYS (SM30-34) (Unattached) was second over the line in 19:50.
Dave ROBERTSON (SM30-34) of The Naked Runners, was third over the line in 19:59.

Women's placings:
Katie KELLY (VW35-39) (Unattached) was first (4th overall) over the line in 21:09 - first appearance.
Siobhan SEFTON (SW25-29) of Darwin Runners and Walkers, was second (6th overall) over the line in 21:47.
Lauren O'SHEA (SW25-29) (Unattached) was third (12th overall) over the line in 26:59.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Katie KELLY (VW35-39) was graded 71.55% for the time 21:09 (4th overall).
Siobhan SEFTON (SW25-29) was graded 67.94% for the time 21:47 (6th overall).
Simon ROBERTS (SM30-34) was graded 67.24% for the time 19:14 (first overall).

This week there were 62 runners, of whom 57 were first timers. Representatives of 7 different athletics clubs took part.  Darwin parkrunners have completed 62 runs covering a total distance of 310 km.

The women's record is held by Katie KELLY who ran in a time of 00:21:09 on 2013-10-26 (event number 1).
The men's record is held by Simon ROBERTS who ran in a time of 00:19:14 on 2013-10-26 (event number 1).
The Age Grade course record is held by Katie KELLY who recorded a 71.55% run (21:09) on 26th October 2013 (event number 1).

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Darwin parkrun Results Page.