Conditions & Participants
While snow flurries were gently falling from the sky throughout our event, warm temperatures earlier in the week made it so that our course was not an ice rink. Our third bridge did freeze and was quite slick, so all participants were advised to walk upon crossing. This didn’t make for super fast times, but I think all enjoyed our 97th installment of parkrun. A total of 5 parkrunners came out to complete the course.
Results
This week we celebrated Adam reaching his 25 runs milestone. He first joined us in May of 2022 and has quickly racked up the milestone points. He is currently sixth on our first finishers list and holds a course PB of 23:44. Adam was our first finisher this week for his 25th run. We’re proud of his accomplishment and so happy to have him be part of the parkrun community.
On the women’s side, Amanda was our first female finisher. Both Melissa and Lindy also made strides towards their 25 runs milestones. Melissa has completed 17 parkruns and Lindy has completed 16. As tail walker, Nancy finished her 68th parkrun and her 21st volunteer instance.
Complete results from this week’s parkrun can be found here. If you have never been to a parkrun but are considering it, give us a try. All you need to do is register for a personalized barcode and be sure to bring a copy (digital or printed) along with you. And don’t worry, registration is free and always will be!
Volunteer Call & Appreciation
Thanks to all of our volunteers who made this week’s parkrun possible - David, Karen Meredith, and Nancy. We’re particularly grateful to Karen for trying out volunteering for her first time. She jumped right in with our timekeeper role. If you’d like to volunteer at a future event, please email thirdcreekgreenway@parkrun.com. We can always use more volunteers and will make sure you find a role that’s fun for you. See our future volunteer roster or our spreadsheet to help us fill in our gaps. Feel free to check out the roster for one week away all the way through April. A core volunteer is expecting her first child in April and could especially use the help of others with taking on course setup. If you’ve never done course setup before and are interested in learning the ropes, email thirdcreekgreenway@parkrun.com and we can arrange training.
Future parkruns
We are back next week at 9am! Don’t forget to register and don’t forget your barcode . . .
Since launching on October 26 2019, Third Creek Greenway parkrun has had 310 individual finishers and 57 individuals volunteering. Note that we’re getting close to a benchmark event - 100 parkruns! Assuming no cancellations due to weather, we’ll celebrate this accomplishment on February 4th.
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