There were volunteering smiles for miles to greet the 93 participants who laced up their shoes for parkrun #406 in Weipa on Saturday morning. Photo: Facebook.
Ninety-three participants, including six first timers, helped Weipa parkrun surpass a significant milestone when they laced up their shoes for event #406 on 15 February.
A total of 2,044 individual participants have now tackled the 5-kilometre circuit since mid-2016 and completed 15,648 parkruns between them.
In a morning of big numbers, Luke O’Day, Jimmy Mann, Billy Reynolds, Samantha Brookman, Sam Aschenbrenner, Nigel Tait, Finley Nadredre, Lyndsey Fielding, Alexandra Fetter, Anthony Newsome, Lydia Harris, Yavala Poi Poi, Lorraine Woods and Kate Corbett ensured 14 personal best efforts were notched up.
Chrisden Russ was the first male to make it to the finish line in a time of 20 minutes, 50 seconds, with Sherece McCulloch greeting the timekeepers 25:33 to be the first woman home.
A bumper field comes with a battalion of volunteers, with Ali Scott, Danielle Rodda, Elizabeth Filitonga, Michael Collins, Nicole Braun, Nicole Pritchard, Richelle Ryan, Rose Robins, Sharon Pirika and Tamlyn Crozier doing their bit to ensure the event ran smoothly.
