Michael and Yvonne Rowland celebrated 37 years in Weipa by joining a field of 54 participants who laced up their shoes for parkrun #403 on Saturday morning. Photo: Facebook (Weipa parkrun).
It was a case of new faces and some community stalwarts pounding the pavement when a bumper field ran, jogged and walked its way across the finish line for Weipa parkrun #403 on 25 January.
Fifty-four participants tackled the 5-kilometre circuit, with Inyika Nadredre, Nikki Parkinson, Lorraine Woods and Paris Saunders joining the Weipa parkrun family for the first time, while well-known Weipa locals Michael and Yvonne Rowland marked an impressive milestone of 37 years of living on western Cape York.
Victoria Stevens, Mia Despot, Lily Jewel, Sam Aschenbrenner and Nigel Tait recorded personal best performances on the day.
Ross Dawson was the first male home in a time of 22 minutes, 25 seconds, while Tash Tapper and Tiffany Barber were side by side when they said hello to the timekeepers in 27:53 to be the quickest women around the course.
Ali Scott, Alister Munro, Camille Freiberg, Emma Eyre, Fiona Dyer, Lisa May, Mel Scott, Michael Collins, Rebecca Munro, Vide Freiberg and Ziggy Freiberg made up the big volunteer army that ensured the 403rd running of the weekly event went off without a hitch.
Weipa parkrun is held every Saturday – rainy wet season mornings included – from 7am at the hospital roundabout in Nanum, with new participants always welcome to join in on the action.
