AFTER a week of storms and showers, Gloucester District parkrun was grateful for some sunshine for Event 180 on Saturday 16 November 2024.

With a handful of visitors joining us from Brisbane, Newcastle and Narrabeen, the majority of the 53 parkrunners and parkwalkers were from the local area.

Parkrun regulars will know that parkrun is a run or a walk, not a race.

The motivation to turn up on a Saturday morning can be different for everyone – the social connection, to be outdoors, for the exercise and to perhaps to better your own best time.

At Event 180, seven people set new personal bests – Thomas Coombe, Corbin Predebon, Cassandra Burgess, Islam Abdelmaged, Nicole Griffiths, Ed Hale and Robyn Beggs.

By Jennifer SAGE