Cairns parkrun

20/06/2026

PACE INVADER PICS #646 🌴🏃‍♀️🌞

Not many today...your fill-in photographer was too busy chatting & encouraging the Pace Invaders on course 😉
Plus a few pics from the celebrants themselves! Keep them coming!

20/06/2026

👾⚡ 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 RUN REPORT ⚡👾@ 𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐫𝐮𝐧 #646, 20/6/26.
🎶 Credit-ish: Live it Up, by Mental as Anything (1985). Get this earworm happening, then sing this one out loud!
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Hey, there you, with the slower pace,
Come to our (parkrun) place and 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐓 𝐔𝐏! 👾

You beside the Start Line,
What’s your dream time?
Let’s 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐓 𝐔𝐏! ⚡

Find yourself a pacer,
Try not to disgrace ya,
Then sprint like someone stole your Finish Token. 🎟️

Hey, there you, with the barcode,
Come to our parkrun and 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐓 𝐔𝐏!

You beside the palm trees,
Sagging at the knees?
Just 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐓 𝐔𝐏! 🌴

Some will chase a PB,
Some will lose their dignity,
Some will seek the coffee cart and call it a win. ☕

Pace Invaders landing,
Hi-vis legends standing,
Princess Willow watching for token-based sin. 🐶

Hey, there you, with the sad pace,
Come to our place and 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐓 𝐔𝐏! 👾⚡

You beside the dance floor…
Sorry, wrong sport —
Just 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩! 💛🌴

𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐓 𝐔𝐏!
𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐓 𝐔𝐏!

𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐫𝐮𝐧 — where speed meets sweat, sandflies and questionable judgement.
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What a fantastic turnout, and what a great job by our 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒, with lots of creaks and groans still arising after last Sunday’s IRONMAN in Cairns. So many of our parkies were out there on course, either as an Iron-thlete, Vollie or Supporter. Go Team parkrun!

👏 Again, a massive thank you to our 34🦺 𝐇𝐢-𝐕𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝓛𝓮𝓰𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓼 who coaxed the 310 💥 stampeders and non-stampeders 🐾 around our perfectly picturesque (alternative course) parkrun in paradise.

I’m not mentioning how much longer we run with this course...we’ve received no end date.

(𝑩𝑼𝑻...𝒘𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑴𝑨𝒀 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆...𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆!).
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𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:
💥 39 superstars smashed PBs – did our 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 do good, or what!
🌍 64 aliens were visiting from other space stations. Nice one!
👶 19 newbies joined the parkrun cult, including our Lord Podium Grabber… welcome. Your Saturdays now belong to us.
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🔵🌟 500 Club – The Blue Brigade: OMG WHAT A TURNOUT! Seven (7!!) of them. One for the books!

Steve Betesta, Peter Mountney & Linc Biggins (+ Evie 🐶), Kathryn Alley, Glenn Barker, Leith Wallace & Sarah-Jane Alley.
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🏅 15 x 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 (aka perfectly reasonable excuses for new activewear). 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘯-𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴! 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 - 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦!

🟢 350 – Rick Middleton
🟢 300 – Simon Batt & Trace Bancroft (2 of our super vollies!)
⚫ 200 – Tracie Bizant & Robert Chapman
⚫ 150 – Wade Dalton
⚫ 100 – Julie James (another super vollie)
🔴 50 – ( David ) Noah Rankine, one of our Juniors!
🟣 25 – Kayoko Thomas, Peter McDougall, Pao Marven, Colin Stiff & Jordan Demetrius
🟣💜🌟 V1 – First-time volunteer legends! Kayoko Thomas (yes, you’ve already read her name in the line above!) & Ray Freeman.

Welcome to the volunteer crew… There is absolutely no escape now.
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🥇 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦:
🥇 First Gent Clement Chan zipped in at 17:43. Clearly, he listened to the briefs, because this was his FIRST EVER parkrun, therefore his FIRST at Cairns parkrun, and he didn’t get lost! Good job, Irene Williams!
🥇 First Lady Isis Flynn zoomed past TimeLord Luke in 21:02. Nice work!
📊 Results are up. Go admire your statistics and BINGO progress https://www.parkrun.com.au/cairns/results/2026-06-20/
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📸 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲: (our official pics will be out later today)
•Drop your pics below 👇
•Tag your crew, your pup, your accidental sprint finish, and those “why did I agree to this?” faces.
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🦺 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐰:
•Our roster ALWAYS HAS ROOM FOR MORE VOLLIES!
•Step up if you can and help save the EDs from a stress-induced interpretive dance.
👉 https://www.parkrun.com.au/cairns/futureroster/
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𝐔𝐏𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆:

𝟐𝟕/𝟔/𝟐𝟔 – 𝐇𝐦𝐦𝐦. 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞! Send us your ideas for a theme! Or we can just be boring!

🥳 𝟒/𝟕/𝟐𝟔 – 𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐃𝐎𝐂 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 – can we have a Vollie-Takeover?? Cairns Deadly Runners?? Tj Cora?

🏃‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️ 𝟏𝟏/𝟕/𝟐𝟔 – 🚑𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 (Cairns Marathon Festival weekend)
• “42.2 km sounded like a good idea six months ago.”

🏁 𝟏𝟖/𝟕/𝟐𝟔 –𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 (last week’s Cairns Marathon was just a trial run!)
•Prepare your calves accordingly.

💝 𝟐𝟓/𝟕/𝟐𝟔 – 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 & (𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲) 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞-𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤
•Invasion by the DonateLife crew from Cairns Hospital.
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🚨 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 🚨
Yes… we are STILL on the alternative course while the foreshore repairs continue, which will finish sometime before the next Ice Age. 🙃 Hopefully...
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🎯 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲… 𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐎.
So, wondering what this BINGO hype is all about? See the pinned post at the top of our page.
•Play hard. Chase glory.
👀 Princess Willow is watching closely. Wearing her QLDer outfit proudly.
•Likely judging your pace.
•Definitely judging your barcode preparedness. 🐶


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📝 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯 – 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵-𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴,
𝘊𝘰-𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘊𝘰-𝘞𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸

17/06/2026

👾⚡ 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 ⚡👾@ 𝐂𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐍𝐒 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐫𝐮𝐧, 20/𝟔/𝟐𝟔

This Saturday we’re being invaded… by 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐒.

Yes, it’s 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊, where dreams are chased, PBs are hunted, and some of us bravely attempt to look fast for the first (& last?) 400 metres.

It also happens to be 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝟐 week, so wear your 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐧 or 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 if you’re game… though you're deep in Canetoad territory, so choose carefully. 🐸

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🚨 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆

🕰️ *1 x TimeLord. FILLED. Thanks Luke T!
🦺 2 Barcode scanners (1 can be a fast runner - dual credits)
🦺 1 x Marshal. FILLED. Thanks Naomi.
📸 1 x Photographer (can be on course, so dual credits up for grabs)
⏱️ 1 x 25-minute Pacer. FILLED. Thanks Kayoko.
⏱️ 1 x sub 20-minute Pacer (dual credits)

*Essential, or everyone gets a time of 59:59 and we all pretend it was “character building.”
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𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒:
- Sub 20 - (hands up!)
- 20 - Jordan Hohns
- 25 - Kayoko Thomas
- 30 - Jacqui Murdoch
- 35 - Peter Hume
- 40 - Emma Hume
- 45 -
- 50 - Ingrid Hadland
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🟥 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐃𝐄

🏊🎽 Ironman or Event Shirt
❤️ Maroon — QLD supporter
💙 Blue — NSW supporter

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🚨🦺 𝐇𝐈-𝐕𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐄𝐒

Our volunteer roster always has room for more legends.
Reply below or send us a message with your 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 and dream role.

👉 https://www.parkrun.com.au/cairns/futureroster/

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⚠️ 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐅𝐒 @ 𝟔:𝟓𝟎𝐚𝐦

Yes, they really are mandatory.
Gather beneath the sacred 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 for briefs covering the Essential Bits from:

👑 RD Andrea
🎙️ First Timers & Visitors Briefer Irene

🚧 Temporary course still in play.

Chat through the briefing, and you may surprise yourself by crossing the Finish Funnel at Kewarra Beach parkrun.

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🆕 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑?

Register FREE and bring your barcode.

👉 https://www.parkrun.com.au/register/

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🎟️ 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐓𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐒

Finish Tokens are not medals.
They are not pacer trophies.
They are definitely not souvenirs.

If one accidentally follows you home in a pocket, pram or sports bra, please return it before we dispatch Princess Willow’s highly-trained Retrieval Team. 🕵️🐶

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Now…

👾 Chase a pacer.
⚡ Hunt a PB.
🏃 Run like you stole the token.
☕ Or parkwalk heroically toward your finisher-coffee.

We are Cairns.
We do not judge. 💛🌴🐸



📸Kira
✒️ Helen 👑
(𝘊𝘰-𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦-𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳-𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳, 𝘊𝘰-𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 & 𝘓𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 🐶)

15/06/2026

👑🎂💛 𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐎!! 𝐋𝐈𝐙 𝐎'𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐑 – 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 💛🎂👑 calling 𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐎!! at Cairns parkrun on Ironman Cairns weekend, 13/6/26

Last parkrunday, Liz somehow managed to celebrate her birthday (𝟒𝟎?), complete her 𝟒𝟎𝟎𝐭𝐡 parkrun, notch up her 𝟒𝟐𝐧𝐝 volunteer, call 𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐎!!, win absolutely nothing of value, and quietly continue infiltrating our Run Director team.

Most people struggle to organise a birthday cake. Liz organised an entire weekend.

As an official 𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐎!! finisher, Liz has been proudly awarded our grand prize of one year's FREE parkrun entry, a reward valued at exactly the same amount as everybody else's parkrun entry: $0.00. 💰🤣

As a logistician, Liz is famous for moving mountains. Not metaphorically. Actual mountains.
It's understood several ranges in Far North Queensland are routinely relocated overnight to improve running routes for upcoming events. 🏔️🚛 Bob Katter is considering hiring Liz to realise his dream of a tunnel from Gordy, up the Gillies, to the Tablelands!

Fitness-wise, she is no longer considered fully human.

Witnesses report she completed her birthday celebrations, packed away the BINGO gear, organised three social catch-ups, planned six future events, and then casually sprinted the run leg of the Cairns Ironman 70.3 Team Event the following day because apparently sitting still was not available as an option.

Locals know that if you mention the words "fun run", "trail run", "charity run", "ultra run", "marathon", "half marathon", "social walk", or "free sausage sizzle", Liz will appear within 30 seconds.

Usually wearing activewear.

Always smiling.

Frequently louder than the PA system. 📢😂

Congratulations to our birthday girl, milestone superstar, volunteer legend, 𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐎!! queen, freight-moving mountain mover, future Run Director and all-round Cairns parkrun weapon.

400 parkruns. 42 volunteers. One Liz.

Thankfully. The planet probably couldn't handle two. 🌴💛

(Wondering what this '𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐎!!' thing is all about? Head to the pinned post at the top of our page. Everyone who ticks off each box (truthfully) is a winner. Its never too late to start playing. And keep an eye out for the occasional opportunity to score a Veto card, to be used on whichever box you choose. Play hard. Play fair. Play to win).

📝Helen
📸 Clifford Jones & Liz Oconnor

14/06/2026

🌴💛 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 – 𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 💛🌴@ Cairns parkrun #645, 13/6/26
Where the stories get faster every year... and the facts get more outlandish.

🟢 400 – 𝐋𝐢𝐳 𝐎'𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐫 (aka Birthday Girl + BINGO Caller – yep, TimeLord Trev has been pushed off the podium!) (see pics)
Liz didn't actually run today. She was accidentally entered into the Ironman swim leg on Friday, completed it before breakfast, then jogged casually back to Cairns parkrun carrying three bewildered triathletes and a coconut.
Rumour has it Ironman officials wanted to award her a finishing medal, but she already had 399 milestones at home and said, "Nah, I'm running out of wall space."
400 parkruns. Absolute royalty. Bow accordingly. 👑

🟢 350 – 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐝𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝
During Ironman week he reportedly paced a cyclist, overtook a swimmer, and gave directions to several lost tourists before crossing the finish line.

🟢 300 – 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬
Julie reached 300 today despite spending most of the last decade encouraging everyone else around the course. She was last seen providing emotional support to an Ironman athlete, a volunteer, a Cavoodle and a palm tree simultaneously.

🟢 250 – 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐛 (see pic)
Andrew's 250th parkrun means he's now travelled approximately the distance from Cairns to Port Douglas and back about seventeen times. Ironman organisers briefly investigated whether he could be used as an official navigation beacon.

🖤 100 – 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐲
Hannah quietly chalked up 100 parkruns. She's become so efficient that she can apparently complete an entire warm-up, solve a Wordle, and plan breakfast before most people find their barcode.

🔴 50 – 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫
Jason's first 50 parkruns have flown by so quickly that local scientists are studying him as a potential alternative energy source. He arrived for parkrun one morning and accidentally completed an extra lap before anyone noticed.

🔴 50 – 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧
Chrissy reached 50 parkruns after a carefully planned strategy involving determination, consistency and occasionally pretending the finish funnel was a coffee queue. A flawless system, really.

🟣 25 – 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫
Twenty-five parkruns in and James is now considered fully parkrun-certified. His reward is the right to complain about humidity while simultaneously claiming he loves running in the tropics.

🟣 25 – 𝐓𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬
Tate reached 25 parkruns despite being repeatedly distracted by ocean views, good company and breakfast plans. A remarkable display of focus under difficult conditions.

🟣 25 – 𝐆𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫
Glen has become so familiar with the Esplanade that migratory birds are reportedly using him as a navigation reference point.

🟣 25 – 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐭
William hit 25 today. According to completely unverified reports, he entered Ironman, finished Ironman and still made it back in time for the parkrun briefing. However, Ironman is TOMORROW! Flawed rumours!

🟣 25 – 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡
Emily has now completed 25 parkruns and is officially beyond the stage where she can claim she was "just giving it a try." You're one of us now. Sorry. 💛

🟥 𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐑 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄
🔴🦺 V50 – 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 (see pic)
Ladies and gentlemen, please rise.
Bruce has now volunteered 50 times, which means he has spent countless hours helping Cairns parkrun happen while receiving the traditional volunteer wage of absolutely nothing.
During Ironman week, Bruce was reportedly spotted directing athletes, calming nervous first-timers, solving three logistical crises and preventing a minor international incident before 7:00am.
Without legends like Bruce, we'd all still be standing around wondering where the start line is. 50 volunteer credits. Cairns parkrun champion. 💛🦺👏

⚪🦺 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐑𝐒 (see pics)
⚪🦺 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞
Brandon was told volunteering was fun. We omitted the part where it's also addictive.

⚪🦺 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐛𝐲
Helen survived her first volunteer role and is already showing early symptoms of becoming a regular.

⚪🦺 𝐑𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐭
Ryan bravely stepped into the hi-vis world and immediately discovered that volunteers are the real athletes.

⚪🦺 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐲
Callum's first volunteer credit today. Still smiling afterwards, which suggests he may return.

⚪🦺 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚
Robert entered the volunteer ranks and instantly gained access to Cairns parkrun's highly secret information network. (We mostly discuss weather and coffee.)

⚪🦺 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞
Milli earned her first volunteer credit and discovered the truth: The best seat at parkrun isn't in the run. It's in the hi-vis. 💛🦺

Congratulations to all our milestone legends from Ironman Weekend 2026! 🏊🚴🏃🌴💛
453 people. One Esplanade. Zero confirmed facts in the stories above. 😜

❤️🤍💙🏉

📸 Got your milestone pics? Drop them below!
🎯 All these legends ticked off another BINGO square!
✨ Keep being kind. Keep showing up. Keep being YOU.

✍ Helen
📸 Kira & Helen

13/06/2026