Chermside parkrun

30/05/2026

30/05/2026

Chermside parkrun
Event number 515
30th May 2026

This week 291 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 40 were first timers and 26 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 20 different clubs took part, and we welcomed people from Stanthorpe, Gladstone and Sydney to our lovely course.

We appreciate your understanding during the briefing where we experienced technical difficulties with the megaphones, and for a brief mix-up at the finishing funnel during today's event.

The event was made possible by 17 volunteers:

Tracey WOOD • Melissa MURPHY • Paul MAKER • Delia HOWARD • Marcus ZIMMERMAN • Rebecca MARSH • Paula COLLINS • Lindsay BAYNE • Jack X ROACHE • Arifah HASTIE • Kazuko NAKABUN • Joshua RISCHIN • Loretta MURRAY • Patrick WALSH • Kylie BARNARD • Anthony OLSEN • Tiara BOX

Our roster for QLD Day next week is looking good thanks to our wonderful Chermside community, while our roster for the 13th June has been filled thanks to Brisbane Frontrunners. We have plenty of vacant roles open from the 20th June, so if anyone wants to try their hand at volunteering, reach out and we can find a role for you.

For QLD Day next weekend, we encourage everyone to come dressed in maroon to celebrate our great state.

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Chermside parkrun Results Page.

Chermside parkrun started on 22nd August 2015. Since then 15,261 participants have completed 109,977 parkruns covering a total distance of 549,885 km, including 14,890 new Personal Bests. A total of 1,119 individuals have volunteered 7,569 times.

28/05/2026

The vests are washed, barcodes sorted, and the volunteer roster is full for event #515 tomorrow morning.

While the forecast is looking clear and sunny for tomorrow (compared to dreary and overcast in the photo), we are expecting there to be a few puddles along the course following the rain over the last few days. A course check will be done in the morning, but consider bringing the old shoes along just in case.

We’ll do a First Timers Welcome around 6:45, with the main briefing from 6:50.

26/05/2026

Thanks to our amazing parkrun community, this week’s volunteer roster is almost full!!
Just one TIMEKEEPER needed to get this show on the road !!
COMMENT below if you can help, and don’t forget to LIKE 👍 our posts even if you can’t help!!!

23/05/2026

Lovely conditions presented for us at Chermside parkrun this morning. 339 people ran, jogged and walked the course. There were 77PBs and 33 first timers to Chermy. Congratulations to Elliot, Zachary and Cara on their 10th run milestone, Ore and Ebonee on their 25, Manjunath on # 50 and Matt on his 250th.

Also, thank you to everyone that assisted us with the keep left safety rule. One of our local community members coming the other way not long after the start, around the 350m mark, misunderstood our calls to keep left and thought that we were shouting at her to get out of the way. On reflection we really do feel this was a simple misunderstanding, but she did approach our Run Director a little upset. So maybe the learning is firstly, thank you for attempting to look after our community and secondly may be the words 'take care -runner up' would assist (perhaps).

We have a lovely kind welcoming community at Chermside parkrun with numbers growing all the time. With this growth comes a requirement to be particularly safety conscious of each other and our community - we thank you for your consideration.

Thank you so much to these legends who volunteered today making parkrun possible:

Grant O'Hara, Caeleigh Hancock, Tracey Armstrong, Denis Monteiro, Julie‑Anne Dietz, Paul Mildner, Brad Tamer, Tammy Werner, Stuart Wise, Paula Collins, Eric Velvick, Kazuko Nakabun, Anthony Olsen, Melissa Murphy, Ross Stanley, Arifah Hastie.

Have a lovely weekend everybody.

22/05/2026

Take a look at how great the weather looks for you!! We look forward to seeing you tomorrow for Chermside parkrun Event Number 514. See you for the first timers briefing 6.45 am and the Main Briefing at 6.50 am. Have a restful evening everyone see you in the morning.