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Ocean Grove parkrun

Locality: Ocean Grove, Victoria

Address: 42 Peers crescent Ocean Grove, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.parkrun.com.au

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25.01.2022 Welcome to our fourth week of weekly profiles! If you would like to be featured in our parkrun profiles send us a message or if there is someone you would like to nominate, send us a message and we will get in touch with them. Name: Monica Clemow... My first parkrun was also the first Ocean Grove Parkrun on 28/4/18. Since then Ive completed 36 parkruns, mostly at Ocean Grove. The 2020 plan is to make it to 50 parkruns, fingers crossed that I can squeeze in 14 parkruns in the 35 weeks left in 2020. On the volunteer front its been great to step out of my comfort zone and learn new tasks. Parkrun provides great resources for volunteer roles and the encouragement from other volunteers is fantastic, special mention to our stellar Run Directors. Barcode scanning and timekeeper roles fit well with my love of spreadsheets and trivia. Meeting the other volunteers and participants is one of my Parkrun highlights. Its great fun hanging out at the start/finish line getting to know people as we wait for the participants to run over the line. My goal is to volunteer at least 1 out of every 4 runs, basically once a month. Other Parkrun highlights include meeting people from all over the world, visiting different parkruns, coffee after parkrun (lately Ive switched to a tumeric latte) and participating even when the weather is challenging. In January 2019, when Ocean Grove Parkrun was in recess, my Parkrun buddies and I dabbled in Parkrun tourism and participated at Balyang, Portarlington and Timboon. The furthest Ive travelled for Parkrun is Mildura Weir, and the largest event Ive attended was Albert Park. Im not yet at the point of organising my weekend travel so I can visit a new Parkrun but there is a bucket list which includes Pakapakanthi in South Australia (where I grew up) and Sewerby Parkrun in the UK, where I hope to visit in 2021. My NENDY is Torquay and my wilson index is 1. Im not sure what that means, but Torquay is now on my bucket list.

23.01.2022 Set to be a beautiful day for our weekly parkrun Join us for a free, timed 5km run or walk and begin your Saturday the best way! Our RD Tina will be there bright and early ready to give the briefing at 7.55am, so if its your first parkrun or first time completing our course be sure to listen in! ... Dont forget your barcode

23.01.2022 Ocean Grove parkrun Event number 97 6th February 2021 This week 71 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 22 were first timers and 15 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 6 different clubs took part. Thanks to everyone who visited and to the lovely returning Ocean Grovers... The event was made possible by 8 volunteers: Michael Mason Alysha Fay Meg NORMAN Leanne QUINTEN Rebecca QUINTEN Tina JOHNSTON Mark HEENAN Peter JAMES

23.01.2022 Hello to all the Ocean Grove parkrun regulars. How did everyone go this morning, did anyone still get up and do a non parkrun parkrun 5km, show us your pics of your first unofficial parkrun isolation 5km. This is Murphy and I out on the very busy rail trail for our 5km at 8am.

22.01.2022 Hello to all Ocean Grove parkrun devotees. Its now been two weeks since we have been able to get together at parkrun, so your event team have thought that now would be a great opportunity to meet some of our local parkrun people by starting weekly profiles. This week we will start with Geoff Wiffen. Geoff is the Regional parkrun Ambassador that assisted the team in getting our event off the ground. For those that have not met Geoff, he is certainly the one to ask about anyt...hing related to parkrun and especially the one to talk to about all the non official parkrun clubs that are out there, so if anyone wishes to know more about the unofficial clubs and touristing drop Geoff a note. If you would like to be featured in our parkrun profiles, simply answer the questions in the comments and message or email them to us with a photo of you. Alternatively, if there is someone you would like to nominate, send us a message and we will get in touch with them. Name: Geoff Wiffen When was you first parkrun event? 12th September 2012 which was event number 4 at Balyang Sanctuary How many events have you completed? 302 Have you done any Volunteering at parkrun. Yes I have volunteered on 65 Occasions. What is your favourite volunteer role? So far my favourite role has been as Guide runner. Balyang Sanctuary had a visually impaired runner that needed a guide, I was trained by the Achillies group in Melbourne as a Guide Runner and am available as a guide for any visiting visually impaired runners at our local events. What do you love about parkrun? I love the community feel and the equality of everyone, whether you are a fast runner, a slow runner, a jogger a walker , everyone is equal and made to feel most welcome . Have you been a parkrun tourist before? If yes, where was your favourite? Oh my where do I start. I have visited 72 different parkrun events, these locations include, Vic, Qld, NSW, SA and Tasmania. I have also done the pilgrimage to Bushy parkrun where parkrun originated in the U.K, Ireland, Malaysia and the U.S. I have just recently cancelled my holiday which was going to Include Paris parkrun and Etna parkrun in Sicil. Do you have any parkruns on your bucket list that you would love to visit? South Africa is a definite on the bucket list but also somewhere that they run in the snow maybe Russia.

21.01.2022 Happy parkrun eve!! For tomorrows even to go ahead we need the following positions filled: -finish tokens -barcode scanner... -1x marshal If you think you can help us out please comment below or send us a message

21.01.2022 It was a beautiful morning down by the river for event #109 This week 55 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 15 were first timers and 9 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 8 different clubs took part. A huge thank you to our volunteers for this morning Martin, Hugh, Asher, Bec, Toby, Kerry and Sarah.... If you are thinking of volunteering over the next few weeks check out our future roster page https://www.parkrun.com.au/oceangrove/futureroster/

20.01.2022 Welcome to our OG volunteer profiles! This week Alysha has answered some questions. If you would like to be featured in our parkrun profiles, simply answer the questions and message or email them to us with a photo of you. Alternatively, if there is someone you would like to nominate, send us a message and we will get in touch with them.... Name: Alysha Fay When was you first parkrun event? 4 April 2015 at Logan River parkrun in Queensland. Been at any Launch parkruns? 2 - Paradise point parkrun in Qld and Ocean Grove parkrun are my two. How many events have you completed? 80 events at 16 different locations Have you done any Volunteering at parkrun. Yes, 20 volunteering times. What is your favourite volunteer role? Run Director followed closely by Tail Walker! What do you love about parkrun? The fact you can be anywhere and know on a Saturday at 7 or 8 there will be a friendly awesome bunch of humans running as a community. Its such a great organisation and I love all the passion, consistency, togetherness and coffee (and dogs). I love chatting to people and meeting the parkrun tourists - learning about different places in the world. You never know who youre going to meet. Have you been a parkrun tourist before? If yes, where was your favourite? I have done a few amazing courses and theyre all great for different reasons but the atmosphere and views at Main Beach Queensland is simply amazing. Love it there. But through the vineyards at Nuriootpa in Barossa valley, Albury and Albert Park are unforgettable also. Do you have any parkruns on your bucket list that you would love to visit? So many to list but one very close to my home and embarrassingly I havent gotten to the You Yangs parkrun yet! So Ill be going these as soon as parkrun starts up again (after coming to ocean grove to see my friends xxx) If you werent at parkrun on a Saturday morning where would you be? In bed with a morning coffee or walking my dogs in the park Thanks for asking the questions guys and I honestly cant wait to see you all again soon. I miss my Ocean Grover parkrun crew heaps. Happy Saturday everyone!!

20.01.2022 Happy 2nd Birthday to us Although we can't celebrate our birthday together on course, we'll be sure to have an extra special celebration of our return to parkrun as well as our 2nd birthday Here are a few statistics of Ocean Grove parkrun Number of events: 93 Number of runners: 2,187... Number of runs: 6,490 Number of first finishers: 85 Number of clubs: 169 Number of PBs: 1,083 Average number of runners per week: 69.8 Average number of runs per runner: 3.0 Biggest Attendance: 247 Lowest attendance:13 on 29th June 2019 Average run time: 00:32:16 Total hours run: 0Years 145Days 10Hrs 19Min 27Secs Total distance run: 32,450km See more

20.01.2022 What a great morning. 84 runners/joggers/walkers enjoyed our parkrun with NO wind influence...even quite mild. Thanks to our volunteers...Monica, Ruth, Christine, Michael, Emma, Stuart, Toby and Rose...you are all brilliant! Lovely to see so many smiling faces ....even our friend from Wonthaggi who had to be on the road by 4 a.m.!!!!! I hope we see you next Saturday!!

17.01.2022 Thanks to the 127 runners, joggers and walkers who came along to Ocean Grove parkrun #92 this morning braving the windy conditions. Congrats to the 9 personal bests, 14 first timers and many lovely tourist visitors. Results and photos are posted!! Happy International Womens Day and well done to all the people in purple today. Thanks to the brilliant Volunteers Mark, Tina, Leanne, Rebecca, Leanne, Julie, Alysha and Maddison. Please consider volunteering as it is awesome. W...e could try rewarding our volunteers with a roll of toilet paper... perhaps that will get us some new Vols... Have a great long weekend everyone!! See more

17.01.2022 Another great morning at Ocean Grove parkrun. This week 83 people ran & walked the course. We welcomed 31 first timers and visitors. ... Congratulations to our Groom we hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks to our superstar volunteers Colleen Cogger David Walker Julie Murphy Leanne Quinten Lily Stirland Michael Mason Rebecca Quinten Sarah Stirland

17.01.2022 Event #91 Saturday 29th February 2020 - part 1

16.01.2022 We are set for a great start to our Saturday morning weekly parkrun event! Our Event Director Maddi is our RD tomorrow morning to give you our run brief at 7.55am! See you bright and early and dont forget your barcode

16.01.2022 (not)parkrun is LIVE NOW Walk, jog or run a 5k route of your choice, on any day, and submit your time online Log your times via your parkrun profile ... https://www.parkrun.com/signin/ See more

15.01.2022 We promise once all this is over, however long it takes, we will be back. We will walk, jog, run & volunteer together again Thanks in no small part to the ong...oing financial support of our partners, we will return Please share to show your appreciation Medibank Blackmores The Athletes Foot Eukanuba Australia Sport Australia #loveparkrun

15.01.2022 Tomorrow's event cannot take place until we have 2x barcode scanners and a finish tokens volly! Please let us know if you can help us out

14.01.2022 Barcode scanner position filled 1 spot left for a Marshal ***********************************... Hi parkrunners We still need 1 Barcode scanner and 1 Marshal for this Saturday. If you can help out reply here or send an email to [email protected]

14.01.2022 Here's our latest update from parkrun Chief Operating Officer Tom Williams Tom explains more about the parkrun organisation, and outlines what we'll be workin...g on over the coming weeks http://parkrun.me/nr7ua #loveparkrun

14.01.2022 Welcome to our third week of weekly profiles! If you would like to be featured in our parkrun profiles send us a message or if there is someone you would like to nominate, send us a message and we will get in touch with them. Name : Tina... My first parkrun was as a volunteer at Ocean Grove on 30th June 2018 (winter!!!) doing the finish tokens and since then I have volunteered at 63 events doing nearly everything and in fair weather and foul!! Thinking about it probably my favourite role is either marshal or barcode scanner where you can communicate and encourage every runner/walker with a cheer, clap or just a simple well done! This meeting and making new friends is what makes all parkruns so special. The personal achievements and setting of goals and improvements and eventually getting to that goal is vital for a persons esteem and well being being there and seeing it happen is my happy moment as well!!! The first Christmas we were not allowed to run so I went to Portarlington and volunteered there for 5 weeks. I was made feel so welcome and a part of their team I loved it there too.almost as much as the donuts!!!! I have also volunteered at Townsville on a couple of occasions that was huge with 300 runners each time.the weather was not too hot and everyone got out there to run along the riverbrilliant! The parkrun family is massive and I love being part of it. Someone wanted to know what would I be doing at 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning if I was not at Parkrun??? No idea, but I would be outside somewhere maybe with the grandies!!! My one and only claim to fame is when I was interviewed with Michelle Bridges by the Sunrise team at the first Eastern Gardens parkrun. The opening was big, and the crowd was even bigger and I did give my daughter a surprise when she saw me on the television as she was doing the girls ballet buns!!! The worst moment was when we had to cancel the run at about 7.45 a.m. when we saw lightening on the track.I could not believe my eyes.but it was a lousy morning weatherwise anyway!!!! My goal is to do the tail walkers role and that is what I am working towards over this downtimehalf way there!!! Wont be long and I will be able to get my first participant time!!! It will be fantastic when we get back down to the river I am looking forward to catching up with everyone again stay safe and well until then..

13.01.2022 Event #96 - 30/01/2021

13.01.2022 All parkrun events in Australia have been suspended with immediate effect due to the ongoing COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation All events will be cancelled unt...il at least the end of March You can read more here http://parkrun.me/covid19 Please share #loveparkrun

13.01.2022 We are now confirming that all parkrun events across the world will be suspended throughout the month of May. Read our latest weekly update http://parkrun.me/...sf574 #loveparkrun

13.01.2022 parkrun events will continue to be suspended until at least the end of April This is to keep all parkrun countries following the same timeline, but we expect ...suspensions to go beyond April We will get through this, together More http://parkrun.me/covid19 #loveparkrun

12.01.2022 Happy 2nd Birthday to us Although we cant celebrate our birthday together on course, well be sure to have an extra special celebration of our return to parkrun as well as our 2nd birthday Here are a few statistics of Ocean Grove parkrun Number of events: 93 Number of runners: 2,187... Number of runs: 6,490 Number of first finishers: 85 Number of clubs: 169 Number of PBs: 1,083 Average number of runners per week: 69.8 Average number of runs per runner: 3.0 Biggest Attendance: 247 Lowest attendance:13 on 29th June 2019 Average run time: 00:32:16 Total hours run: 0Years 145Days 10Hrs 19Min 27Secs Total distance run: 32,450km See more

12.01.2022 Good morning parkrunners, strollers and walkers!! We are all set for a smashing Saturday morning event with our RD Sarah ready to bring you a briefing at 7.55am. If youre a first timer or visiting Ocean Grove make sure you dont miss it as shell run through our course for you. We are seeking one more marshal for our second turn around point at the golf club end, we can run without one but we love a full roster! So if you can help out, send us a message or comment below ...See you bright and early tomorrow morning Oh, and dont forget your barcode See more

11.01.2022 Unfortunately we may have to cancel tomorrow unless we can get a token person volunteer. The event team will announce at 10 pm this evening if the event is going ahead.

11.01.2022 We won't be able to run tomorrow's event with someone to hand out tokens! If you can help us out tomorrow please let us know asap, we don't want to cancel our event..

11.01.2022 Today we start to look at the Unoffical clubs which people earn badges towards. Today we look at the parkrun Pirate Club. To be a member of this club you have to have completed "7' C's and an "R" ( say that with a pirate accent) . Put simply you must complete 8 different parkruns 7 of which must start with a "C" and 1 with an "R" They can be any C's from any parkrun around the world but luckily enough in Victoria we have: 6 C's and an R leaving only 1 C to get elsewhere. ... Castlemaine Coburg Cobram Cohuna Chelsea Bicentenial Churchill Rosbud Start planning some touristing once restrictions are lifted and parkrun is back in full swing...

11.01.2022 Well done to the 79 people who walked, ran and jogged parkrun ocean grove today. We had 19 first timers, 16 PB’s and 1 milestone run. Welcome to the 100 club Sarah! ... A huge thank you to our volunteers. Our event couldn’t go ahead without you. Christine, Colleen, Merryn, Tina, Leanne, Rebecca, Lily, Jayne and Sarah

10.01.2022 Heres our latest update from parkrun Chief Operating Officer Tom Williams Tom explains more about the parkrun organisation, and outlines what well be workin...g on over the coming weeks http://parkrun.me/nr7ua #loveparkrun

10.01.2022 Welcome to our second week of weekly profiles! This week our Event Director thought she'd share a bit about herself! If you would like to be featured in our parkrun profiles, simply answer the questions in the comments and message or email them to us with a photo of you. Alternatively, if there is someone you would like to nominate, send us a message and we will get in touch with them.... Name: Maddison Nicholl When was you first parkrun event? 21st October 2017 How many events have you completed? 48 Have you done any Volunteering at parkrun. Yes, 13 times What is your favourite volunteer role? Ooh, hmm.. Barcode scanning, closely followed by Run Director! What do you love about parkrun? The community. People don't realize how big it actually is until they attend their first and come and have a chat to the volly crew and discover how friendly everyone is. Have you been a parkrun tourist before? If yes, where was your favourite? Yes, I have been! Once in Darwin and once in Albury. My favorite would have to be Darwin when I went to visit a very close friend. A very pretty course looking over the beach Do you have any parkruns on your bucket list that you would love to visit? I don't have a bucket list so much as I just would like to be a tourist more often. Start planning out my unofficial "clubs" and make a dent in my Wilson Index

10.01.2022 Lets get our parkrun up and running on Saturday....we need a tailwalker and 2 marshalls to get the show on the road....I mean riverbank!!!! Please message us!Lets get our parkrun up and running on Saturday....we need a tailwalker and 2 marshalls to get the show on the road....I mean riverbank!!!! Please message us!

09.01.2022 Welcome to our second week of weekly profiles! This week our Event Director thought shed share a bit about herself! If you would like to be featured in our parkrun profiles, simply answer the questions in the comments and message or email them to us with a photo of you. Alternatively, if there is someone you would like to nominate, send us a message and we will get in touch with them.... Name: Maddison Nicholl When was you first parkrun event? 21st October 2017 How many events have you completed? 48 Have you done any Volunteering at parkrun. Yes, 13 times What is your favourite volunteer role? Ooh, hmm.. Barcode scanning, closely followed by Run Director! What do you love about parkrun? The community. People dont realize how big it actually is until they attend their first and come and have a chat to the volly crew and discover how friendly everyone is. Have you been a parkrun tourist before? If yes, where was your favourite? Yes, I have been! Once in Darwin and once in Albury. My favorite would have to be Darwin when I went to visit a very close friend. A very pretty course looking over the beach Do you have any parkruns on your bucket list that you would love to visit? I dont have a bucket list so much as I just would like to be a tourist more often. Start planning out my unofficial "clubs" and make a dent in my Wilson Index

09.01.2022 We are overjoyed to announce that our Victorian parkrun events will be reopening early in the new year This will bring all our Australian parkrun community back together again Read more... http://parkrun.me/w6sg5

09.01.2022 This week 44 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 11 were first timers and 2 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 7 different clubs took part. Thank you to our volunteers who the event was made possible by: Michael MASON Alysha FAY Mark MONAHAN Leanne QUINTEN Maddison NICHOLL Rebecca QUINTEN Tina JOHNSTON Indiah MONAHAN... Be sure to check out our future roster and volunteer where you can

09.01.2022 Hello everyone. As each day passes we get closer to our Saturday morning parkrun and I know we all cant wait for parkrun to be up and running again. In the mean time we would like to share with you two Apps that you are able to download to your phone. (1) 5K and (2) Runningachievements . The 5k App gives you your full parkrun history with graphs and data, times locations etc. The Runnig Achievement App is one for those that love challenges associated with parkrun an...d shows all the unoffical parkrun clubs, such as Compass club, pirate club etc. there are so many unoffical clubs. In this App there is also a map which shows every parkrun in Australia and shows in red or green which ones you have / have not visited. I would encourage people that are keen to tourist to different events to have some fun and see how many off the unofficial clubs you can join. If anyone has questions about the unoffical clubs drop us a note...

08.01.2022 Our roster is looking quite bare for this Saturdays event! We still require a Timekeeper, Barcode Scanner and our 2 marshals! All of these roles are very easy and if youve never done them before we can train you up on Saturday morning Wed love to see some fresh faces but we welcome everyone to volunteer! ... Let us know if you can help us out this weekend

07.01.2022 Our parkrun this Saturday 22nd Feb is still not fully covered for volunteers!. The forecast is for a lovely day (not like last week) so it will be a great way to start the weekend. We need a barcode scanner and 2 marshalls so we can run our event! Please message us here...looking forward to your posts!!!!

06.01.2022 We want to see your four-legged friends! Show us photos of your parkdogs, aka barkrunners. Post your pics below, along with their name To any dogs reading this "Woof woof bark bark!"

04.01.2022 We want to know What are you most looking forward to when parkrun returns?

04.01.2022 Event #91 Saturday 29th February - part 2

03.01.2022 Our parkrun on Saturday 14 March only needs a tailwalker and at least 1 marshal....remember when you tailwalk you get a time plus a volunteer noted on your parkrun record! I havent looked at the weather forecast....my choice!!!.....but whatever the weather we will have fun! Dont be shy!!!! These are our brilliant tail walkers from last week! Well done everyone!

03.01.2022 Just checking the track...looking good!!!!

02.01.2022 We're set for lovely morning for our weekly run Join us at 7.55am for a pre run brief with our RD Alysha The QR code is below and will be available at the event! ... Don't forget your barcode!

01.01.2022 Just a friendly reminder that due to the current crisis, Ocean Grove parkrun will not be going ahead tomorrow morning.

01.01.2022 Good morning Ocean Grove parkrunners and walkers! Set to be a lovely morning to start your day the right way down at our stunning weekly river event! We are looking for one more marshal, so if you can give us a helping hand please let us know, wed be forever grateful, as always ... Be sure to get there nice and early so you dont miss our run brief by our lovely RD Alysha And of course, dont forget your barcode!