Frog Hollow parkrun

📰 Frog Hollow parkrun Weekly Wrap – Event #571 🐸🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Saturday, 29th August 2026

This week, 151 legends ran, jogged, walked and generally made their way around the Frog Hollow course. Whether you were chasing a Personal Best, catching up with mates, or simply trying to convince yourself that getting out of bed was a good idea, we’re glad you joined us! 😂👏

A huge welcome goes out to our 24 first timers! 👋 We hope you enjoyed your first taste of Frog Hollow and that you’ve already started planning your return visit.

And how about those speedy people! 💨 20 participants recorded new Personal Bests this week. Clearly, there was something in the Frog Hollow water… although we probably don’t recommend drinking it! 🤣🐸

We also welcomed representatives from 12 different clubs, proving once again that Frog Hollow is the place to be on a Saturday morning!

Of course, parkrun doesn't happen by magic. Well, unless you count the magical powers of our amazing volunteers! ✨

This week's event was made possible by these 11 absolute CHAMPIONS:

👏 Darren BEDFORD
👏 Noel BURKE
👏 Jeffrey MCLEAN
👏 Ross TENNANT
👏 Amy BLACKWOOD
👏 Glenn MOLONEY
👏 Gary HOLLAND
👏 Gay BOURKE
👏 Kelly STRAY
👏 Amanda HOLMES
👏 Odette CAINS

Give them all a massive round of applause! 👏👏👏 Without volunteers, there would be no timers, no scanners, no results… and probably just 151 people wandering around wondering when they’re allowed to go home! 😂

Frog Hollow parkrun first kicked off on 14th June 2014, and since then, things have certainly added up!

🐸 8,075 participants
🏃 52,163 parkruns completed
📏 260,815 kilometres covered
⚡ 6,941 new Personal Bests
🦸 754 volunteers
🙌 5,371 volunteer occasions

That’s a lot of kilometres, a lot of Saturday mornings, and an absolutely ridiculous number of alarms going off before sunrise! ⏰🤣

Whether you're running, jogging, walking, volunteering, cheering, chatting or simply turning up for the post-parkrun catch-up, Frog Hollow is what it is because of its amazing community. 💚🐸

Thanks to everyone who joined us for Event #571, and we’ll see you all next Saturday for another dose of fresh air, friendly faces and questionable decisions about how fast to start the first kilometre! 😂🏃‍♂️💨
Same place. Same time. Same brilliant Frog Hollow community! 🐸💚

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29/08/2026 Milestones that we are aware of

Congratulations to the following parkrunners who will be achieving official or unofficial milestones this weekend:

• Amanda Holmes – double milestones:
 v25 for volunteering 25 weeks at parkrun
 Unofficial milestone of 150 parkruns at Frog Hollow
• Kelvin Li – j10 for completing ten parkruns as a junior, under the age of eighteen
• Alister Vaganiance – triple milestones:
 100 parkruns
 Unofficial milestone of 100 parkruns at Frog Hollow (Single Ton in Running Challenges)
 unofficial milestone of 100 parkruns in SM30-34

To honour Amanda as the newest member of the v25 club, if you have a v25 shirt, please consider wearing it on Saturday.

Amanda Holmes – double milestones:
 v25 for volunteering 25 weeks at parkrun
 Unofficial milestone of 150 parkruns at Frog Hollow

• Amanda’s parkrun journey began at Frog Hollow on 07/03/2020.
• Within two weeks parkrun was cancelled worldwide because of the Covid-19 pandemic. She could have been forgiven for saying she’d tried parkrun and given up. But to her credit, she returned to do her second parkrun in January 2021, after parkrun in Victoria was allowed to resume.
• This weekend when she performs the role of first timers welcome, she will join the v25 club, for volunteering 25 weeks at parkrun.
• Her 24 volunteer credits to date have all been done at Frog Hollow except for volunteering once at Eastern Gardens.
• She has volunteered across five distinct roles. She has done barcode scanning ten times and been a timekeeper and the tail walker five times each. She has done the first timers welcome three times and been the photographer once.
• The most volunteer credits she has earned in a calendar year is six, this year.
• She has an excellent volunteer ratio of 15%.
• Her 150th parkrun at Frog Hollow will be her 158th overall.
• On my table of parkrunners who have completed the most parkruns at Frog Hollow, Amanda is ranked 48th.
• She has achieved a total of thirteen PBs.
• Her best time is 39:03, run at Frog Hollow on 11/04/2026.
• Her average time over 157 parkruns is 47:10.
• She has a best age grade percentage of 39.39%, earned on the day of her PB.
• She has run at a total of nine parkrun locations. She has done one interstate event, at Mount Gambier in South Australia. Apart from her parkruns at Frog Hollow, she has done one parkrun each at another seven events in Victoria.
• Amanda currently runs in the VW40-44 age category. Her fastest parkrun was completed in this age group.
• The most parkruns she has completed in a calendar year is 31, in 2025 and this year, earning her a Bronze Obsessive Awards in Running Challenges.
• Amanda has achieved all her official milestones to date at Frog Hollow. She reached her 25 parkruns milestone on 06/08/2022, her 50 parkruns milestone on 22/04/2023, and her 100 parkruns milestone on 01/02/2025.
• We look forward to seeing her achieve many more milestones in the future!

Kelvin Li – j10 for completing ten parkruns as a junior, under the age of eighteen

• Kelvin’s parkrun journey began at Frog Hollow on 10/06/2023.
• He has completed all his parkruns to date at Frog Hollow.
• He has achieved a total of three PBs.
• His best time is 25:06, run on 02/05/2026.
• His average time over nine parkruns is 26:23.
• He has a best age grade percentage of 60.15%, achieved on the day of his first parkrun.
• Kelvin currently runs in the JM11-14 age category. His fastest parkrun was completed in this age group.
• The most parkruns he has completed in a calendar year is five, in 2024.
• We look forward to seeing him achieve lots more milestones in the future.

Alister Vaganiance – triple milestones:
 100 parkruns
 Unofficial milestone of 100 parkruns at Frog Hollow (Single Ton in Running Challenges)
 unofficial milestone of 100 parkruns in SM30-34

• Alister’s parkrun journey began at Frog Hollow on 30/12/2023.
• His 100th parkrun will also be his 100th at Frog Hollow, Single Ton in Running Challenges.
• On my table of parkrunners who have completed the most parkruns at Frog Hollow, Alister is ranked 89th, an amazing feat for someone who has only been parkrunning for just over two and a half years!
• He has achieved a total of thirteen PBs.
• His best time is 26:15, run at Frog Hollow on 24/01/2026.
• His average time over 99 parkruns is 29:06.
• He has a best age grade percentage of 49.52%, earned on the day of his PB.
• Alister currently runs in the SM30-34 age category. He has completed all his parkruns to date in this age group.
• This weekend he will become the 47th parkrunner to achieve 100 parkruns at Frog Hollow in a single age group.
• The most parkruns he has completed in a calendar year is 37 in 2024, earning him a Bronze Obsessive Award in Running Challenges. He also earned Bronze for completing 36 parkruns in 2025.
• He has earned twelve volunteer credits, all at Frog Hollow.
• He has volunteered across five distinct roles. He has handed out finish tokens six times, done barcode scanning three times and been a timekeeper, done the first timers welcome and been the tail walker once each.
• The most volunteer credits he has earned in a calendar year is eight, in 2025.
• He has an excellent volunteer ratio of 12%.
• He has earned all his official milestones to date at Frog Hollow. He reached his 25 parkruns milestone on 03/08/2024 and his 50 parkruns milestone on 19/04/2025.
• We look forward to seeing Alister achieve many more milestones in the future!

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We have some very disappointed Run Director's.
Over the last few weeks a number of finish tokens have gone missing, if you have mistakenly taken one home with you, can you please bring it back this week, Thank you.

🐸 THE FROG HOLLOW CHRONICLES – EVENT #570 📰

📅 Saturday, 22nd August 2026
Well, folks… Saturday has been run, walked, jogged, volunteered and generally survived! 😂🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🐸

Frog Hollow was once again buzzing this morning as 129 legends turned up to tackle the course. 🎉👏

Among them were 24 first timers 👋🐸 — welcome to the Frog Hollow family! We hope you enjoyed yourselves. 😂💚

6 runners managed to smash out a brand-new Personal Best! 🏆💨🔥

🆕 A NEW FROG HOLLOW RUN DIRECTOR!
A big Frog Hollow welcome to Sreeni 👏👏👏
Sreeni joined the event team for the first time as a Run Director and did a fantastic job. 🐸
There were runners, walkers, volunteers, scanners, finish tokens, stopwatches and enough enthusiasm to power a small suburb… and somehow Sreeni survived! 😜🙌
Welcome aboard, Sreeni! 🐸💚

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ THE NUMBERS ARE IN!
📊 129 participants
👋 24 first timers
🏆 6 Personal Bests
🏃‍♂️ 8 different clubs represented
🦸‍♀️ 12 absolute CHAMPION volunteers

And those 12 volunteers deserve a massive FROG HOLLOW ROAR! 🐸📣👏👏👏
🦸‍♂️ OUR 12 CHAMPIONS 🦸‍♀️

👏 Sreenivasa Rao MEDISETTI
👏 Neil SILKE
👏 Sai Aditya CHANNAPRAGADA
👏 Alvaro GONZALEZ
👏 Arlo ROBINSON
👏 Kristen ROBINSON
👏 Sandra BROADBENT
👏 Nilmini JAYASURIYA
👏 Deanne DAVIS
👏 Tammy FLENTJAR
👏 Sally MANSON
👏 Andrew HARRIS

Without these absolute legends, there is no parkrun! ❤️🐸

They gave up their Saturday morning lie-in so the rest of us could run around a park for fun. 😂☕🏃‍♀️
That's commitment! 👏👏👏

📈 THE FROG HOLLOW NUMBERS KEEP GROWING!

Since Frog Hollow parkrun first hopped onto the scene on 14th June 2014, we've now reached some pretty impressive numbers! 🐸🎉

👥 8,051 participants
🏃 52,012 parkruns completed
📏 260,060 kilometres travelled
🏆 6,921 Personal Bests
🦸 752 volunteers
👏 5,359 volunteer occasions
That's a LOT of kilometres! 🌏🐸
To put it another way… we've collectively travelled far enough to make the frogs wonder where the hell we're all going! 😂🐸✈️
🐸 SAME TIME NEXT WEEK?
Absolutely! 😜
So dust off the running shoes 👟, drag yourself out of bed 🛏️, grab your barcode 📱 and get yourself down to Frog Hollow parkrun next Saturday!
Whether you're running 🏃, jogging 🏃‍♀️, walking 🚶, volunteering 🦸 or just coming along for the coffee and gossip ☕😂…
YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME AT FROG HOLLOW! 🐸💚

Have a ripper weekend everyone! 🇦🇺☀️
See you next Saturday…
Same frog time. Same frog place. 🐸😂

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