Mt Penang parkrun

Mt Penang event #493 photos #5

We have the big 250 Run Milestone for a few of the Nangers crew on Saturday, we hope that you can make it along to run with them. 7.45 am for the 8am start!
(rumor has it there might be a Sydney Marathon Themed cupcake stall for the UNHCR charity post run also).... SEE YOU THERE!

Hey Runners, We are all set for this weekends Parkrun because someone awesome people put their hand up for Timekeeper....Despite preferring the other role...

🙏𝗠𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁🙏

𝓝𝓪𝓶𝓮: Helen Williams

𝓦𝓱𝔂 𝓜𝓽 𝓟𝓮𝓷𝓪𝓷𝓰? The course has a bit of everything, which I love, but mostly the people! The café and beautiful surrounds are bonuses. 🌲🌲

𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓰𝓸𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓸 𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓻𝓾𝓷? My family kept talking about how great it was and Mum convinced me to give it a go. They all walked with me (and the pram) my first time. I started going occasionally to see them and get healthier, then it sorta snowballed. ❄❄❄

𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓥𝓸𝓵𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓮𝓻 𝓟𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓦𝓱𝔂? Probably barcode scanning. You get to see all the action but there is no pressure!

𝓐𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓻𝓾𝓷, 𝓘 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝔂 𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓴𝓮𝓷𝓭 𝓭𝓸𝓲𝓷𝓰... I spend my time doing? Mum-stuff like housework and being climbed on by my three kiddos. Which may also explain why I always hang around after Parkrun...👶

Still reading - go ahead and volunteer for this weekend, or any of the following weekends - and you could find yourself in an appreciation post:)

https://www.parkrun.com.au/mtpenang/futureroster/

We still need a barcode scanner and timekeeper for this weekend's event to proceed. Please comment below with your barcode number and preferred role.

A timekeeper, 3 Marshalls and a barcode scanner walk into a bar.
The bartender says “Is this a joke?”
No… it’s a riddle. We’re trying to solve it for Parkrun on 22 August.
Can you help?
Please comment below with your Parkrun ID!

Sometimes its nice to see how we are a part of a wider community, see if you can see some of our Nangers Family in this picture with Woy Woy parkrun , Pioneer Dairy parkrun and The Entrance parkrun runners in Forster last weekend:) Go ahead and tag them for me....

So, guess what we have a full roster for tomorrow 8am - so shall we get to know some of our fellow runners?

🏃🏻‍♀️𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙚🏃🏻‍♀️

𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞: Natasha 🏃🏻‍♀️

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐌𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠? I chose Mt Penang because it was my closest parkrun; but I kept coming back because everyone was so friendly and welcoming! 💚 Like what do you mean I’m out there fighting for my life and a random stranger is encouraging me not to give up! 🥹

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐫𝐮𝐧? I wanted to walk more because I was unfit, unhealthy, and gaining weight. My friend recommended parkrun and then I kept seeing signs for it while on holidays in the Gold Coast. At first, I was scared to come along because I swore I would NEVER run and worried about people judging me for walking at parkRUN 🫣 It turns out I was late to parkrun and ‘had’ to jog to catch the tail walker… and that’s how I found out running wasn’t that bad. Apparently it’s also addictive and a cult, so now I run all the time 😝

𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲? Barcode scanning 📲 because you get to say hi to everyone 🤩, it’s low-stress 😅, and you can sleep in a little or run beforehand 😴 (just let the RD know if you’ll be late!)

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐫𝐮𝐧, 𝐈 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠? Coffee and breakfast with friends because I’m Pavlov’s dog ☕️ I then spend hours dissecting my running stats and sharing my parky photos to Instagram () 📸 And once I’m home, I spend the rest of the day being a couch potato 🥱 📺

𝐁𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭? If you know me, you’re probably expecting me to say my recent Gold Coast Double where I ran a half marathon on the Saturday (yes, I skipped parkrun 😬) and backed it up with a marathon on the Sunday. It was an incredible achievement and I did get Double PBs which is kind of awesome 🙌 … HOWEVER, I didn’t really enjoy it if I’m honest 😣 My favourite running achievement was actually my 5k PB which I did here at the Nang - I also snagged first female that day! 😈 Sydney Marathon last year was also a very incredible experience and achievement! 😍🎉

𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚:
I am so fortunate to have a London Marathon 2027 charity place with Make-A-Wish UK 💫 To help me reach my fundraising goal, please consider coming along to my online trivia, buying bracelets, or donating to my fundraising page 💚

𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1996918424764

𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/natasha-sneddon-fundraiser-for-the-2027-tcs-london-marathon-vhhzb86it4g