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Derry City parkrun 29 August 2026.
Runners taking the turn onto the bridge.
Derry City parkrun - Event number 617 - 29th August 2026
This week 147 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 33 were first timers and 12 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 18 different clubs took part.
We hosted visitors from: Antrim, Ballynahinch, Ballymena, Basingstoke, Belfast, Hillsborough, Maidenhead, Melbourne, Sheffield and Warrington
Among the visitors were Emma and David from Willowfield Harriers. The Harriers were planning to send visitors to each parkrun in NI, today.
We hope that all the visitors experienced a warm welcome and that you enjoyed the run.
Calum McMonagle celebrated his 20th birthday today, by running 18:49 as our first finisher. Labhaoise Doherty was also celebrating a birthday - her 21st! Her dad surprised her with a cake at the finish that was enjoyed by many of the runners and volunteers!
Paul McKinney ran his 100th parkrun with us today. Meanwhile Noel McMonagle was also running his 100th, he had arranged £100 sponsorship on behalf of Foyle Hospice for the event. Noel was on a tight schedule as his daughter is getting married today and he needed to get home in time to drive her to her wedding. He ran in a tuxedo with a floral buttonhole. (Just between you and me, he was planning to shower and change into his REAL wedding suit when he got home.)
Amid all that excitement two runners from AXA insurance were graduating from the company Couch-to-5k course.
The event was made possible by 15 volunteers:
Elizabeth HARRIGAN • Noelle MELIA • Ian GRAHAM • Conn O'NEILL • George ROW • Florence BEARMAN • Noel MCMONAGLE • Roisin O'DONNELL • Roger CAREY • Conaire HASSON • Declan MCCAFFREY • Orla QUIGLEY • Clara MCDEVITT • Sara LINDSAY • Santhya SENREDDY DEVARAJAN
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Derry City parkrun Results Page: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/derrycity/results/617/
Don’t forget that Derry City parkrun is cancelled next week as the European Cup Triathlon will be happening in the River Foyle and along part of our course.
On Sunday next weekend the Waterside Half Marathon(WHM) is taking place. If you are not running the WHM you might like to be one of THEIR volunteers? If so contact us at the usual email address ([email protected]) and we will pass on your name and email to the organisers of WHM.
[Friday Update] We made a great start to recruiting our team of volunteers for this Saturday (29th August 2026)!
We now just need:
- one more volunteer to help with Finish Tokens
Is there a fast runner - someone who finishes in the first 20% of park runners - who could get their breath back and then help with giving out tokens? (Maybe bring a jacket with you that you can put on after the finish?)
It would also be nice to have people for the following roles:
- Pre-event setup
- Photographer
- Pacers
- Funnel Manager
(checks that approaching runners ARE parkrun-ers)
- Volunteer without-portfolio
(eg minding the keys’ bag, on standby for any crisis)
If you can help with any of those roles (either the one essential volunteer or one of the "nice-to-have" roles) please contact us at:
. . . . . . [email protected]
Since posting this appeal we have found:
- 2x Marshals
- 2x Timekeepers
- Finish Token Issuer
Derry City parkrun 22 August 2026.
At the Ebrington end of the Bridge on the way out.
Thanks to Noelle.
Derry City parkrun
Event number 616
22nd August 2026
This week, on what was a very nice morning for participating in parkrun, 151 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 27 were first timers and 32 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 15 different clubs took part. We welcomed visitors from far and wide today, including Dublin, New Zealand, Newcastle upon Tyne, London, Leeds, the Gold Coast in Australia, Belfast, Crumlin, Antrim and Warwick. You were all very welcome and we hope you had a good time at Derry City parkrun, and come back to visit us again in the future.
Please note: Derry City parkrun is cancelled on Saturday 5 September due to the Europe Triathlon Cup taking place in and around the parkrun course. All being well, we'll be back on the following Saturday 12 September 2023.
The event was made possible by 20 volunteers:
Rebecca LONERGAN • Ciaran CREGAN • Anne HUTTON • Maureen MAHER • Noelle MELIA • Ian GRAHAM • George ROW • Andy MCINROY • Rosie MCINROY • Paul SCEENY • Deirdre MCDOWELL • Denis O'DONNELL • Niamh RICHARDSON • Conaire HASSON • Orla QUIGLEY • Clara MCDEVITT • Aoife RICHARDSON • Sara LINDSAY • Calum MCMONAGLE • Santhya SENREDDY DEVARAJAN
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Derry City parkrun Results Page at https://www.parkrun.org.uk/derrycity/results/2026-08-22/
Derry City parkrun started on 29th June 2013. Since then 11,445 participants have completed 60,297 parkruns covering a total distance of 301,485 km, including 9,286 new Personal Bests. A total of 587 individuals have volunteered 8,157 times.
[Friday Update] We made a good start recruiting our team of volunteers for this Saturday (22nd August 2026) but finding the last two Marshals is becoming URGENT!
We still need:
- 2x Marshals
It would also be nice to have people for the following roles:
- Photographer
- Pacers
(checks that approaching runners ARE parkrun-ers)
- Volunteer without-portfolio
(eg minding the keys’ bag, on standby for any crisis)
If you can help with any of those roles (either the essential or the nice-to-have) please contact us at:
. . . . . . [email protected]
Since posting this appeal we have found:
- 1 x Marshal
- Pre-event setup
- Funnel Manager
A short video from Orla shot at the first bend of Derry City parkrun this morning.
Derry City parkrun - Event number 615 - 15th August 2026
Don't forget there will be no Derry City parkrun on 5th September - see the pinned post for details.
This week 166 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 33 were first timers and 21 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 15 different clubs took part.
We hosted a lot of visitors this week, including parkrunners from:
Bangor County Down, Cape Town, Claudy, Derbyshire, Hackney, London, Manchester, Montreal Canada, Nottingham, Quebec Canada, Sheffield, Skipton N. Yorkshire, Staffordshire and Whitstable.
We hope that you all felt welcome and that you enjoyed the run.
The event was made possible by 15 volunteers:
Ian GRAHAM • Kieran MCGILL • Conn O'NEILL • George ROW • Andy MCINROY • Deirdre MCDOWELL • Roger CAREY • Niamh RICHARDSON • Conaire HASSON • Orla QUIGLEY • Kathleen HOLMES • Aoife RICHARDSON • Gemma PEYTON • Judith BRADY • Santhya SENREDDY DEVARAJAN
One volunteer in particular - Orla Quigley - deserves individual thanks. She set a new record for Derry City parkrun by performing 7 (seven) distinct volunteer roles in one week!
She: Checked the Course, Sorted the Tokens, Presented the Visitor and First Timers Briefing, Marshalled at the Cyclepath, Took Photographs and Scanned tokens! Thank you Orla!
Can anyone beat this?
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Derry City parkrun Results Page: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/derrycity/results/615/
Derry City parkrun started on 29th June 2013. Since then almost 11,500 participants have completed over 60,000 parkruns covering a total distance of over 300,000 km (7.5 laps of the globe), including 9,254 new Personal Bests. A total of 586 individuals have volunteered 8,137 times.
Photographs, by Orla, will be published here shortly.
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