Poole parkrun

Well that was a wet one today!

Some wonderful news - thanks to the amazing parkrun community we have achieved our fundraising target for a new defibrillator. Thank you so much 😊

Numbers were down somewhat today, I can’t think why 🤔🌧️

However that didn’t stop Andrew travelling down all the way from South Wales. Thank you Andrew for penning this weeks report….

29/08/26 Parkrun Run Report

I was doing some tourism this week as I had booked on a trip with Johnston’s Tours to do the parkrun in Poole. Our trip did have a drop off at Upton House as some people wanted to do that one instead, in order to get the ‘U’ for their parkrun challenges. However I had already done Upton House so Poole was the obvious option. It was an excellent choice but unfortunately the weather wasn’t on our side this morning. After all the glorious weeks we have had it was extremely wet, with it also being quite breezy on parts of the course.

It should be noted that parking in the Poole Park is not allowed until 10am but there is a public parking at the Dolphin swimming pool car park across the road from the park. We had been able to park the coach we arrived on in a coach park a very short walk from the parkrun.

I was really impressed at how welcoming and friendly the volunteers were. Even other local participants that were present were friendly and easy to talk with to share their experiences. The first timer’s brief that was given was very good and included a very clear explanation of the course. There were quite a few tourists this morning, including participants from Barnstaple, Bushy in London, Long Eaton in Derbyshire, someone from Scotland and even someone from Johannesburg. It’s always good to see others from different places.

The course is all on tarmac and some compact gravel paths and starts near to Kingland Road play park. Dogs on short leads and buggies were welcome at the parkrun which was lovely to see. Poole parkrun is a lovely flat course with a nice wide start, which accommodates for the number of people taking part. Once across a short tarmac section the course takes a sharp turn right and heads towards the cricket pitch, where an anticlockwise lap is mad on tarmac paths. Care needed to be taken at this right turn today as it was slightly slippery due to the heavy rain. Once the lap of the cricket pitch has been completed the route heads back towards the start. When the finish area is passed the route then takes participants on an anticlockwise lap of the large lake/lagoon. It is very scenic as you progress around the lake, but probably would have been much more scenic if it hadn’t been so wet. When the lap of the lake has almost been completed the parkrun course turns right for another lap around the cricket pitch and then back to the finish area under a row of trees near to a fountain. Thanks have to be given to all the volunteers out on a well marshalled and very easy to follow course in what was certainly challenging conditions. They were very encouraging to all the participants taking part. In total there were 677 people who ran, walked or jogged the parkrun today and of these there were 94 first timers with 50 people achieving a new personal best. Well done to everyone. One individual was actually doing their first ever parkrun this morning so congratulations to them also. I hope they realise that life won’t be the same again.

After the parkrun there’s the opportunity to get a post parkrun coffee in one of the many local cafes in town. However, I expect that a lot of people were looking forward to getting into some dry kit first. Despite the bad weather it was a great morning out and I will definitely be returning again in the future when back in the area.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered this morning, without you we’d be lost 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Thank you to all that supported the fallen runner, he’s well and went off to the UTC with cuts n bruises.

How was your run/walk this morning?

Sleep tight parkrunners of Poole. See you in the morning all bright eyed and bushy tailed!
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Since posting this at lunchtime I’ve had one offer of help 🙏🏽, and unfortunately one volunteer withdraw.

Please help if you can otherwise we won’t have the desired volunteers to ensure you don’t all get 59:59 as a time 😳

Some of these lovely hi-vis 🦺 still need bodies to fill them!

Are you the body to fill one of two of them? 🙏🏽

We are short of barcode scanners and a couple of volunteers to hand out finish tokens. Barcode scanners can be a speedy runner that can run then scan; so you get to parkrun and volunteer, how cool is that?!!! 😎

Please email [email protected] if you are an awesome wannabe volunteer for this Saturday

Some of these lovely hi-vis 🦺 still need bodies to fill them!

Are you the body to fill one of two of them? 🙏🏽

We are short of barcode scanners and a couple of volunteers to hand out finish tokens. Barcode scanners can be a speedy runner that can run then scan; so you get to parkrun and volunteer, how cool is that?!!! 😎

Please email [email protected] if you are an awesome wannabe volunteer for this Saturday

What a morning! Who enjoyed parkrun this morning, there were an amazing 1080 people taking part, even more special are the 56 volunteers, without them parkrun just wouldn’t be possible.
Big question did anyone get a PB in fancy Brooks trainers?

Who is excited for parkrunday? Hopefully there’s a few people who will have some fancy Brooks trainers to try.

Have you managed to book a pair? If not there are some sizes still available.

Fancy trying something new at Poole parkrun this Saturday? 👟⚡

Our friends at Brooks are bringing three of their latest shoes for you to trial around the 5K.

👉 Reserve your pair here: https://www.trippus.net/brooks/uk/PooleParkrun-15Aug2026

Choose from the Hyperion Elite 6, a lightweight carbon-plated shoe developed and tested with Mile World Record Holder Josh Kerr, the Hyperion Max 4, designed for lightweight cushioning and picking up the pace, or the Ghost Amp, combining smooth comfort with an extra pop of energy.

Book your pair in advance and it’ll be waiting for you on Saturday morning. 🙌

See you there! 💙

Fancy trying something new at Poole parkrun this Saturday? 👟⚡

Our friends at Brooks are bringing three of their latest shoes for you to trial around the 5K.

👉 Reserve your pair here: https://www.trippus.net/brooks/uk/PooleParkrun-15Aug2026

Choose from the Hyperion Elite 6, a lightweight carbon-plated shoe developed and tested with Mile World Record Holder Josh Kerr, the Hyperion Max 4, designed for lightweight cushioning and picking up the pace, or the Ghost Amp, combining smooth comfort with an extra pop of energy.

Book your pair in advance and it’ll be waiting for you on Saturday morning. 🙌

See you there! 💙