The threat of rain and cold conditions meant a few of our usuals had a Saturday morning sleep in. But the 53 runners and walkers who made it to parkrun were rewarded with good running conditions and lots of fun.
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Our highlight for this week was local running legend Mike Kennedy completing his 100th parkrun. Mike is well known as one of the founders and organisers of the Broulee Runners who meet at 5pm every Wednesday afternoon at the Mossy Point anchor.
This week we managed to persuade Mike to trade his usual Broulee Runners T-shirt for a special parkrun 100 one. Mike has also volunteered for us on 15 occasions. He has also been a mentor for so many local runners - typical that his first words after crossing the finish line were to ask another participant how they went.
The local running community salutes and thanks you for all of the hard work and encouragement over the years Mike.
A special thank you to our volunteers, most of whom don't get to warm up when the conditions are chilly. Well done to Christine Ralston, Robyn Kennedy, Ren Lefevre, Barb Wells, Geoff Wells, Gail Legg, Tracy Denning and Kim Young. Robyn's job this week was handing out finish tokens - very special as she got to hand husband Mike's 100th finish token to him. Unfortunately Mike promptly dropped it (we have video evidence Mike).
All runners and walkers are welcome to join us on the 5km course, including dogs (one per person, well controlled and on a short lead). We meet every Saturday morning at 7.50am for the 8am start. You can register online at www.parkrun.com.au to obtain a barcode which you must print and bring along with you every week to get a recorded result. The venue is Rotary Park near the Marina roundabout in Batemans Bay.
