Dartford parkrun

Next week is National Volunteering Week - so a shout out to the 23 people who made today’s event such fun

Their support enabled 277 people to run, jog or walk at Central Park in the sunshine

It was fab to welcome 42 first timers plus congratulate 8-year-old Emma on her 50th event

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A chilly morning, but plenty of warmth for the 276 people who joined us

It was fantastic to welcome 57 first timers and well done to the 54 people who grabbed a pb time

Congrats to Isabella on her 50th volunteering, and Tony on his 350th

Thanks as well to our 25 volunteers!

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The glorious weather attracted 289 participants to Central Park

We welcomed visitors from Catford, Crane Park, Gunnersbury, Brighton, St. Albans, Ealing and Whitstable

We wished a happy 40th birthday to regular, Nataly and celebrated 6 impressive milestones

We’re back at 9AM next Saturday!

Our highest turnout since last summer meant we welcomed 281 runners, joggers and walkers to a sunny Central Park

Look at our smiling volunteers who started the Bank Holiday weekend so brilliantly!

They gave lots of positive vibes - we’ll be doing it all again at 9AM next Saturday!

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Great to welcome lots of parkwalkers on a record breaking day for parkrun - we hope they all enjoyed our beautiful course

It was fantastic to be joined by England Netball’s Tami Fapohunda thanks to Vitality UK

Good luck to everyone taking part in the London and Manchester marathons

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🐣 Easter weekend saw an eggs-celent turnout of 270 in Central Park

It was fantastic to welcome 30 first timers - including 6 doing their first ever parkrun

A massive thanks to our 29 volunteers

Don’t forget next Saturday parkrun is trying to get its biggest ever turnout of walkers

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A glorious morning in Central Park and the weather certainly brought out a crowd!

Congratulations on all the amazing PBs and milestones

Young Rowan ran his 250th parkrun, after already notching up that figure at junior parkrun. Awesome!!!

Thanks to our 26 fabulous volunteers

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🦺 We loved showing off our new parkwalker bibs in the sunshine ☀️

Thanks to Tracy and Kirsten for wearing them. Let us know if you want to parkwalk in future weeks

256 people walked, jogged and ran on a lovely morning

Thanks to our amazing volunteers

We’re back next Saturday!

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So the springtime cherry blossoms were out - but sadly the sun wasn’t

That didn’t deter the 226 people who joined us

We loved welcoming 32 first timers to Dartford

Well done to our 4 milestone achievers

Finally thank you to our 25 amazing volunteers

See you next Saturday!

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A lovely morning in Central Park, with the sun eventually shining and the trail path being firm

Congratulations on all the PBs and milestones, including Mark MacMillan on his 400th !

Great to have some of the Dartford FC Women’s team along as well

We’ll see you all next Saturday!

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On International Women’s Day, how amazing that females made up over half of our volunteers - along with 39% of our participants 👏

Welcome to everyone who joined us in a sunny Central Park

Thanks to Dartford and White Oak Triathlon Club who provided volunteers

See you next Saturday!

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It may have been first day of Spring, but mist shrouded Central Park making for an atmospheric event

191 people ran, jogged or walked and our hill was less slippery than last week! Hurrah

Thanks to our amazing 29 volunteers

Good luck to everyone running the Dartford Half tomorrow!

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The last parkrun of winter and wasn’t it wet and very muddy up our hill?

Really well done to the 183 people who completed a tricky course

A big thank you to our 27 volunteers who cheerfully kept everyone going - even when the going got a little tougher

See you at 9AM next Saturday!

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What a chilly morning for our event #454 - but happily our hill was much drier!

We welcomed 193 participants. Congratulations to the 17 PBs and a big thanks to our wonderful volunteers

Well done to Ashbin, Mark and Bolaji on their milestones!

See everyone at 9AM next Saturday

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The weather was grey, wet and miserable

Luckily we had 181 parkrunners and our volunteers in bright high-viz to bring the colour

The hill was slippery - well done to everyone who made it round

Thanks to our fab volunteers who stood out in the cold

We’re back at 9AM next Saturday!

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The hill was slippery, the field was muddy - but how brilliant was it to see the sun shining?

We welcomed 218 participants - including 5 first timers

We loved having 26 visitors, including a big group from Guildford - thanks for your kind words!

See you again at 9AM next Saturday!

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On a very cold, grey day we loved welcoming 227 people to Central Park

Hello to our 34 first timers - including 8 doing their first ever parkrun

Amazing to still see 21 personal best times

A big, big thank you to our 26 brilliant volunteers

See you at 9AM next Saturday!

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Well that was cold! Really well done to everyone who turned up this morning to join us

A huge thanks to our amazing volunteers who ensured a fun but safe event

The icy conditions at other local parkruns meant we saw our highest turnout since 2020
Let’s hope next Saturday is warmer!

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Well done to the 198 people who joined us on a freezing morning for our first event of 2025

It was lovely to welcome 10 first timers to parkrun - we hope they’ll become part of our lovely community

Thanks must go to our 25 volunteers - it was so chilly out on the course!

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We finished our parkrunning for 2024 with 188 participants and 23 amazing volunteers

What a great year we’ve had! From celebrating our 10th anniversary to winning the ‘Good for Society’ award at the Dartford Business Awards

Thanks to everyone who has supported us - see you in 2025!

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This morning, 182 amazing parkrunners, walked, jogged or ran around a chilly & somewhat slippery course

Congratulations to Tony Durey on his 450th parkrun, Phillip Ottley on his 150th and happy 12th birthday to Rowan!

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas! See you next Saturday

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Storm Darragh brought rain, wind and bitterly cold conditions, so well done to the 153 people who joined us today

Our volunteers were just amazing as they happily cheered everyone round our course

Amazingly there were still 8 personal best times

We’re back at 9AM next Saturday!

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After last week’s Storm Bert - we saw an unseasonably mild morning at Central Park

We celebrated our milestone runners:

Reuben Lenihan 25, Paul Crowe 25, Tyrell Douglas 25, Hari Lak Pantha 100, Trish Skolimowska 100

We also welcomed quite a few tourists

See you next week!

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