Castle Park parkrun

15/09/2026

Good morning Castle Park. We are in a desperate need of marshals for this weekend. Please comment here or email [email protected] if you can help. Thanks Bran

12/09/2026

12/09/2026

This week’s event stats🙌

12/09/2026

A lovely morning for my first event as Run Director! A huge thank you to my trusty Event Director, Feridun, for all his support and guidance this week.
Conditions were perfect for running, although the course was a little damp in places, so I reminded everyone to take care on the slippery grass.
Unfortunately, there were a couple of incidents at the finish involving dog walkers. Dogs are very welcome at parkrun, but please make sure they are kept under control at all times. Runners, thank you for being patient and considerate too; parkrun is for everyone to enjoy.
Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers. Two of them did accidentally head to Castle Park in Colchester instead 😬but thankfully our regular volunteers were ready to step in and keep everything running smoothly. As our parkrun continues to grow, please do consider volunteering in the future.
We celebrated two fantastic milestones this morning: Keith Borrett completed his 650th parkrun, and Stuart Parkes completed his 100th. Congratulations to you both!
We also welcomed visitors from Northumberland, Ipswich, Rutland, Southend, and, furthest of all, Poland. It was lovely to have parkrun Ambassador Katrina Dell with us too, supporting both the first-timers’ welcome and main briefing in sign language.
Photos from today will be uploaded to Facebook over the coming days, so please keep an eye on our page.
That’s all from me this week. I’ll hand over to Bran, who will be Run Director next week.
Suzie Moran

05/09/2026

What a lovely morning that was!

Perfect late summer conditions for a run or walk in the park and another 500+ turnout.

Well done to everyone who took part and thank you to all the wonderful volunteers that made it happen!

Results should be live now - any issues let me know otherwise enjoy the rest of your weekends!

See you soon

Simon

04/09/2026

Happy Friday Folks!

We are all set to go tomorrow and the weather is looking perfect for a run or walk in the park!

Whilst we have a squad of pacers ready to try and get you a PB, I'm still looking for someone to pace 20, 24 and 38 minutes so if this could be you please let me know!

Also still have a couple of other volunteer roles available that can be combined with running so please drop me an email if you are happy to stay around after your run and help with those.

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

Simon

02/09/2026

PACERS WANTED!

Hello Everyone,

As the new school term begins, so too does the month of September and that means this Saturday is Pacer Week at Castle Park!

We are still looking for volunteers to pace at 20, 24, 30, 34, 36 and 38 minutes so if you can help with any of these please let me know by emailing [email protected]

I am also still looking for a few other volunteers to Marshal the course and help at the finish line so again if you can lend a hand please drop me an email.

Thank you,

Simon

29/08/2026

Results are out, there were some scanning issues so if you see an issue with your result please email to [email protected] (don't post here).

We didn't get the anticipated deluge of participants but still a big turnout.

Thank you to the volunteers - especially those that had to stand around in the rain towards the end and to the tourist volunteers.

Several people mentioned that the "seeding" of expected finish times worked well. Let us know if you agree.

Have a great bank holiday weekend.

Feridun