Hackney Marshes parkrun

19/09/2026

That’s a wrap for event #777

Another wonderful Saturday morning on the marshes. We hope you enjoyed it 😎.

This morning’s stats 📊 🏃‍♂️🚶‍♀️ 527 runners/joggers/walkers
💜 24 wonderful volunteers.
🎉51 PB’s

Congratulations to everyone who ran and walked. We had a massive 140 first-timers joining us at Hackney Marshes. We hope you enjoyed it.

All of it was only made possible by our fabulous band of volunteers, who make this event happen every week. The biggest thanks to those who did extra jobs this morning as we were short. You were all amazing. 💜 💜💜

The roster needs lots of volunteers in the next few weeks. Please message if you can help 🦺

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Laura

01/08/2026

What a way to start August ! ☀️🥵

A huge well done to the 475 people who started their Saturday with us at Hackney Marshes parkrun! 🙌

Congratulations to Jack & Ellie, who joined us this morning before heading off to Hackney Town Hall to get married! 💍🎉 Wishing you both a lifetime of happiness.

A warm welcome to the 107 first-time visitors, and a massive congratulations to the 66 people who achieved a PB in those tough conditions. A big thank you to our fantastic pacers! 💪

As always, our biggest thanks go to our amazing volunteers. You make parkrun possible every single week, and we couldn’t do it without you. 💜

We’re looking for volunteers over the coming weeks, so if you’d like to get involved, please let us know—it’s just as rewarding as running!

Have a fantastic weekend, stay cool, and we’ll see you next Saturday! ☀️

Laura

31/07/2026

25/07/2026

🫡Signing off on event #769 at Hackney Marshes:

Another bright and hot morning, with our grass looking more like dunes - will tonight's promised rain rejuvinate our fields?

Nevertheless, alongside our hi-viz pinks, we had plenty of jades (and blue) with local running club providing the vast majority of today's volunteers as part of their annual takeover🎽.

After last week's bumper week, we had a modest 440 runners, joggers, and walkers - 99 first time visitors to Hackney Marshesa, 20 of who completed their first parkrun, and an impressive 46 bagged PBs. And we must give special mention to our "pupwalker" Aspen 🐶🥹

A big thank you to:

✨️Gigi Giannella, Shaluka Jayawardena, Adrian Lebby, Tim Murray, Simon Wharton, Brian Grogan, Anika Heckwolf, Simon Bidwell, Beatrice Moffat, Brenda Puech, Nick Rutherford, Stephanie Williams, Mya Daaveed, Kitt Love‑Jones, Jeanne Martin, Annie Trihan, James Waddell, June Barrow‑Green, Major Carr, Claire Devonport, Agata Slota, Tony Wood, Matt Powell, Stephanie Helen Robinson, Ashley Burton, Stacey Clark, Jan Abbott, Clem Cook, Mia Bennett, Vittorio Bini, Tanreece Chahal, Marie Chamillard, Elizabeth Coulter, Jakub Czeczótka, Mark Doerfel, Omar Elhag, Clare Hartley‑Marjoram, Nicola Kerr, Rachel Lovell, Robin Norton‑Hale, Michele Padovan, David Pang, Alejandra Perez Fernandez, Cy Toplis, Josephine Von Zitzewitz, Miry Mayer✨️

It's hard to believe that next week is August already, a month when we particularly struggle for volunteers, so if you can lend a hand and be a hi-viz hero - please get in touch🙏🏼.

Enjoy the rest of your weekends,

Miry

11/07/2026

What a scorcher ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ 🥵

We had an amazing 473 people who started their Scorching Saturday with us🙌

Massive congratulations to Paul and Ivy. Regulars in the marshes who joined us today after getting married yesterday 🎊

Welcome to the 108 people who joined us at Hackney or at parkrun for the first time hope you enjoyed it and congratulations to a massive 49 people who received personal bests in the heat 😎

All of it is only made possible by our fabulous band of volunteers, who make this event happen every week, the biggest thank you , You were all amazing. 💜 💜

Lots of volunteers needed for the coming weeks please let us know if you can help (volunteer is as much fun as running !!)

We hope everyone enjoyed it and we will see you again soon 🥇

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Laura

09/07/2026

Hello parkrunners,

Only two sleeps to go and we still need:

Marshal x 1
Course check x1

Volunteers are essential to ensure that this week's event goes ahead safely 🙏

Email [email protected]

Thank you to everyone that has emailed in so far.

Hackney Marshes parkrun team 💜

08/07/2026

☀️ Another scorcher is on the way this weekend!😎

We just need a few more amazing volunteers to make it happen! 🙌

🛠️ Set-up Team (and you can still run afterwards!)
🦺 Marshals

Can you help? Drop us a message – we’d love to have you on the team! 💙

20/06/2026

📣Rounding up event #764 at hackney Marshes:

A warm and muggy morning on the marshes brought out 428 runners, joggers, and walkers; and 25 volunteers this morning.

We had 91 first timers to the marshes - including 15 people who completed their very first parkrun, and 35 people got brand new PBs despite the heat!

An excellent team of volunteers today, a massive THANK YOU as always to:

✨️Laura Sharpe, Natalie Simpson, Simon Wharton, Desmond Johnston, David Wilkey, Graham Atkins, Anika Heckwolf, Nicholas Rutherford, Catriona Finnie, David Shortridge, Asif Hussain, Chris Mattinson, Ogechi Ughaonu, Kate Westlake, Simon Long, Kitt Love‑Jones, Sarah Newton, Rebecca Parry, David Swindells, Lucy Willan‑Kritzler, Martina Antosova, Anne Parisio, Jan Abbott, Clem Cook, Miry Mayer✨️

Look after yourselves and keep cool over the next few days with the rising temperatures. Our roster is looking a bit patchy over the upcoming weeks, so if you'd like to help us patch it up - please email or DM us to volunteer🙏🏼.

18/06/2026

🚨 Volunteers Needed This Saturday! 🚨

Can you answer the call? 👆

We’re looking for a few more heroes to help make this Saturday’s parkrun happen, particularly for the roles of:

📱 Barcode Scanner
🚩 Marshals

Marshalling is one of the most rewarding volunteer roles – cheering on participants, keeping everyone on course, and helping create the fantastic atmosphere that makes parkrun so special. And if you’ve never tried scanning before, don’t worry – it’s quick, easy, and full training will be provided.

Whether you’re taking a week off running, supporting a friend, or simply want to give something back to our amazing parkrun community, we’d love to have you on the team.

👉 If you can help, please comment below, send us a message, or email us at [email protected]

When you’re lining up your next volunteer recruit… we’re pointing at YOU! 😉

02/06/2026

THANK YOU MARSHAL 👏🏼

On we want to take this opportunity to say a massive ✨️THANK YOU✨️ to our wonderful volunteers, without whom parkrun is not possible.

We're grateful for your help all year round, hi-viz heroes absolutely rock 👏🏼