Stretford parkrun

Stretford parkrun A free, weekly, timed 5k walk/jog/run at 9am every Saturday. Open to all ages and abilities.

Please register before your first visit - http://www.parkrun.org.uk/register/

Volunteer spots left to fill for Saturday :We still need a few people for Saturday :1st times welcome (you need to know ...
18/06/2026

Volunteer spots left to fill for Saturday :
We still need a few people for Saturday :
1st times welcome (you need to know our course well, but can then run).
2-3 marshalls.
Finish token giver out person
People to help resort tokens after your runs

Plus we expect to be busy again this week with Alex park and Heaton park cancelled, so any other offers of help gratefully received such as funnel team and barcode scanners.

If you're free, Claire would love to hear from you at [email protected]. Please include your parkrun ID when you get in touch.

Many thanks

It's rare we get a participant writing a run report, but this week, Paul Asare-Archer has written his experience at Stre...
14/06/2026

It's rare we get a participant writing a run report, but this week, Paul Asare-Archer has written his experience at Stretford. For info, 911 participants yesterday, our 3rd highest number. Well done 1 and all.

Introduction
I loved Stretford Parkrun today. Thank you! Today’s Stretford parkrun carried a
special personal story — a return to Manchester for the first time in 30 years (having studied here in my younger days!), wrapped around a father–daughter trip to see The Weekend live in concert.

It was a great trip and I arrived at Longford Park this morning after quite a late night at the Etihad! Today was buzzing in classic Stretford fashion. I literally have never seen so many people doing pre parkrun laps in all my life, and in fact at one point I feared that parkruns must start early in Manchester!

Volunteers were in their highvis, runners warming up on the paths, and the track
looked sharp under a bright morning sky. After a superb first timer briefing, we set
off. It was such good fun. Fast, friendly and perfect weather!

A Return Three Decades in the Making
Stretford delivered, for sure. A flat course with a mix of tarmac, park paths, and the
iconic track finish. I loved it. I was also pulled along at the end by a lovely stranger
who kept me going when I was flagging at the end.
Well done to all 911 finishers today. For 21 runners it was their first ever Parkrun. For 174 runners it was their first ever Stretford run. Well done to Steve Rankin for
romping home in a time of 16:26. Congrats also to Rachel Brown for being the first
female.
Finally thank you to the 43 volunteers who made the event happen today. As the
Run Director said, without volunteers parkrun cannot take place so I would
recommend the experience.
It was great to be in Manchester after such a long time. The city has transformed
almost beyond recognition — new skyline, new neighbourhoods – but still the same
warmth. I’m now back home in London after a long drive but arrive home after a
great trip and with some lifelong memories.
Thank you Manchester. You never let me down.

Parkruns have grown enormously in the last 3 years, and participants eagerly await events being on each week and safely....
13/06/2026

Parkruns have grown enormously in the last 3 years, and participants eagerly await events being on each week and safely. But events don't have a separate pool of people who only volunteer. Our events happen thanks to those running and walking also offering to volunteer.

Our rota filled up really fast this week except for course set up. Without these roles being filled, we can't go ahead. Same goes for Marshalls, timekeepers scanners, tailwalker and so on.

Over the next 10 weeks, Alexandra, Heaton, South Manchester and Wythenshawe all have cancellations as their venues get hired out by the council. That means the rest of us get even busier. We really need your help to make sure we're not panicking on Fridays on whether we also need to cancel.

Most volunteer roles do require you to give up your run that day, we do have vital roles such as set up, tailwalker and token sorting where you can run and volunteer.

Alex park and Heaton park are BOTH cancelled on the 20th June, everyone else will be busy, so if you can help, Claire's eagerly awaiting you to message her. Email [email protected] with your parkrun id and the role you'd like to do. You don't have to have volunteered before, the Run director will give you full instructions.

Look forward to hearing from you.

UPDATE - we've had a few people get in touch, so all sorted. Thank you to those who popped their hand in the air.URGENT!...
12/06/2026

UPDATE - we've had a few people get in touch, so all sorted. Thank you to those who popped their hand in the air.

URGENT!!

We still have no volunteers for the course set up. If we don't have 2 people by 7pm to do it, then we'll have to press cancel alongside other cancelled local runs tomorrow. With 800 participants most weeks, it would be good to have support to ensure we don't need to cancel.

Course set up needs you here by 8;10am and knowledge of the route. We can advise where stuff needs to go.

Please email Trish if you can help so we don't need to cancel. [email protected] with your parkrun id.

Many thanks

Stretford fans - this week, our neighbours at Alex park are having a week off, and there's a separate schools champs sta...
11/06/2026

Stretford fans - this week, our neighbours at Alex park are having a week off, and there's a separate schools champs starting at the track from 10am. Stretford parkrun will no doubt be busy, and the car park will be busy.
For any tourists, the car park holds a max 120 cars, and includes non parkrun park users.

For our locals, please jog, cycle or walk to the park if you can.
For any tourists, if the car park is full, there is another car park 5 minutes away on Turn Moss Lane. Stretford parkrun is located in the middle of busy residential roads - please don't block in our lovely neighbours, park considerately and leave plenty of time to park and get to the start. The park has 3 tram stops within a 10 minute walk - Stretford, Firswood and Chorlton if you fancy leaving the car at home.

Look forward to seeing you all on Saturday morning.

Our rotas almost full except for 2 mandatory roles - course set up. This role starts at 8:10am and you need to put out t...
11/06/2026

Our rotas almost full except for 2 mandatory roles - course set up. This role starts at 8:10am and you need to put out the cones and signs for us, as well as check there's no obstructions. Unless we fill these, we'd need to cancel even though the rest of the rota is full. It's a role you do need to know the course, but a role you can then run as you'll be finished by 8:45am.

If you're able to help, email Trish at [email protected] with your parkrun ID so we're good to go on Saturday.

Thanks.

Volunteer shout out for Saturday.We're not looking too bad for this weekend so far, but have key roles to fill.We've no ...
10/06/2026

Volunteer shout out for Saturday.

We're not looking too bad for this weekend so far, but have key roles to fill.

We've no one on course set up yet - we need 2 volunteers to do this from 8am and you get to run. It is important you know our course well to do this.

We need 3 Marshalls, a couple of funnel managers, plus a couple more people to help sort tokens in order after you've finished your runs.

If you can help, Trish would love to hear from you. Email her at [email protected] with your parkrun ID and which role.

Many thanks.

🌳🚨 Hi Stretfans, it's Friday morning and unfortunately we're still in need of some more volunteers so that we can go ahe...
05/06/2026

🌳🚨 Hi Stretfans, it's Friday morning and unfortunately we're still in need of some more volunteers so that we can go ahead tomorrow. As a minimum we need:
🦺 3 more marshals
🚧 At least one more funnel manager
📲 At least one more barcode scanner
While we know you all love to be out running/walking/dancing around the course (we do too!) we do need your help - we're run entirely by volunteers so if you can give up your run to volunteer instead every now and then we really appreciate it.

Please email in at [email protected] if you can help. Thanks

Did you know you can use the parkrun app to easily generate a volunteer email for you which includes all the needed info...
03/06/2026

Did you know you can use the parkrun app to easily generate a volunteer email for you which includes all the needed info? Here's a handy guide how to do it!

Stretford parkrun #455, Saturday 30th May 2026623 of you (hopefully) enjoyed going round Longford Park on Saturday morn...
01/06/2026

Stretford parkrun #455, Saturday 30th May 2026

623 of you (hopefully) enjoyed going round Longford Park on Saturday morning, made possible by our fantastic team of 44 volunteers. Can you spot yourself in the photos? As always a big thanks to Trafford AC for our fantastic track start and finish.

Have a great week and see you next Saturday; if you'd like to volunteer please email in to [email protected] - did you know you can even use the official parkrun app to generate the email? Go to events, find Stretford, tap 'Event Schedule', select a date and tap 'Volunteer Roster', then at the bottom there is a very handy 'I'd like to volunteer' button!

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Longford Park Stretford
Manchester
M328PX

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