East Coast Park parkrun

18/09/2026

Big cheers for RD Shireen and her fantastic team of volunteers, who are ready to bring us another wonderful morning of everything we love about parkrun. 🙌

Here's to a great morning of happy park running, walking or volunteering:

🚗 Arriving by car or taxi? Head to East Coast Park Carpark B1: https://w3w.co/define.drift.eagle
🦺 Volunteers, please check in by 7:05 AM
🗣 First Timer Briefing begins at 7:20 AM
🏃 Main Briefing & Start is at 7:30 AM — don’t be late!
🤫 Please keep quiet during the briefings
⬅️ Keep left and be kind to other park users
👩‍👦 Under 11s within arm’s reach of their responsible adult
🐶 One dog per parkrunner, on a short, non-extendable hand-held lead
✅ Keen to volunteer? Pop your name on our whiteboard — we’d love to have you
👍 And of course… don’t forget your barcode! No barcode = no time
🧁 Join us after for coffee and chats at Starbucks

16/09/2026

Happy Wednesday folks!

We are looking ahead to event #518 and would love a few more volunteers for a go!

💜 Barcode scanners
💜 Finish Tokens
💜 Marshals
💜 Event day course checker

Volunteering is easy, fun, and one of the best ways to be part of the parkrun community. No experience needed — full briefing always provided.

Comment below or message us if you can help 🙌

And remember… our roster is never really full! We’re always happy to welcome more volunteers 🧡

12/09/2026

👏 Event 5️⃣1️⃣7️⃣!

Shall we start with a huge round of applause for RD Karianne 👏

Karianne was supported by an AMAZING team of 1️⃣1️⃣ hi-vis heroes who helped put on Event 517:

⭐Alexandra HARVARD-WALLS ⭐Damaris CARLISLE⭐ David HUNT ⭐Karen HYNES ⭐ Keri MCCRICKERD⭐ Martha HARVARD-WALLS ⭐Richard FOLTIN ⭐Rufus HARVARD-WALLS ⭐Sally MCDONALD ⭐Toby KYLE ⭐Zeb PHOENIX

Thank you for volunteering and being the heart of parkrun! 🙌🧡

And of course parkrun is all about our finishers too. Congratulations to the 1️⃣7️⃣1️⃣ of you who came through the finish funnel!🎽.

A warm welcome to all our first-timers and parkrun tourists from around the world, and a huge well done to everyone celebrating milestones. Way to go! 🎉

Have a terrific weekend everyone!

11/09/2026

Big cheers for RD Karianne and her fantastic team of volunteers, who are ready to bring us another wonderful morning of everything we love about parkrun. 🙌
We'll also be joined by the tomorrow so please do give them a holler!

Here's to a great morning of happy park running, walking or volunteering:

🚗 Arriving by car or taxi? Head to East Coast Park Carpark B1: https://w3w.co/define.drift.eagle
🦺 Volunteers, please check in by 7:05 AM
🗣 First Timer Briefing begins at 7:20 AM
🏃 Main Briefing & Start is at 7:30 AM — don’t be late!
🤫 Please keep quiet during the briefings
⬅️ Keep left and be kind to other park users
👩‍👦 Under 11s within arm’s reach of their responsible adult
🐶 One dog per parkrunner, on a short, non-extendable hand-held lead
✅ Keen to volunteer? Pop your name on our whiteboard — we’d love to have you
👍 And of course… don’t forget your barcode! No barcode = no time
🧁 Join us after for coffee and chats at Starbucks

06/09/2026

East Coast Park parkrun #516 🌅🧡

After a nervous evening watching the haze levels and wondering whether we’d be able to go ahead, it was wonderful to wake up to a clear decision — parkrun was ON! 🎉
James Benghiat captures the morning beautifully in this week’s run report, from the heat and humidity to the stunning sunrise, our international tourists, some fascinating East Coast Park traditions, and plenty of milestones to celebrate. A huge thank you to James for sharing his experience with us!

Read it in full here 👇

After last nights warning about cancelling due to the haze, we were delighted to wake up this morning and see that this parkrun was going ahead. It was very humid and the heat definitely got to me while running. We aren't used to humidity like this in England. The course was a lovely out and back along the coast, watching the sunrise on the out with the sea breeze offering some relief from the heat, with marshals at the turn around point to cheer you on. There were lots of tourists today from all around the world; there were tourists from England, Australia, New Zealand and Netherlands.

East Coast Park is a very popular well used park with plenty of activities going on early in the morning, as well as runners and walkers there were various gym sessions, tai chi and one that I had not seen before with people rubbing their ears and banging arms and upon googling I see this is a ritual which is a staple of morning public park exercises practiced by elderly Singaporeans. It blends Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) acupressure, Qigong, and wellness routines to stimulate blood circulation and clear the mind for the day ahead.

There was a few running milestones today:
Erin McFarlane and Magnus Lundgren completed 10 runs each today
Cindy Pelou and Saghir Hakim both completed their 25th run
Gail Benghiat completed her 400th run today
David Hunt also volunteered for the first time today.

Well done to the 15 runners and walkers today who achieved PB's.

Claire Mitchell completed her 565th run today which was the most for a female there.
Also Ian Jeffcock completed his 435th run which was the most for a male today.

There were 5 first timers today Emmanuel Guérin, Eloi De Rorthays, Iain Tucker, Autumn Lin and Lotte Nijmeijer, welcome to you all. We hope you enjoyed yourselves and continue coming back to parkrun.

Thank you as always to all the volunteers who made this event happen today: Damaris Carlisle, Karianne Di Salvo, Toby Kyle, Leonie Dons, David Hunt, Diana Novoselova, Alexandra Harvard‑Walls, Andrew Varela, Sara Varela, Joanne Brockway, Robert Mitchell, Gail Benghiat, James Benghiat and Punam Owens

05/09/2026

05/09/2026

👏 Event 5️⃣1️⃣6️⃣!

Shall we start with a huge round of applause for RD Damaris👏

Damaris was supported by an AMAZING team of 1️⃣3️⃣ hi-vis heroes who helped put on Event 516:

⭐Alexandra HARVARD-WALLS ⭐Andrew VARELA ⭐David HUNT ⭐Diana NOVOSELOVA ⭐Gail BENGHIAT⭐ James BENGHIAT ⭐Joanne BROCKWAY ⭐Karianne DI SALVO ⭐Leonie DONS ⭐Punam OWENS ⭐Robert MITCHELL ⭐Sara VARELA ⭐Toby KYLE⭐

Thank you for volunteering and being the heart of parkrun! 🙌🧡

And of course parkrun is all about our finishers too. Congratulations to the 1️⃣1️⃣7️⃣ of you who came through the finish funnel!🎽.

A warm welcome to all our first-timers and parkrun tourists from around the world, and a huge well done to everyone celebrating milestones. Way to go! 🎉

We can't wait to see you all again next week and if you'd like to jump on our roster early, we have lots of options, so please drop us an email or comment below:

💜 Finish tokens
💜 Marshal(s)
💜 Barcode scanner(s)

Have a terrific weekend everyone!


📸: Jo Brockway

04/09/2026

🌳 East Coast Park parkrun is ON!

The wind fairies have been kind to us overnight!

We’ve checked the latest air-quality readings this morning and the 1-hour PM2.5 reading for the East is now 25 µg/m³, which is within NEA’s Normal range. We’re therefore happy to confirm that parkrun will go ahead as planned this morning.

We’d still encourage everyone to listen to their body and exercise with caution, particularly if you’re more sensitive to changes in air quality.

See you at East Coast Park! 🧡

04/09/2026

⚠️ Haze Update – Saturday’s East Coast Park parkrun

We are continuing to monitor the haze and air quality ahead of tomorrow morning’s event.

As the 24-hour PSI is currently close to the Unhealthy range and conditions may change overnight, the Event Team will make a final decision at approximately 6:00am tomorrow.

We will check the latest NEA 24-hour PSI and 1-hour PM2.5 readings, taking into account that parkrun involves outdoor physical activity and that some members of our community may be more vulnerable to poor air quality.

The safety and wellbeing of our participants and volunteers will always come first.

We’ll post an update as soon as the decision has been made. Please check our social media before travelling to East Coast Park tomorrow morning.

Cancellations will also be shown here: https://www.parkrun.sg/cancellations/

Thank you for your understanding

04/09/2026

Big cheers for RD Damaris and her fantastic team of volunteers, who are ready to bring us another wonderful morning of everything we love about parkrun. 🙌

🌫️ HAZE UPDATE
We are keeping a close eye on the haze and air quality over Singapore. As parkrun is an outdoor event, the safety of our participants and volunteers comes first.
Please check the latest air quality information before heading to parkrun at www.haze.gov.sg.

If conditions deteriorate to a level above 100, where we do not feel it is safe to hold the event, we will need to cancel. Any cancellation will be communicated here as soon as possible.

Cancellations can also be checked here: https://www.parkrun.sg/cancellations/

Fingers crossed for clear skies and a great morning! 🤞🧡

In the meantime, here’s your Friday night checklist:
🚗 Arriving by car or taxi? Head to East Coast Park Carpark B1: https://w3w.co/define.drift.eagle
🦺 Volunteers, please check in by 7:05 AM
🗣 First Timer Briefing begins at 7:20 AM
🏃 Main Briefing & Start is at 7:30 AM — don’t be late!
🤫 Please keep quiet during the briefings
⬅️ Keep left and be kind to other park users
👩‍👦 Under 11s within arm’s reach of their responsible adult
🐶 One dog per parkrunner, on a short, non-extendable hand-held lead
✅ Keen to volunteer? Pop your name on our whiteboard — we’d love to have you
👍 And of course… don’t forget your barcode! No barcode = no time
🧁 Join us after for coffee and chats at Starbucks

Looking forward to another fun-filled morning of walking, running and volunteering!