Run Report for our parkrun on 16 May 2015
Worsley Woods parkrun 16th May 2015 (Event 168) Here's this weeks amazing run report written by Jonny Sides. Forget Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Cucumbertown (networking for...
View ArticleRun report for our parkrun on 23 May 2015
Here is this week's fantastic run report written by Lauren Marsden. Worsley Woods parkrun 23rd May 2015 (Event 169) Given that the weather during the week leading up to Worsley Woods parkrun number 169...
View ArticleRun report for our parkrun on 30 May
PARKRUN MUSINGS BY JOE CUSACK Place foot forward...shift weight...plant trailing foot in front. Repeat, er....six or seven thousand times. Sorted. Welcome to Worsley Woods parkrun, the free-est of free...
View ArticleRun report for our parkrun on 6 June
"WE'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT" as George once said when we had a turnout of 296 in May 2014! Well what a turnout we had on Saturday! We thought there might be a few more runners this week, with...
View ArticleRunner of the month for May 2015
Congratulations to our runner of the month, ANDREA HARRISON! 53 runs at Worsley and 8 official volunteering days not including the numerous times she has come to the Waterside after the run and tried...
View ArticleRun report…..thanks Rebecca!
What a week at Worsley Woods parkrun! Fabulous running conditions (a little rain is always good to cool you off, don't you think?) greeted a field of 297 park-runners for the 176th Worsley Woods...
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25th July run report….Thanks Jenny!
Another bright Saturday morning, a gentle breeze in the air how better to spend an hour then to have a timed 5K run around Worsley woods. So begins run #178, with just over 300 people partaking, 42...
View ArticleRun report for our parkrun on Saturday 1 August…..thanks Patrick!
Worsley Woods Parkrun 01.08.15 Event 179 Hi! My name is Patrick and I have been going to Worsley Woods parkrun since it first started in March 2012. I have completed 119 parkruns and 88 of them have...
View ArticleSome lovely comments received about our run on Saturday 15 August
We didn't have a run report writer this week but we did receive these lovely comments from Diane Mawer who visited our parkrun this week. Thanks again for some wonderful hospitality when we visited you...
View ArticleRun report for our parkrun on 5 September
Here's this week's fantastic run report written by Paul Bate: I don't know about you, dear parkrunner, but the morning of the 5th of September 2015 is not one that I will look back on with great...
View ArticleSweatshop runner of the month for July
Our Sweatshop runner of the month for July was Iain Clarke. Iain is a regular runner and volunteer at Worsley Woods, having run over 80 times and volunteered over 15 times in the last 20 months. You...
View ArticleSweatshop runner of the month for August
Congratulations to our fantastic Sweatshop runner of the month James Critchley. James was already on our shortlist when he was nominated for the wonderful support he has given to a younger runner...
View ArticleAlzheimer’s Research Uk
Earlier this year Alzheimer's Research UK became parkrun’s first official charity partner. Despite the fact that ARUK is the country’s leading dementia research charity, they have a smaller presence in...
View ArticleSweatshop runners of the month for September and October are:
Our runner for month of September was Clair Regan and our nomination for runner of the month for October is Mark Birchall. Unfortunately this is the last time Sweatshop will be providing the monthly...
View ArticleRun report for our parkrun on 9 April 2016
Worsley Woods parkrun Event number 215 9th April 2016 This run took place the day before the Greater Manchester Marathon, so many of our regular runners were kindly marshalling and saving their legs...
View ArticleRun report for our parkrun on Saturday 30 April
Here's this week's report superbly written by Simon Goodwin: I never over sleep. The body clock wakes at 6 am on weekdays (and usually Saturdays too). Today I woke at 8.54am at home in the People’s...
View ArticleImportant notice – 11 June 2016
Hi folks, Heaton park parkrun is cancelled this week as the Parklife Festival is taking place over the weekend which could mean two things - we could see an increase in the number of runners, who will...
View ArticleRun report 9 July 2016
Thank you to Simon Goodwin for today's run report. Worsley Woods parkrun 9th July 2016 will be remembered for the utter deluge of rain that poured down on to the 299 runners. We would have all been...
View ArticleWorsley Woods parkrun Number 230 Report
“Do you remember the first time?” asked Jarvis Cocker in the song of the same name, while Billy Bragg pondered “Did it rain or did sunshine attend our first meeting?” on the track Fourteenth of...
View ArticleRun report for our run on 8 October 2016
The morning of Saturday 8 October saw the combination of two of my favourite things - my fabulous running club and parkrun - as Swinton Running Club hosted a club takeover at Worsley Woods parkrun. As...
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