Tooting Common parkrun

Good luck to everyone running the London Marathon tomorrow! Our charity partner, Macmillan, will have hundreds of volunteers out to keep you going and Event Director, Jez, is leading the Finish Team in Horseguards so if you need any help then just look for the Green flags! 🎉🎉

….who marshalled brilliantly today, will be in his wheelchair and being propelled by sister Millie, our excellent briefing signer this morning. ❤️ #parkrunfamily #loveparkrun

to our amazing 65 volunteers (plus Maisie, the 3rd birthday girl)) who made it all flow so smoothly. Congratulations to all today’s milestones including Martyn’s 25th, Clare’s 50th, Anne Marie’s 100th and good luck to everyone at tomorrow’s Marathon, including Archie, ….⬇️

The mist cleared and the sun appeared to welcome a whopping 923 people to our pre marathon and parkwalk celebration, welcoming 201 First Timers and an excellent 130 new PBs achieved. We needed an A Team of volunteers to look after you all so huge thanks to ….⬇️

Need a walk this weekend? Need a run?? This is parkrun so you can run, you can walk or anything in between as it’s not a race and it’s simply for everyone! However you want to do it, we’ll see you tomorrow for a 9am start (8.50am for First Timers’ Welcome)

We love having parkwalkers at Tooting Common. Just email Louisa, with your parkrun ID, to tootingcommon@parkrun.com and join the team!

Running the Marathon on Sunday, then why not volunteer with us on Saturday? Not running the Marathon on Sunday? We still need you as it's likely to be a busy one this week. Just email Louisa , with your parkrun ID to tootingcommon@parkrun.com and get Marathon weekend started!

Thank you to all our amazing volunteers. We simply wouldn't exist without you.

………It was celebrations all round for volunteers Alberto and Angharad’s birthdays, Rachel and Stephen’s 8th anniversary, Lavinia’s 25th milestone, Steph’s v50th and Jez (Event Director) V250th at Tooting. Congratulations to all!🎉🎉 #parkrunfamily #loveparkrun

It was glorious sunshine for a celebratory parkrun, with 841 people enjoying the weather, encouraging 169 First Timers and 111 new Personal Bests, all made possible by, and with thanks to, our amazing 48 volunteers (plus Sienna, Maisie and Bertie)……⬇️

It’s a very happy birthday to Alberto!!🎉🎉

Bring your best smile and we’ll see you tomorrow for a 9am start (8.50am for First Timers’ Welcome)😁

We always welcome first timers to parkrun and it’s no different for volunteers, so why not give it a try. Just email Louisa,with your parkrun ID, to tootingcommon@parkrun.com and you’ll get a warm welcome!!

Good luck to everyone running tomorrow as it’s both the London Landmarks Half Marathon and the Brighton Marathon Races, and look out for the Green of our charity partner, Macmillan Cancer Support, as they’ll be out on the courses to cheer you on!! 🎉🎉 #macmillancancersupport

Congratulations to all today’s milestones and, ‘Strange parkrun Coincidence’, two of our lovely set up volunteers had never met before but suddenly realised they’d both been at same Danish parkrun, at the same time last year. It’s a small world in the vast parkrun community! ❤️

The sun disappeared but the smiles didn’t, so undeterred by the wind and the rain, 774 people took to the Common, welcoming 128 First Timers, gaining 96 new Personal Bests and all made possible by our 45 amazing volunteers (plus Bertie and Maisie)…..⬇️

We’ll be over the moon to see you tomorrow for a 9am start (8.50am for First Timers’ Briefing) 👩‍🚀🌝

Need to get moving and put down the Easter eggs? Then join the volunteer team this Saturday by emailing Louisa, with your parkrun ID to tootingcommon@parkrun.com and all calories will be cancelled!!!*😉 (*or maybe not!)

Happy Easter!!! 🐣🐣

….Congratulations to all today’s milestones and thanks to Alan and Mark, tourists from Reigate who definitely entered into the Easter spirit! 🐣🐣 #parkrunfamily #loveparkrun

500 people joined the Easter Bunny for an eggcellent parkrun with huge thanks to our 51 volunteers (and Bertie!) who made it all possible….⬇️