Dodder Valley parkrun

Dodder Valley parkrun #184
Report by Leigh

With reports from across the island of rain, Dodder Valley parkrun thankfully escaped for event 184 - happy days! ☀️ With Olive at the helm, she made sure it remained the case & even extended the sunny vibes over to the post parkrun retreat to the beer garden in Ahernes! 😎

What a fabulous start to the long weekend, with a welcome (for some!) drop in recent temperatures that saw 174 finishers over the line. Of those, 16 were 1st timers to DVP - you’re very welcome! 😁 Big shout out to the Porterstown Panthers! 🐆 Even better - 8 of those 1st timers took part in their very first parkrun itself! Fáilte romhat to Gearoid, Damian, Dylan, Anna, Ruairi, Josh, Koray and Catarina! We really hope you’ll be back to join the ever growing & much-loved parkrun family! 💕

A fantastic 32 participants recorded PBs today—wohoo! Huge congrats to ye! Special mention to Ruth Mellett, who smashed a PB of 22.46, the highest female age grade % and the glory of 1st female home! 🩷 Love it! Jevae St Lewis was the 1st male over the line grabbing 1st in a time of 18.52 and also celebrated his 25th parkrun milestone! 💙 Brill!

Speaking of milestones, we have a few to mention here!

Also celebrating 25 were Shane Devlin & Claire Oliver! Mary-Claire Coakley rocked up 50 and Beatric Edewor grabbed an impressive 150! Outstanding goals right there! 🥳

Even more milestones to mention among our dedicated volunteers! Our wonderful Adelwale donned the high-vis 10 times today & our super enthusiastic, always on hand, Lochlann has now volunteered 25 times! 🎉 We thank you all each week for putting your name forward so we can keep this community event going! 👏🏾👏🏻

We had 5 brand new first time volunteers this week – thanks a mil to Temitope, Keith, Jason, Kathy and Michelle! We know they wanted to see what all the hype was about! Why don’t you sign up and see for yourself! ✍🏼

Finally, a special mention to the brilliant flash mob cheer squad at the bridge, who gave everyone a fantastic boost just after 1km. Please tag yourselves—we really appreciated it! Such a joy 😊

With the sun still shining, we wrap up on another fantastic Saturday morning at Dodder Valley parkrun. Until next week, same time, same place, same faces and some new ones - over and out! 👋🏼