The parkrun organisation have a number of milestones going from 25 to 500 parkruns. The thing about milestones is that they are open to everyone and anyone can aspire to reach a certain level.
A number of people have recently passed the 250 mark and it's a significant achievement as it takes at least five years to complete. Thanks to all those who sent on updates and corrections.
Cork 250 Rules... As with any list, there must be some sort of guideline or rules. The criteria I went with are simple...
- At least 100 of the 5k parkruns must be in Co Cork
- Only the information on the parkrun website counts
I'm sure there are plenty of people in Dublin and elsewhere who are over 250 but this post is about the parkruns in Cork.
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Cork runners who have completed 250 or more 5k parkruns Club - Q1 2026... Since the end of March 2026, an additional seven people have passed the 250 parkrun mark.
The top 3 are from Bere Island and it looks likely that Joanne Sullivan will be the first person in Cork to reach the 500 milestone and that's might be in August of 2026. Macroom is the oldest parkrun in Co Cork and it's well represented in the list above.
The second half of the list from 250 to 340 is shown below...
At the moment, there are 69 people with 250 or more parkruns completed. Going back to when I started the list, it was people who had pretty much completed nearly all of their local parkruns. Now we're reaching a stage where more and more people will start reaching 250 and the list will eventually get huge and it will get a lot harder to track everyone.
I'll probably change to something like the top 100 in the future once we reach that point instead of just hitting 250.
Volunteers... As always, it's the army of parkrun volunteers that keep the show on the road and the 'super volunteers' have 250 or more credits.
Prionnsias O'Keeffe has joined the list since the end of 2025. Maretta Brennan is on track to reach the 500 volunteer milestone sometime in April of 2026.
This list is very much the tip of the iceberg in terms of the number of volunteers who help out on Saturday mornings to make sure the parkruns can go ahead.
Errors & Omissions... If you know of any runner of volunteer from Cork missing who might at 250 or more, leave a comment with their name and parkrun number.
Link... More information about the 5k parkruns in Co Cork and previous lists can be found HERE
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Michael Brennan 250 volunteer credits Ballincollig
That was on the 4th of April.
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