29th of August 2026 - A little bit of parkrun history was made this weekend when Joanne Sullivan became the first person in Co Cork to complete 500 parkruns!
Not only is this a big milestone for Joanne but it's an important milestone for parkrun in Co Cork as a whole as we finally have someone in the county reaching the blue 500 mark.
Some stats...
1) The very first parkrun in Co Cork was in Macroom in May of 2013. The second parkrun was Clonakilty in February of 2014 and Bere Island was the third event to start in August of 2014.
2) Joanne completed her 500th parkrun on the 12th birthday of the Bere Island event.
3) Joanne was a volunteer for the very first Bere Island parkrun on Sat 30th of Aug 2014. Joanne's first run was at the Bere Island parkrun the following week.
4) Amazingly, all 500 of Joanne's parkruns have been at the Bere Island event, there were no visits to other parkruns.
5) Joanne also has an impressive 489 volunteer credits!
Here's to 1000!
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