St Mary’s parkrun

Here are some non blurry pics! Thanks Linda for taking at St Mary’s parkrun

Here are some photos of today's rather warm St Mary's parkrun number 197, taken by our volunteer Linda Newman

Well done all finishers - today’s list is here https://www.parkrun.org.uk/stmarys/results/latestresults/
Plenty of visitors today from near and far.
Big thank you to the volunteer coordinators and all the volunteers who make it happen like clockwork every week.

Check out the future volunteer roster when you can: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/stmarys/futureroster/ and put your name down when you are able to. Many hands make light work!
Have a great weekend lovely people 😊

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Here are some photos of St Mary's parkrun number 194, 13th July 2024

One of our volunteer co-ordinators reveals all and some visitors from far off lands - read all about it here!

news | St Mary’s parkrun St Mary’s #190 15th June 2024 Posted on June 16, 2024 by stmarysoffice Run report – St Mary’s parkrun #190, 15.6.24 It would be lovely to say that summer finally arrived for St Mary’s 190th event this morning, but that would be a slight stretch of the truth. Instead, it was a real mix of all...

Happy 5th Birthday to Bridport St Mary’s parkrun. Well done to all who took part and thank you to all volunteers. Remember birthday social 5-7 ish Sunday 30th June evening ( tomorrow) at the West Bay Hotel in West Bay dt6 4ew. Hope to see you there 😊

Several St Mary’s Parkrun regulars were spotted in the village of Coombe Keynes this morning for the Coombe Keynes 10K. It proved to be an undulating (very hilly!) warm (very hot! 🥵) 10K run!

The stunning Dorset countryside, fabulous marshals, friendly fellow runners and the post run tea and cake made up for the challenging course.
There were also some great achievements with many coming in the top 3 of their age categories.

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It’s always nice to see a friendly face to help calm the pre race nerves! Hopefully see some of you next Sunday to celebrate St Mary’s 5th Birthday!

Bridport St Mary’s parkrun will be 5 in one week’s time! If you fancy bringing along a cake on Saturday to share that might be nice to celebrate. We will also have a social meet-up for all participants and volunteers 5-7 ish on Sunday 30th June at the West Bay Hotel ( outside if nice - inside if not) DT6 4EW . Open to all- come and buy a drink and say hi!

Thank you to all volunteers who helped Bridport St Mary’s parkrun go smoothly today. It was great to see such a lot of folks using St Mary’s fields today and we hope Bridport Football Club’s tournament went well! It was lovely to have some extra people to cheer us on so thank you! A lovely atmosphere well done everyone -and congrats to all finishers.

It’s nearly 5 years since Bridport St Mary’s parkrun started… we celebrate our 5th birthday with a social at The West Bay Hotel, 3 Station Rd West Bay DT6 4EW( it’s the pub closest to the railway carriage ) on Sunday June 30th 5pm ish till 7 ish. Open to all! Come and buy a drink and have a chat about all the 5K’s we have done since then and all the friends we have made 😊

Norway Jose!! St Mary's regular Graham has penned this week's fine run report - read it here

news | St Mary’s parkrun Arrrr, it’s the Ships log for the voyage of 25th May on the year of 2024 Posted on May 27, 2024 by stmarysoffice Ahoy, mateys! The sun was shining down on the good ship St Mary’s as this weeks crew set sail for their weekly treasure. We saw 144 hearty souls runnin', joggin', and walkin' the cour...

Avast there ye parkrunners - that salty dog Luke has tales to tell - read 'em 'ere

news | St Mary’s parkrun Arrrr, it’s the Ships log for the voyage of 25th May on the year of 2024 Posted on May 27, 2024 by stmarysoffice Ahoy, mateys! The sun was shining down on the good ship St Mary’s as this weeks crew set sail for their weekly treasure. We saw 144 hearty souls runnin', joggin', and walkin' the cour...

Lovely photo album from yesterday- thanks Matt

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Thanks to our Bridport St Mary’s pacers who paced different times as usual for the last Saturday of the month! Gains them a volunteer credit and helps people get a certain time if they are aiming for a particular speed. Full album viewable here : thanks Matt https://photos.app.goo.gl/CeiotoCQrHrp9L8f9

Thanks to Matt and John Adams for taking and sending over these action shots! Well done everyone who took part in Bridport St Mary’s parkrun- enjoy the rest of your bank hol.

Thank you to all volunteers especially Tim Volunteer coordinator and Run Director Sam for keeping show on the road today. Look at the blue sky! More to come when we have fixed a tech issue !

Yay it’s bank holiday weekend!
We are looking forward to welcoming visitors tomorrow to Bridport St Mary’s parkrun.
Info on the course is here including map https://www.parkrun.org.uk/stmarys/course/
We have no toilets onsite- nearest in south street car park/ Leisure centre .
Coffee available after at Rockburn - do join us.

Please note - this is a *very narrow* course in places. Please keep dogs on a short hand held lead. Please do not cluster too many abreast particularly near allotments path where it is narrow and the houses part of the course.
Please be quiet near the houses .
Please give way to other park users and don’t crowd them and be kind and respectful at all times. We all share the park - please make it a nice place to be for everyone to be.

Well, at least it stayed dry! Here are some photos of today's run

Thank you to the 20+ volunteers who it made it possible for 136 of us to walk /jog /run Bridport St Mary’s parkrun today.
Whether you set up / marshal/ put away - your contributions are much appreciated!
If you take part often- please lend a hand when you can. It makes it much easier for our volunteer coordinators if you can plan ahead! Take a look at the roster https://www.parkrun.org.uk/stmarys/futureroster/ and email us if you can help. You only need to sign up to a date at a time- no regular commitment needed. You get a volunteer credit, meet people- and get a nice warm feeling of knowing that you are doing your bit to help 😊

Left in the shelter by our parkrun start today was a blue and also a dark grey top. If yours, please collect from there

Here's last Saturday's run report (St Mary's #185)St Marys parkrun run report 11th May 2024



I was in Dorset on holiday so being Saturday, I headed for the nearest parkrun, St Marys parkrun.



Now you know that a parkrun is small and has plenty of regulars when you arrive and are immediately spotted as a tourist. However I was made to feel very welcome so this was not a problem.

The weather gods were kind as it was a dry, sunny day, warm without being too hot. A near perfect day for running.

First timers briefing and there were quite a few tourists. It’s a three-lap course, fairly flat, but in one section you are asked to keep quiet as the run goes past the front of some houses. Some folks in Bridport are still in their beds at 0900. Let’s be generous and assume they are shift workers.

Off to the start and away we went. Although it’s a three-lap course, it isn’t boring, and although there are some out and back parts, as everyone kept left as requested, this was not a problem.

Soon parkrun run was over. First home was Matthew Adams in just 17.15 (I could not finish two laps in this time, so he is super quick). First lady home was Jordi Adams in 22.09, a new PB for her!



Thanks as always to all the volunteers.

Andrew BEACH Angie DIAMOND Donna HEYS Emma FARQUHARSON Graham STYLES Joan GILBERT Joanna BURROWS John HEYS Jon LOMBARD Julia EAGER Laura LOMBARD Lee STORK Lenschen LAFFIN Li WATKINS Luke CAMERON Mark LANE Mark PERRYMAN Michelle ELSE Oliver KAY Paul GILBERT Sam ROSE Sarah KAY

Thank you to Mark Perryman for writing this week's report. We are happy that St Mary's lived up to its reputation - small but friendly!

St Mary’s parkrun #184 | St Mary’s parkrun St Mary’s parkrun #184 Posted on May 5, 2024 by stmarysoffice St Mary’s parkrun #184 (May the Fourth be with you!)   This week we went to St Mary’s parkrun in Bridport. Why did we go there? It was part of the Poole AC parkrun championship. As everyone knows, parkrun is not a race, but we have...

199 finishers today at Bridport St Mary’s parkrun. Thank you to the fabulous volunteers who made it happen. A special congrats to the 250 milestone visitor Jackie Godden and 500 milestone visitor Ian Hitching and the fabulous supportive contingent from Poole AC. It was lovely to meet you all !

Morning all!
Whilst we hope we never need to use our Defibrillators at Bridport St Mary’s parkrun- learning about basic life support and how to use a defib ( or updating on it) is always a good idea for everyone
- especially as you might need to do this one day on your nearest and dearest - you never know! A reminder of some fab free resources https://www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/how-to-save-a-life/how-to-do-cpr/learn-cpr-in-15-minutes

This free app has some realistic videos and scenarios which are good as well https://life-saver.org.uk/app

Take a look at the links- and do share with your family and colleagues. It might just help a life be saved- maybe yours.

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St Marys #181
Esther Hatfield wrote a wonderful account of her visit to our friendly little parkrun together with some brilliant photos - read it here

news | St Mary’s parkrun St Marys parkrun 23rd March 2024 Posted on March 24, 2024 by stmarysoffice We last ran at St Mary’s in Bridport back in late 2021. Then, as this week, we had booked a short break by the stunning coast nearby and were eager to include a Parkrun in our itinerary. Memories of the course proved somewh...

Bridport St Mary’s parkrun social on this Sunday 21st April - at the Tiger Inn- Barrack St, Bridport. 5-7 pm approx . Come and buy a drink and have a chat . All welcome.

Bridport St Mary’s parkrun social- all are welcome! Sunday 21st April 5-7pm - ish at The Tiger Inn, Barrack Street, Bridport. Come and buy a drink and have a chat and meet some of the core team and get to know participants and volunteers. Hope to see you there !

Here are some photos of today's parkrun number 180. A great turnout of 135 participants

What an eventful parkrun we had last Saturday. The closure of another local run brought us just short of 200 runners!

With minutes to go, the local football club decided to drain their pitch and laid a pipe across the path, a bit of quick thinking by the RD and a spare marshal was found to oversee the new water feature.

We also had a photographer out, so here's the first lot of pictures of the start.