Is this Australia’s toughest parkrun?
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
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Nambour parkrun on Queensland's Sunshine Coast comes with quite a reputation.
But is it Australia's toughest parkrun? And will we get to see Fluffy the emu?
This is without a doubt one of the best parkruns I have done, but did it live up to his reputation.
Come along for the ride around this stunning parkrun course.
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Lovely videography style. Lovely hills too!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you. 👍
Well done! Do try the Gympie Park Run..
Thanks mate. I'm sure I will get to Gympie one day for their parkrun. 👍
This looks like fun! I am a Sydney based parkrunner (we're unfortunately still a few weeks away from restarting) and my usual parkrun is St Peters which is a pretty hilly road course. I have from time to time done some of the flatter courses around Sydney though returns haven't been as great compared to St Peters. Thus, this course would be one I'd be intrigued on touring should I take a trip up north
It will test you Ian. Hopefully you are back on the parkrun trail real soon and enjoying your weekly Saturday run. 👍☺
that was alot of fun to watch. The scenery was great.
Thanks George. A beautiful spot for a run. 👍☺
Great video Neil. Had to share it on my FB page. We (me and hubby) were 'lucky' enough to have been out there twice and done both Course A and B. My vote for toughest parkrun in Australia goes to Nambour Course B.
Thanks for sharing Jude. We loved Nambour. Gee, we thought course A was tough, course B must be next level. Again, thanks for watching. 👍☺
I agree. New years day run a few years back. I couldn't understand why people were walking after the 2nd rise. Heat and humidity. I too was walking by the 3rd rise. The only parkrun that forced me to walk, gets my vote for the hardest parkrun.
Hi Paul, it may be tough, but I still rate this parkrun as one of the best. Running through those trails is great. It should be on everyone's parkrun bucket list.
Thanks for showing us your Parkrun, it's great at how popular these are all over the world! I'm jealous your in spring mode with summer on the way, I feel like we need to fast forward a few months over here to get the good weather back ☀️🏃
Spring is great for running here, but once the humidity kicks in coming into summer it gets very tough. I think the older I get the more the heat affects my running. 👍☺
Love your work on the video of my home parkrun course!
You need to come back when we do our wet weather plan b course which is an out and back to the creek!
Great venue Muzzacar. That out and back course to the creek would be tough, especially coming back up that hills from the creek. 👍☺
I have done 356 Parkruns, 105 different courses, in 6 different states. I have done many that locals claim to be the hardest, Lawson and Shellharbour in NSW, Sunbury in Vic. I haven't done Nambour. I also do ultra trail running. I have found that profile i.e. ups and downs, are only one factor in making a run hard. I have found that surface is another major factor. I have found that Kate Read in Launceston is the hardest, purely because of its technicality. Great video.
There's lots of claims about the toughest, but this is the toughest parkrun I have done so far. Thanks for watching.👍☺️
Wow!! Thats insane taht means youve done a parkrun every day of the year for 7 years
Trails looked really nice. Beautiful. I'm sure legs felt differently 😁
Thanks Jonathan. It was a good test for a 5km run. 👍☺
What a fun run!
Cheers mate. Starting to appreciate how good trail running is. 👍☺
16 October. A quiet, low turnout, and not a lot of the regulars there. Blackall 100 was the same day, with majority of the regulars either competing or volunteering up on the range. I'm sure it was mentioned. :D
Hi Helen, yeah there were a few away and it was mentioned. Also a few who were crewing at Blackall came along in between checkpoints for their runners. We headed up to CP2 after parkrun to catch a few coming through. 👍☺
Haha. I thought Trish was gonna slap ya one when you said about a k to go. Nice looking place.
🤣🤣She may well have, Alan, if I didn't have the camera on. 👍☺
You should do Victory heights trail parkrun in Gympie. Not at hilly as Nambour but still lots of fun.
Thanks Lee, I will add it to the list for a parkrun visit.👍☺
Did the b coarse few years ago had rained, was reduced to a crawl coming back up out of creek 😅
Hi Mitchell. I could image that creek would be a challenge after rain. 👍☺
Try running the beaches on a high tide with big waves. A totally different type of tough.
I totally get that Michael, I used to do a lot of soft sand running when I was a lot younger - it's bloody tough.
Bunyaville park run pretty hilly through the forest on Jinker Track but not sure of the elevation
Hi Nathan. Yeah, I have done Bunyaville parkrun + run through there in the past. I reckon Nambour has it over Bunyaville for elevation. ☺
@@runwithwoody ah cool. My brothers Strava shows 136m of elevation. I ran partly with Matt Archer at Nth lakes park run on Saturday, he directed me to ur page. I also have a page - Nathan Barden Type 1 Fitness, when u get chance to check it out cheers
No. Mundy Regional Parkrun in WA is toughest in Aus.
Thanks James. We might get there one day to compare them.☺
pppffft... Heard of Mundy Regional?
I haven't mate, but if I ever get to WA, I'll check it out.
@@runwithwoody It's HORRIBLE! 🥵Most people don't do Mundy twice.
Blackbutt > Nambour
Tough, but spectacular.👍☺