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Con Smith parkrun Please register before your first visit - https://www.parkrun.ie/register/ Every Saturday morning, 9.30am beside Cavan Institute. Always Free. Craic Guaranteed

Walk, run, volunteer, push the pram or walk the dog, however you choose to join us is your choice! Never competitive - you get your own time every week and all your stats emailed to you after every event. Register once for access to every parkrun around the globe.

🌳 CON SMITH PARKRUN #256 | 10/10/2026 🌳🍂 63 finishers • 11 volunteers • Loads of craic! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💚What a morning at Con ...
10/10/2026

🌳 CON SMITH PARKRUN #256 | 10/10/2026 🌳

🍂 63 finishers • 11 volunteers • Loads of craic! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💚

What a morning at Con Smith! Another Saturday, another brilliant gathering of our parkrun family! 🙌

👏 A huge welcome to our first-timers! 👋
Gavin Joseph O’Reilly, Danny O’Hara, Marcin Ortman, Nicole Murray, Bernie Murray, Áine Carroll, Wesley Troy, Anna Schromm, Róisín Smith, Aisling Lee, Carol Fingleton, Jake Murray, Paddy Murray, Emma Fingleton, Emer Tully, Olive Tully, Mary Rice and Mairead C Rice.

We hope you enjoyed your morning with us and will be back for more! 💚

🔥 PB ALERT! 🔥
Huge congratulations to our new PB setters:

* Grzegorz Pudlo
* Barberon Barberon
* Tommy Ryan
* Kieran Fitzgerald
* Karina Mackle
* Malachí Sweeney
* Emmett Mackle
* Claire Murphy
* Catherina Irwin
* Sharon Dowd

That’s how you do a Saturday morning! 💪⏱️

🙌 Our amazing volunteers!
A massive thank-you to Curt, Hugh, Dominic, André, Emily, Philip, Polly, Terry, Louise, Raymond and Elizabeth. You make Con Smith parkrun happen every week, and we couldn’t do it without you! 💚

Whether you ran, jogged, walked, volunteered or cheered from the sidelines, thanks for being part of the family.

📍 Con Smith Park, Cavan Town
🗓️ Every Saturday at 9:30am

Same time next week? You know the drill! 😁🏃‍♂️🌳

🚨 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TOMORROW! 🌳🏃‍♀️Con Smith parkrun still needs 1 Barcode Scanner 📱 and 3 Marshals 👋 for tomorrow morni...
09/10/2026

🚨 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TOMORROW! 🌳🏃‍♀️

Con Smith parkrun still needs 1 Barcode Scanner 📱 and 3 Marshals 👋 for tomorrow morning!

Can you spare a little time to help make parkrun happen? 💚 Every volunteer makes a difference!

👇 Comment below or DM the page if you can help.

Thanks a million for supporting your local parkrun! 🙌💚

🌳 CON SMITH PARKRUN #255 🌳What a morning, what a family, what craic! 🤣🤣A Céad Míle Fáilte to our visitors, regulars, lo...
04/10/2026

🌳 CON SMITH PARKRUN #255 🌳

What a morning, what a family, what craic! 🤣🤣

A Céad Míle Fáilte to our visitors, regulars, locals and to October in the park! 🍂🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

🙌 Huge thanks to today’s volunteer crew:
Beth O’Connor • Tom Tate • Dominic Sheridan • Mary Gaffney • Emily Donohoe • Betty Courtney • Terry Reynolds • Brian McCormack • Kieran Fitzgerald

Volunteers, thank you sincerely. As always, nothing happens without you. Respect! 🫡

💚 FIRST-TIMERS!

Heartwarming to see so many new parkrunners joining us today.

Congratulations to Tomasz Pietrula, Ernesta Cesyne, Alicia Bredenkamp and Johnny Bredenkamp on completing their first ever parkrun! 🎉

And to everyone who completed their first parkrun unregistered, welcome to the parkrun family! ❤️

Time to update those diaries because Saturday is now officially parkrunday! 😁

🌍 WELCOME VISITORS!

A huge Céad Míle Fáilte to Robert Graham, Nuala McKenna, Stephen Reid, Sarah Coyne, Collette Finnegan, Joanne Murphy and Chloe Murphy.

Great having you with us in Cavan and at Con Smith. Please come back and see us again! 💚

🏁 CHEQUERED FLAG!

Huge congratulations to Alicia Boylan on an amazing chequered flag performance! 🏁👏

Absolutely inspiring to watch, and Alicia makes it look so easy! 🤗

🔥 PB ALERT!

Congratulations to everyone who smashed a personal best today:

Stephen Harton • Harry Byrne • Catriona Smith • Frank Hughes • Hannah Young • Sinead Coleman • Malachi Sweeney • Jennifer Kelly • Catherina Irwin

Brilliant running! 🎊👏

🏆 Congratulations to Harry Byrne on the best overall performance this morning, and well done to everyone who topped their respective age categories.

And to everyone who completed the course today, congratulations! You did it! 💪

🎉 MILESTONE

Congratulations to Tafadzwa Padare on his 25th parkrun! 🥳

And a HUGE congratulations to our loud and enthusiastic RD Nick on reaching his 100th volunteer milestone! 🤣👏

You’re a legend! 🫡🤣

📣 WANT TO VOLUNTEER?

Come and join the team! All roles are easy, with training and support always available.

Just reach out and we’ll pencil you in. 📝

Follow, like and share us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and WhatsApp and help spread the Con Smith love! 💚

Thanks for joining us this morning.

Same place. Same time. Next parkrunday morning.
Formerly known as Saturday. 😁

Have a brilliant week everyone! 🍂💚

🚨 POV: you said you were “definitely doing parkrun this week” 👀…and suddenly it’s SATURDAY 😭🏃‍♀️💨👟 Laces: TIGHT☕ Coffee:...
03/10/2026

🚨 POV: you said you were “definitely doing parkrun this week” 👀

…and suddenly it’s SATURDAY 😭🏃‍♀️💨

👟 Laces: TIGHT
☕ Coffee: LOADED
🏃 Energy: questionable
📍 Con Smith Park
⏰ 9:30am

Get up. Get dressed. Get to parkrun.
Your future self will thank you 😮‍💨🔥

🌳 Con Smith parkrun #254 | 26/09/2026 🌳What a morning at Con Smith! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️61 finishers • 11 volunteers 🙌A huge WELCOM...
26/09/2026

🌳 Con Smith parkrun #254 | 26/09/2026 🌳

What a morning at Con Smith! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

61 finishers • 11 volunteers 🙌

A huge WELCOME to our first-timers today! 👋💚
Local and from afar including Bedford, Longford and Donegal.

A special welcome to Ryan Murphy, James Gibbons, Cathal Gibbons, Christine Irvine, Melissa O’Reilly, Shay Sheridan, Hannah Young, Bronagh Martin, Laura Cullen, Malachí Sweeney, Teresa O’Reilly, Geraldine Sullivan, Claire Murphy, Catherina Irwin, Jennifer Kelly, Sharon Dowd and Bernard Gaffney.

We hope you enjoyed your first Con Smith parkrun and that we’ll see you again soon! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

🔥 NEW PBs! 🔥

Huge congratulations to Cian O’Donoghue, Edel McConnell, Caleb Reilly, Ruairí Sweeney, Caitriona Smith, Amanda O’Reilly, Elaine McCormack, Daithí Sweeney and Sophie Morton.

Brilliant running & walking! 👏

🎉 MILESTONE TIME!

A massive CONGRATULATIONS to:

💯 Betty Courtney on her 100th parkrun

💚 Ryan Murphy from Bedford on his incredible 200th parkrun

And well done to everyone else celebrating their parkrun and volunteer milestones today. 👏🎉

💚 Our amazing volunteers

A huge thank you to Curt Clements, John Flynn, Hugh Reilly, Finbarr McCloskey, Teresa McCafferty, Emily Donohoe, George Leinster, Una Leinster, Dominic Sheridan, Michael Smith and Elizabeth O’Connor.

You are the reason Con Smith parkrun happens every Saturday! 🙌

See you next Saturday! 🌳🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

9:30am | Con Smith Park | Cavan Town

🌳 CON SMITH #253 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️What a wonderful Autumn morning in Con Smith Park! ☀️🍂The sun was shining, and we welcomed vis...
19/09/2026

🌳 CON SMITH #253 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

What a wonderful Autumn morning in Con Smith Park! ☀️🍂

The sun was shining, and we welcomed visitors from Scotland, Navan, Clones, Dublin and Ballyjamesduff, along with two first-time-ever parkrunners.

A huge welcome to the parkrun family, Davin Bowler and Walter Bohan! ❤️

🏅 Milestone celebrations

A massive congratulations to:

🎉 Richard Lawrence Waller on an incredible 250th parkrun! Take a bow, Richard 🙇‍♂️

💯 Brendan Jennings on his 100th parkrun!

🎉 Paul Rooney and Michael Mowat on reaching their 50th parkruns. Thanks for choosing Con Smith for your milestone celebrations!

We also welcomed Edel Fay, Aidan Woods, Sean Bailey, Ruth Cullinane and Katja Oshea for their first visit to Con Smith. Thanks for joining us and please come back soon! 👋

🏃‍♂️ On the running front

It was fantastic to see father and son Peter and Aidan Woods take 1st and 2nd place. Brilliant running! 👏

A special mention to Sean Bailey for the outstanding age-grade performance of the day. Congratulations, Sean! 🎊

🏆 New PBs for:
Stephen Harton, Ruairi Sweeney, Daithi Sweeney, Elaine McCormack and Susan Smith.

Well done to everyone who completed the course in all our age-categories 👏

And great to see Padraic O’Brien back in the park. Keep it going, Padraic! 💪

Best wishes to Curt Clements and Greg Pudlo taking on the Dublin Half Marathon tomorrow. Good luck, gentlemen! 🙌🏃‍♂️

🙌 VOLUNTEERS

No parkrun gets off the ground without our amazing volunteers.

A huge Con Smith thank you to:

Hugh O’Reilly, Dominic Sheridan, Greg Pudlo, Curt Clements, Beth O’Connor, Louise, Raymond & Eilish Smith, Anne Marie Sweeney and Philip Brady.

Your time and support make Con Smith happen every Saturday. ❤️

Fancy volunteering? Just drop us a message on social media or our WhatsApp group.

👀 And we’re getting very close…

Our next volunteer who hasn’t yet volunteered at Con Smith could write themselves into our history books as our 200th volunteer! 📖🎉

See you all next week for more craic in the park! 🌳🏃‍♀️

Have an awesome week! ❤️

See you in the park in the morning for your FREE and TIMED 5K walk or run.
18/09/2026

See you in the park in the morning for your FREE and TIMED 5K walk or run.

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Cavan Institute
Cavan

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9:30am - 11am

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