Words: Jean Hollings
Eight-year-old Ted Trousdale started Bramley junior parkrun in April 2021 aged just four years old.
Since then he has visited eight other different junior parkruns, bringing his total events completed to 100 – and earning him a coveted silver wristband.
Although it’s not about completing the junior parkrun 2k in the fastest time, Ted’s progress is noticeable with him achieving a personal best at Bowling Park junior parkrun this year in nine minutes from his initial time of 15 minutes 35 seconds.
Ted says he has made many friends at junior parkrun and looks forward to running with them every week. He also enjoys taking part in the Saturday morning 5k event where he runs with his parents.
Due to his love of running he has recently started training with the junior section of the Pudsey and Bramley running group.
He usually plays football after juniors, but yesterday he got a late notification that his football match was called off. So with his mum made a last minute dash over to Dewsbury to do the Hoppits Hill fell race, where he came first boy in his under nine category.
Junior wrist band achievements after completing the following number of events: 11 = half marathon – blue; 21 = marathon – green; 50 = ultramarathon – orange; 100 = silver; and 250 = yellow.
More junior parkrun information can be found here. More information about Pudsey and Bramley juniors here.