Words & photos: Simon Cullingworth
On Saturday parkrun returned to Bramley Park after being postponed since March last year because of the pandemic.
A new three-lap course was used to help with social distancing and the event was a huge success.
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31 volunteers welcomed 175 runners and walkers to the event. Six of those were completing their first-ever parkrun and 24 runners were new to Bramley. 25 people managed to gain a new parkrun personal best.
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Ben Whitehead completed his 100th parkrun and Frances Russell completed her 50th.
Judith Armitage celebrated her birthday by completing the 5k course.
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Karl Field finished first with an impressive time of 18:37, closely followed by Barney Plummer (18:59) and Oliver Gregory (20:01).
A special mention has to go to Ciaran Forde, who finished fourth while pushing his twins around the course. He completed the 5k in 20:16.
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