Mark McLachlan completed his 50th Parkrun, and he is pictured here with his son, Ben, who also ran in support of his Dad.

Many milestones reached at Mountlucas Parkrun

The last number of weeks have been a busy time at Mountlucas Parkrun. As well as battling with the weather, there were a number of milestones by a number of regular parkun participants.

Stephen Woods completed his 50th Parkrun in style by finishing in 1st place
Orla Redmond, visiting from Germany, was delighted to take part in her first Parkrun in Ireland.
Matt Corcoran was happy to check his time while completing his 50th Parkrun
The look of determination on the face of Penny Rogers says it all, as she completes her 100th Parkrun

Celebrating their 50th parkruns were Matt Corcoran, Mark McLachlan and Stephen Woods. Mark was joined on the morning by his son Ben, who also completed the run. Stephen topped off his milestone by crossing the line in 1st place.

Penny Rogers completed her 100th parkrun, while Evelyn Lambe celebrated her 150th run.

Finally, Orla Redmond, who was visiting from Germany, celebrated her 1st parkrun in Ireland at Mountlucas.

Parkrun is a free weekly timed 5k event for runners and walkers that takes place every Saturday morning at more than 2,000 locations in 23 Countries across the world.

Mountlucas Parkrun is based at Mountlucas Wind farm outside Daingean, so why not turn up at 9.30 am on Saturday morning to see what it is all about.

See www.parkrun.ie for all the details.