Trev was run director on Christmas Day at University parks. New Years day Parkrun today has been cancelled so we were pleased to run one of the special events! :) Well done Shati on 50 GG tasks, Thanks to everyone who helped or ran, was a great was to spend Christmas day Main report here : ...

🎅𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 - 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟭𝟰𝟴‍🎄 ✍️This special Christmas Day report comes from Debbie, who visited us from her home parkrun of Hereford. In her report Debbie thanks the wonderful volunteers, celebrates parkrun milestones (including two of her own!), and talks about the joy and comfort that parkrun can bring, especially at Christmas. Thank you for this wonderful report Debbie. We are so glad you enjoyed your visit!

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👋 Among the 𝟲𝟰𝟯 people who celebrated Christmas morning with us, 122 were 𝗻𝗲𝘄 to University Parks parkrun and 28 completed their 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 ever parkrun! Welcome to the parkrun family 🧡 🔔 71 parkrunners achieved new 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 times! 📈 Congratulations to everyone who achieved 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 this week, and qualified for their new t-shirts!

2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ Marcus and Ian 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Fiona, Tim, Steven, Faye, Ka Ho Tam 5️⃣0️⃣ Alex, Emma and James 2️⃣5️⃣ William

James also completed his 400th parkrun, Terry his 350th, and Hamish his 200th! 🦺A wonderful 𝟯𝟵 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 helped make event 𝟭𝟰𝟴 happen this Christmas morning. Thank you all so very much for sharing so much Christmas cheer with all our parkrunners.🧡 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘀!

🦺We love welcoming new volunteers to the hi-vis fold, and we were very happy to have two this Christmas morning! Susie handed out finish tokens with Louise and Marcus, and did a brilliant job of keeping up with the fast flow of finishers! Lawrence was also a first-time volunteer, as a fantastic marshal. Thank you both so much, we hope you enjoyed this start to your Christmas! 🎄

If 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗱 like to volunteer, please get in touch with us on universityparks@parkrun.com. 🌳 #loveparkrun