Hackworth parkrun will be celebrating its ninth birthday a week on Saturday.
The free weekly run which started back in 2013 will be hitting its 376th outing on Saturday 12 March and since it began it has played host to over three thousand individual runners who have between them clocked up an impressive total of 92,000km.
Like all parkruns across the globe, Hackworth parkrun is a friendly event where anyone can walk, jog or run at their own pace.
It’s not a race but a free weekly timed run which combines fitness and social activities. Anyone can take part and take from it what they want.
On the day, Aycliffe Running Club will be doing a club takeover day.
This means that members of the club will fill all of the volunteer roles required to run the event.
To help celebrate the special day refreshments will be served in the Hackworth Hub.
To make it all work volunteers are needed every week to cover such roles as marshals, timekeepers and barcode scanning. In total 15 volunteers are needed each week.
“To join in on 12 March or any Saturday, register on the Hackworth parkrun website at parkrun.org.uk/hackworth, explained event director, Neil Wood.
“Remember to print out your barcode and or keep a copy on your phone to take with you as you won’t get your time recorded without it.”
The run starts at the park entrance at the bottom of St John’s Road.
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