When Kate Gardiner took her children to their first parkrun, she hoped the family would start to enjoy a healthier lifestyle together. However, her 10-year-old son Will has embraced parkrun more than she ever expected.
He enjoyed volunteering and cheering on the runners and it wasn’t long before he decided that he wanted to take part in the 5km run. “He saw the runners and said ‘I can do that’. So the next week he did. He didn’t run it all but he realised he loved it, and the support he got from the parkrun community was amazing. Will was bitten by the running bug, and from parkrun he then signed up to our local athletics club as well."
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