Skegness’ Parkrun strides towards success after first event

The launch of a new 5k Parkrun last Saturday saw nearly 200 people pounding away the mince pies they ate over Christmas.

But this wasn’t just a festive event. From now on, runners of all abilitities can meet at the boating lake at 9am every Saturday morning.

The first run - known as Project Meerkat - saw 184 runners and 33 volunteers turn up, including 51 who had never done a parkrun before.

The Skegness parkrun is only the 7th to take place in Lincolnshire. A course record was set be 18.07 minutes by a local 11-year-old boy.

A spokesman commented: “We have had some lovely feedback from people and we are all looking forward to the New Year and future events.

“A massive thank you to the volunteers who made it a safe, enjoyable and successful morning.”