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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Wesley Holmes

Grandad completes Birkenhead Parkrun 15 years after he gave up running

An 85-year-old grandad completed a 5k fun-run in impressive time - fifteen years after giving up the sport.

Donald Scott, from West Kirkby, completed the Birkenhead Park parkrun yesterday, June 3, in 38 minutes and 56 seconds.

He said: "I became aware of the parkruns by accident about two years ago. I took part in my first one in London with my eldest son, over quite a muddy field, and I struggled in quite inappropriate shoes. I finished probably last but one. I thought I'd give it another go when I saw the parkrun at Birkenhead, and I enjoyed the course very much, and the friendliness of the people."

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