Saturday's sunny stats: ๐
๐ 412 participants
โค๏ธ 27 wonderful volunteers
1๏ธโฃ 42 first timers
๐ 21 of whom were doing their first parkrun
๐ 38 PBs
๐โโ๏ธ First male - Joe Syrett (17:07)
๐โโ๏ธ First female - Sinead Taylor (18:14)
#loveparkrun
@scottcarlinpt@ChiMarathon It's such a great race. Ran it last year and PB'd. The atmosphere, crowds and different neighbourhoods you get to experience N the windy city ๐ฅ
Good luck! ๐ค
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