Les Brookfield has walked 100 parkruns and is determined to keep exercising thanks to the health and social benefits he notices from the activity.
The Dubbo man has been walking the 5-kilometre parkrun course since 2018, after he was signed up by a "young chap" in his retirement village.
A couple of falls led Mr Brookfield to start using a walker, and eventually he came to appreciate the mobility device. At the beginning of this year, he was back on his walker at the Dubbo Run Club, determined to complete 100 parkruns. "The currently available research suggests that these benefits, among others, are frequently experienced by those who participate in parkruns," he said."Everyone was encouraging, everyone that knew me or knew of me just knew that I was in my 100th one and were very supportive," he said.Even after completing his 100th parkrun, Mr Brookfield plans to keep showing up."They all seem to adore me for some reason or another," Les said.
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