Another successful week of walking, running and volunteering at popular parkrun in Offaly

Almost 60 walkers and runners braved the cold, wet and windy conditions on Saturday morning to complete the 5km parkrun at Mountlucas windfarm.

Despite dry weather conditions predicted, rain arrived a few minutes after parkrunners had set off at 9.30am. However the weather conditions didn't deter the dedicated parkrunners, with five of them achieving a new personal best time.

A special thanks to this week's volunteer team who braved the cold. Parkrun could not continue without the support of its volunteers.

A new volunteer this week was Bruce Scally, aged just 8 years old, whose volunteer role involved sorting finish tokens into the correct order after each parkrunner finished.

Speaking to Bruce after the event, he said "I really enjoyed volunteering. It was very easy. I love going to parkrun every week and it was nice to help."

Celebrations were also in order as Paul Askin reached the milestone of 10 parkruns this week, and was joined by his Dad completing the 5km looped course. Well done Paul!

Mountlucas parkrun is one of a number of parkruns in the Midlands. The event has had consistently good numbers in recent months, adding to the positive atmosphere at each event. It is a wonderful opportunity to take part in a 5km walk or run, with the company and support of other people along the way.

Mountlucas parkrun is a free weekly timed event held at Bord na Móna Mountlucas wind farm every Saturday morning at 9.30am sharp. There's something for everyone at Mountlucas parkrun whether you want to walk, run, volunteer or just meet new people. For more information see

http://parkrun.ie/mountlucas