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Preston Parkrun in pictures: Hundreds celebrate 10th anniversary in Avenham and Miller Parks

Hundreds of runners celebrated the 10th anniversary of Preston Parkrun in the sweltering heat today (Saturday).

The 9am weekly event in Miller and Avenham Parks was initially set up by Michael Ash-McMahon and Lynn Brown and first started on May 12, 2012, featuring 100 runners and eight volunteers.

Over the course of a decade more than 13,400 people have run, jogged or walked at Preston Parkrun, and more than 1,000 people have volunteered.

The course is a three-lap, anti-clockwise loop consisting of sections of tarmac and gravel paths.

And this morning the sun shone and the runners turned out in force to celebrate … and get sweaty!

The course is a three-lap, anti-clockwise loop consisting of sections of tarmac and gravel paths.