LOCAL runners were out in force recently for the Fivemiletown Annual Fun Run.
Fivemiletown Primary School & Nursery PTFA held its third annual 5km and 5 mile Fun Run and Walk around Fivemiletown with over 300 participants of all ages taking part.
Many families dressed up and took part in a Superheroes & Fairies Trail through Blessingbourne Country Estate.
The Primary School After School Running Club is going from strength to strength and now have over 40 regular runners amongst the school pupils.
“It was great to see so many parents and people from Fivemiletown and the wider community getting involved in this programme” said principal Florence Pryce.
“We had so many who had never ran before and this was a fantastic programme to be involved in and support the overall health and wellbeing of our community. Fivemiletown Primary School & Nursery prides itself in supporting and nurturing the health and wellbeing of our pupils and school community,” she added.
As Events Director for the Round Lake junior parkrun, Florence continued, “The children in Fivemiletown regularly get their parents out of bed on a Sunday morning to join them at the Round Lake for their 2km run. It was fantastic to see many of these children encourage Mum or Dad to put on their trainers and run the 5km fun run with them on Friday night.”
“It was a great family and community event with amazing support from everyone around. It was lovely to see the children enjoy dressing up as superheroes and fairies and soak in the wonderful community atmosphere.” said vice principal, Heather Graydon.
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