Hundreds burn off Christmas dinners on Walsall parkrun
Hundreds of runners laced up their trainers to burn off their Christmas dinners at a Black Country parkrun event.
More than 400 runners took to the pavements to run 5k around Walsall Arboretum on Saturday morning.
It comes after 739 people turned out for a special parkrun event in Walsall on Christmas Day.
Pete Dimbleby, race director, said: "Saturday was around our 410th parkrun at Walsall Arboretum, so we have been going for a good few years now. We are allowed one special extra event every year so on Christmas Day this year we had around 739 people turn up to take part in the 5k.
"On Saturday, we had around 450 runners – everyone is running off their Christmas dinners!
"We usually have round 300 to 400 people take part every week, and the numbers have grown and grown since we started. Runners can take from 15 minutes to complete the event, to over an hour.
"It is open to anyone and we try to encourage people to get outside and exercise."
Walsall Arboretum's parkrun takes place every Saturday at 9am.
