WATCH: first Elgin Parkrun of 2022 attracts 138 runners
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THE mild start to 2022 saw a big turn out for the New Year Parkrun in Elgin.
With the temperature soaring into double digits, there were 138 runners who completed the 5k community run.
The beauty of the free event, which happens every Saturday at 9.30am in the Cooper Park in Elgin is that you can have elite GB triathletes -
Cameron Main and Sophia Green, both from Elgin, rubbing shoulders with runners of all ages and abilities.
The pair used the run as part of their tough weekly training schedule.
There were lots of families taking part, with some younger runners just starting out.
And there were even some four-legged competitors who were giving their owners a tow along the course.
Spirits were high for the start of a new year, as people look to live with Covid-19.
Outdoor events in Scotland are restricted to crowds of less than 500, so the run fitted in perfectly with the current guidelines and gave people a healthy and social start to 2022.
The event cannot function without volunteers each week andif you can help go to www.parkrun.org.uk/elgin
The weather couldn’t have been better on Saturday as the whole of Scotland bathed in unseasonably mild conditions. A record new year temperature of 15.9 degrees celsius was recorded in the Highlands at Achnagart, Glenshiel.
The previous high temperature on New Year’s day was 14.9 degrees in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire in 1992.
St James’s Park in central London was the hottest place in the UK at 16.3C.