Several hundred runners - both regular athletes and amateurs alike - landed at Craigavon City Park last weekend keen to take part in the ParkRun.

By The Newsroom

Published 16th Oct 2015, 21:00 GMT

Runners set off at the starting line of Saturday's ParkRun event.

Craigavon’s ParkRun event has been drawing in runners from across the borough - with around 350  runners participating last  Saturday.

The hugely successful ParkRun event, which offers free 5k timed runs, is organised by volunteers every Saturday morning and takes place at Craigavon City  Park.

Volunteers and runners alike meet at 9:30am each Saturday to be a part of this energetic initiative and,  last week, they were  joined by an extra 200 people as part of Armagh City,  Banbridge and Craigavon Borough  Council’s ‘NHS Couch  to 5k’.

The ‘NHS Couch to 5k’ plan is designed to get people off the coach - and gradually work them up to  running 5k or for half an hour, in just nine  weeks.

For more details on the weekly ParkRun event or  to get involved, visit www.parkrun.org.uk/citypark or find ‘City Park parkrun, Craigavon’ on  Facebook.