The force is strong in Bradford as Lister Park parkrun celebrated Star Wars Day last Saturday, with lots of participants getting dressed up. Runners, walkers, joggers and volunteers celebrated the day by getting dressed up as their favourite characters for the 5km event.
Jon Harris, co-Event Director at Lister Park and Darth Vader, Supreme Commander of the Imperial Forces last Saturday, explained: “The idea of a Star Wars themed parkrun came about when Lee Halliday, one of the core team, part of the communications team and events committee member realised at some point last year that May the fourth would fall on a Saturday this year.
As a charity they have a community of over nine million registered ‘parkrunners’ and 300,000 people take part in parkrun every week. Harris went on to explain: “Lister Park parkrun offers something unique and it is widely acknowledged as one the most diverse and welcoming parkruns in the country. “We are lucky to be based in a beautiful Victorian park, close to the centre of the city, where we have wide, smooth paths – terrain suitable for all runners, walkers or push chairs.
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