Today, organisers of the popular event have announced Jim's sad passing and paid tribute to 'a life well ran'.
The 'local legend' of the Telford Parkrun had been running ever since his army days and in more recent years became a motivator and 'inspiration' for Shropshire runners.
"We hope to see as many as possible this weekend, to pay their respects to Jim, in his words ‘Come on you can do it.’https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=548547900636972&set=a.458077336350696 "He had such a huge impact. If he had seen the amount of shares of the post, he had 41 shares and I don't know how many comments, but that's the impact he had on people and he never understood it.
Kelly Mackay added:"Many of my early parkrun runs was with Jim. I loved listening to the amazing stories of his best running days .Jim started running soon after Telford Parkrun came to Telford in 2013 and struck up a friendship with early pioneers of the weekend event. Jim spoke of one Inter-service Championship in the Middle East between Navy, Army and Air Force runners in which he ran a 4:59 mile in bare feet on a sandy track in scorching heat – he came second in that race.
Jim now leaves behind his children, 24 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. His wife Teresa passed away with dementia in 2011.
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