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A milestone this week for Gillies Lake Parkrun

A worldwide movement that started in the UK has been quietly happening every week in Timmins for a couple years now.

Gillies Lake ParkrunĀ  — like similar events in 43 other Canadian locations – meets every Saturday morning at 9:00, outside the Mattagami Region Conservation Authority building.Ā  The group then goes on what event co-director JĆ©rĆ©mie Lamothe calls a fun, easygoing five-kilometre walk or run, with a focus on community and health.

The first local event was in late spring, 2019.

ā€œOf course, things shut down during the pandemic,ā€ Lamothe remarks, ā€œbut we reopened as soon as we could. Time flew. We’re at our 50th event, which is quite incredible.ā€

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Lamothe notes that once around the Gillies trail is 2.3 km.

ā€œWe start at the very edge of the field, and then we do a little bit of an ā€˜L’ through the field and then merge into the trail,ā€ he explains, along with how the route is topped up to 5K. ā€œWe do two laps, merge back into the field and then finish where we started.ā€

You can find out what getting involved with Parkrun entails on its website.Ā  Here’s the full conversation with JĆ©rĆ©mie Lamothe.

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