It’s honestly heartbreaking I can’t participate in my beloved #parkrun currently (due to recovering from major surgery), but the messages of support I’ve had from the RD team and my running friends has really underlined just how much of a community it is.

The km markers I made for our parkrun at Brooklands. We have the best team. Within two days, one of the RDs had found a local runner who’d also had a stoma fitted recently. We exchanged numbers and he gave me hope when I was in abject despair. I will run again, and I’ll volunteer as soon as I am well enough to.