A London runner was given a guard of honour as he became the first person in the world to complete 1,000 parkruns.
Darren Wood, 43, ran through a guard of his fellow Sutton Runners as he approached the finish line at Morden parkrun in south London.
He was presented with a yellow 1,000-run parkrun T-shirt, a cape and a crown as he was dubbed ‘the king of parkrun’.
Mr Wood, from Carshalton, south London, first took part in October 2004 and has regularly run the free weekly event since.
He has taken on the 5k distance in 119 different locations across seven countries, also
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