Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes has joined participants for the one millionth parkrun 22 years after the first 5km event.
The landmark run took place on Saturday morning at Bushy Park in south-west London, where the inaugural event was hosted in October 2004.
There were just 13 runners and five volunteers at that 5km race, which was previously called the Bushy Park Time Trial.
It has evolved into a global community of free, weekly, timed 5km parkruns on Saturdays, and 2km junior parkruns on Sundays, with more than 2,800 event locations in 23 countries.
Runners held cards to form a ‘thanks a million’ sign
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