Race director Marianne Hood said Stormont was becoming the place to go on Christmas morning. “So I think just people are hearing more about Stormont Parkrun as the destination to go for Christmas Day.”She added: “The atmosphere is brilliant. “Christmas morning and 1,000 people, I believe, are here – there’s nowhere better you’d want to be than in Stormont park having a parkrun, it’s brilliant,” he said. Wallace Park parkrun run director Jonathan Davis (Jonathan McCambridge/PA)He said: “We had 624 runners here last year. People wouldn’t turn up here if they didn’t want to, particularly on Christmas morning.

Source: The Herald December 25, 2025 12:56 UTC