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Almost 1000 Canberrans raced the rain on Saturday morning to get in their first parkrun in more than six months. The five-kilometre running events resumed at Mount Ainslie, Tuggeranong, Gungahlin, Ginnindera, Wagi Bridge and Lake Burley Griffin, following an extended hiatus due to the pandemic. Dark clouds rolling in over the Australian War Memorial weren’t enough to deter more than 120 runners from lining up – socially-distanced – on the muddy trails at Mount Ainslie at 8am. Paramedic Scott Trim was among the spectators waiting at the finish…
