Pararun record will be broken by 97 -year -old Belfast Runner

Meet a 97 -year -old woman who is ready to break a Pararun record when she becomes the oldest person in Europe to complete 250 Pararun.

Grace Chambers will be cheered on the path of remarkable record-breaking tricks along with 5K routes at the OmU Park of South Belfast.

It is not that just completing the race is the goal for all grace – she is also expecting a good race time.

After having an open heart surgery, he participated at the age of only 88, but said that there is no plan to stop him after reaching Big 250.

For many people, never feels like recovering from 88-year-old serious, aggressive surgery, not top in the running to-do list.

But Grace’s Pararun Yatra began when a staff member in her rehabilitation team, who voluntarily worked in Emeu Pararun, suggested that she could enjoy coming together.

With a little encouragement with one of her daughters, Grace went to do her first parrun in 2016 and said that she became a matter of this program.

“Everyone kept saying: ‘In the 80s, this woman said thinking that she can do a pararun.” Well I definitely showed them, “he said, laughing.

Grace became a regular in the community event and broke several records for runners in its age group in its first year.

“I just love it, all the people you meet, it’s just amazing – the people of the whole northern Ireland come and mix it in the Pararun and you did not meet all the communities, when I was growing up,” she said.

The former teacher, who accepted the hiking of the mountain and the love of golf, said that Kovid epidemic slowed him.

“I just went down and did myself anyway,” he said.

Grace recorded all his time and took his daughter to the Parrun.

He said, “I have probably worked over 250 parruns, but do not count during Kovid,” she said.

Not even a broken leg, the victim stopped while leaving during the epidemic, stopped him, as she jumped back into the Pararun directly after recovering.

Now he has assisted his two friends Kathy and Suu around the course.

“I will not stay here without them, they take me to run every week and go round with me.”

Grace now has a bench named after the Finnish line with AA plaque called “Grace’s bench, Park Runner Extraordinaire”.

In a specific week, you will find grace sitting on it after run posing for photos with your fans.

Many people have come to visit Grace for years, including Olympian Dame Kelly Holmes, who ran with him.

“Kelly wanted to talk because we were going to the syllabus so I had to say, come to Kelly, you are catching me back.”

Grace preparation for her 250th run hit a snag when she was a stent fit four weeks ago, but she missed only one week during her recovery.

“I told that the surgeon I was going to test his work, I got a new valve, why I would not use it,” he said.

One of the volunteer run directors in Ermu Pararun, Didre McCowwe said Grace “has become a local legend”.

“We have especially come to visit visitors to meet them, no one is wider than grace.

“His warmth and friendship have caressed him to all regular people who like to make him happy on the finish line, especially on his birthday.

“His patience and determination are certainly inspiring and sometimes quite humble.”

Belfast South MP Claire Hanna is also a regular parkorna and will cheer on it.

“Congratulations to the unqualified grace,” he said.

“What inspiration is that.”

However, Grace does not really understand the nuisance on her parking record.

“So what!” He said.

“Many people do very remarkable things with it, but it is great if it motivates some people to start running.

“I hope I will get a good time to see me on Saturday.”