A frosty event with a warm welcome!

Runners dwarfed by the Tree of the Year in the frosty early morning light. Photo: Nicki Renfrey.
Runners dwarfed by the Tree of the Year in the frosty early morning light. Photo: Nicki Renfrey.

It had been a week of relentless frosts in Castlemaine and Saturday July 10 was no exception. The Castlemaine Botanical Gardens glistened in the sunlight as 50 dedicated runners took part in Castlemaine parkrun number 277 with temperatures as low as minus two.
Perhaps spurred on by the cold air, three participants, namely Jocelyn Pride, David Bennett and Sean Grant, recorded personal best times.

Lisa Dennis
Editor of the Castlemaine Mail newspaper and senior journalist on our sister paper the Midland Express. Over the last 24 years Lisa been proudly reporting news in the Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges communities.