In 2017, then 83-year-old Margaret Smith from Brueton parkrun became the oldest woman in parkrun history to join the 250 Club. Two years on, she encourages other older people to join the parkrun family to tackle loneliness. I have always been very sporty and active. In my younger days (they’re not that long ago!) I was a…
83-year-old Margaret Smith from Brueton parkrun has become the oldest woman in parkrun history to join the 250 Club. This is her story: I was born on 21 January 1934 in Birmingham. My mother was the eldest of 14, so perhaps that’s the reason I ended up being an only child! The first school…
In May 2012, at 34 years of age, I suffered a cardiac arrest at work. I was lucky to survive. Initially the doctors assumed it was a heart attack due to my size, but it turned out that I had suffered a cardiac arrest. I was eventually diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition in which…
