Warrnambool parkrun is back this Saturday, much to the delight of south-west exercise enthusiasts.
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The popular free five-kilometre run/walk event at Lake Pertobe hasn't been on since March 14.
Event director Jarrod Mast said people had been asking him all summer when parkrun was coming back.
He suspects more than 100 people will participate on Saturday morning at 8am.
"This time last year we had about 280 people," he said.
"On the Facebook event we had something like 80 people interested already just for this week."
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Mast explained it would be parkrun with a few adjustments because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
High-fives, which are a big part of the friendly culture of the event, are off-limits.
Mast said participants could instead give each other a wave of encouragement.
The course has also been altered due to construction projects around Lake Pertobe.
It will start at the same place on Pertobe Road but the loop-course has a new turnaround point.
Mast explained he had gained approval from parkrun head office and Warrnambool City Council.
"The council has been awesome, they have jumped on it and got it organised as quickly as they could for me," he said.
Volunteers are crucial to parkrun and there are some changes in that area.
Warrnambool parkrun will use the Virtual Volunteer App so volunteers can use their mobile phones rather than sharing equipment for timing and barcode scanning.
Mast explained the application meant more people could be barcode scanners - they scan runners individual barcodes to record their result at the end of the run/walk.
People won't have to line up for just one barcode scanner and the finish line area can be less congested.
Mast said Warrnambool parkrun, which has used shared timing and scanning equipment in the past, would embrace the virtual system for the future.