Men, women and children of all ages, and athletic ability, ran the course which starts and finishes at the breakwall, and run director Sue Fitzgerald said that she can’t wait to get to 200 runs.

“Parkrun is all about promoting health and fitness in a fun way, people do not have to be runners to join us for the free run each week, but it is a chance to build fitness and have some social fun,” Mrs Fitzgerald said.

Parkrun, initially began in the United Kingdom, and is now held at 256 locations in Australia each week with more than 370,073 runners taking part in the free five kilometre run, and Mrs Fitzgerald says that it has been a long but rewarding road to get to 100 runs.

“Four years ago there were very few parkruns north of Newcastle and since then we have had a number spring up all over the Mid North Coast which is great to see.

“We average over 100 runners every week which is fantastic for us as we have really only been going for a few years and to get the level of community support and engagement is wonderful,” she said.

Since Port’s first parkrun on October 31, 2015, 2838 participants have run over 61,220 kilometres with over 2638 personal best runs recorded.

“Each week we are getting more people come and run with us and it is encouraging that more children are coming with their parents.”