In pictures: Colour run marks volunteer's 500th milestone at Falkirk's Helix junior parkrun

For the event was a Colour Run to celebrate co-event director Mark Sutherland reaching an incredible milestone in parkrun volunteering.

Mark has helped out by volunteering at more than 500 parkrun events.

To celebrate the milestone, youngsters and their families taking part in the junior parkrun on Sunday, August 2 were able to run in a burst of colour with powder paint stations around the weekly route.

Junior parkrun takes place at locations across the UK every Sunday morning at 9.30am. Youngsters between the ages of four and 14 complete a 2k route.

In a social media post organisers said: “We celebrated a very special milestone as Mark Sutherland has completed over 500 volunteers. An incredible achievement, thank you, Mark, for your dedication, commitment and the countless hours you've given to parkrun.”

The event was another record breaking event with a total of 253 participants taking part – smashing the local event's previous attendance record of 224.

Last week’s event saw 41 first time participants join in and 39 volunteers made the event possible.

The organisers added: “A huge thank you to everyone who came along and helped make it such a memorable morning, whether you ran, walked, volunteered or cheered from the sidelines.”

Herald photographer Michael Gillen captured these images from the colour run event.