Girl, 6, running Great Scottish Run in memory of beloved papa

Ronnie Burns runs two kilometres every Sunday in Levengrove Park to get ready for the Great Scottish Run in October where she will raise money for a charity that looked after her papa.

The Braehead Primary pupil has been training for a year to complete her latest goal which will benefit the spinal unit at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after it treated her papa following an accident he had in 2002.

Named after her papa, Ronnie, the pair were aptly nicknamed the 'two Ronnies' and her mum says they were very close before he sadly passed two years ago.

Ronnie with her papa, Ronnie, when she was younger (Image: Supplied) Now, Ronnie has become dedicated to running after her dad began working at the spinal unit following his dad's death. Ronnie's dad says he sees every day how important donations can help.

Ronnie running in Levengrove Park (Image: Supplied)Mum, Blue-Jean Muir, has described how proud of her daughter she is saying she 'never misses' her training.

She said: "She has been training for about a year now at Levengrove Park and she has never raised money before. She wanted to do this for the charity that looked after her Papa.

"He had an accident in 2002 and was looked after by the spinal unit at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

"She was really young when her papa passed but I think they were so close because she was called Ronnie. It's exactly the same spelling as her papa. It sounds so cheesy, but we did call them the 'two Ronnies'. It was so cute.

"She is really into sports, she does tennis and football and others but she just loves the fact that she'll be in Glasgow and she's got sponsored t-shirts from the spinal unit.

"She just feels all grown up."

Ronnie runs 2km every Sunday to prepare (Image: Supplied) The junior section of the AJ Bell Great Scottish Run will take place on October 5 this year and will have Ronnie running a 2.5km route around Glasgow, starting in George Square.

She had set up a donation page that can be accessed HERE.

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However, another goal lies ahead of Ronnie as she is near a total run length that's the same as doing an ultramarathon.

After completing 22 runs around Levengrove Park, Blue-Jean says Ronnie will have completed 42km the same as having done an ultramarathon.

Blue-Jean added: "After 11 park runs, she's done half a marathon and then after 22 it was a full marathon and now when she hits 50 it's equivalent to an ultra marathon.

"It just shows me that she is her own person and she's just so focused and dedicated.

"I'm just so proud of her, it's unreal."