Five Goodgymmers brought the sunshine back to the park this morning! After several days of gloom it was lovely to be out volunteering in the sunshine. Our efforts were rewarded with seeing 63 juniors take part - a little quieter than last week probably because if Remembrance Day parades.

Between Karen, Claire, Emily, Maurice and Nigel we covered lots of roles today: ~ run director ~ event setup ~ marshals ~ timekeeper ~ barcode scanner ~ event close down ~ photographer ~ results processor ~ report writer.

Well done everyone, another great morning!

Karen, Nigel, Maurice & Nicola had a lovely (and interesting) evening collecting litter around the memorial square and town centre. It wasn''t too bad for litter but we still managed to collect a decent amount.

We had some good chats along the way - one with a very lovely skateboarder who came and chatted to us and thanked us enthusiastically for our efforts, and another with a regular parkrunner who recognised us from parkrun. And then sadly, a chat with a lovely lady who'd had her bike stolen. It was such a shame for her. Hopefully she'll be reunited with her bike....

We enjoyed admiring the lovely lit up trees on the square as we did our litter pick but the hi-light was our lovely catchup afterwards at Hops where we had a drink and some nibbles while we put the world to rights.

Loved being with you all xxx

What better way to start your Sunday morning than being part of a team that gets 100 children physically active? That's what Nigel and Maurice did! Pre event set up, marshalling and course close down were on the menu today for the fabulous duo. Well done both of you!

Another busy morning at Crewe parkrun, with 6 GoodGymmers being part of the amazing team that made it happen!

It was a special day today as one of our GoodGym stalwarts was celebrating his 250th parkrun - simply amazing Maurice! Of course we had to celebrate with cake - and very yummy cake it was. We also had a volunteer takeover by Nantwich Running Club - a huge thank you to Mark for all the work that went into organising this over the last few weeks.

So what did GoodGym do today? Well lots actually! Between Karen, Emily, Kat, Mark, Nigel and Maurice, we carried out the following tasks: Run Director, pre-event set up, volunteer coordinator, first timers welcome, tailwalker, results processor, photographer, course close down and token sorting!

Well done and thank you everyone!

Another Sunday, another junior parkrun, and another 5 GoodGymmers doing good things!

Nigel, Maurice, Kat, Emily and Karen turned out on a crisp sunny Autumn morning for the Halloween special. More effort went in by some than others… we had a glamorous witch, a fabulous skeleton, some Halloween leggings… and Nigel and Maurice!!!

Roles covered today were: Nigel - Run Director, set up and close down; Maurice - marshal and close down; Emily - marshal, close down and token sorting; Kat - barcode scanning and close down; Karen - set up, volunteer coordinator, photographer, funnel manager, token sorting and results processor. Kat volunteered at parkrun for the 100th time today, absolutely amazing! Well done Kat! That called for cake afterwards, any excuse!

5 GoodGymmers made their way through the low-lying mist to volunteer at Crewe parkrun this morning. And what a busy morning it was! Karen and Nigel did the course check and swept a huge amount of leaves and pine needles off the course; Nicola welcomed all the volunteers and made sure they understood their roles, followed by welcoming all the first time parkrunners and explaining the course; Karen was Run Director today so gave the welcome and safety briefing before starting the parkrun; Nigel was one of the timekeepers; and at the end Maurice and Emily sorted the 393 tokens, Karen processed the results, and Nigel put everything away ready for next week. We love how parkrun just pops up on a Saturday morning, and is gone just as quickly with no trace - all made possible by volunteers. Well done GoodGym!