Amina, Steph, Sallyann and me all carpooled to Sutton Manor parkrun. Many thanks to Sallyann for driving us. When we arrived we started to see some very impressive halloween costumes and all volunteers had dressed up to cheer us on and mark the route (as always thanks to volunteers who really make parkruns so special). We soon realised this was a significantly smaller parkrun than we are used to, as there were only 66 people taking part for today's parkrun. It was a misty, cold morning - everyone, but me, had wrapped up well, Steph especially. This course was absolutely beautiful, especially considering how close it is to the motorway. It is also a very challenging course with lots of hills but this also gives some quite amazing views across Cheshire and Merseyside with the Dream statue at the heart. The Dream is a sculpture by Jaume Plensa and developed under the Big Art Project by Channel 4 in 2008. It depicts a girl dreaming. The council alongside residents who also included some original miners who used to work at the Sutton Manor Colliery were involved in its design. The white dolomite was deliberately chosen to contrast coal. The base of the plinth is shaped like a miner's tally (the metal disc that miners would use to log in/out of the pit). It was orginally titled Ex Terra Lucem (from the ground, light) to reflect St Helen's motto. The mist started to lift as we walked and ran our way round. The mix of colours also felt very autumnal. Amina was super speedy making light work of the course. Once we all got round, we then turned our thoughts to the all important breakfast and chat. We dropped Amina at the train station and Sallyann, Steph and me headed to Harefield barn for a breakfast. We were delighted to be joined by Liam who was sporting his new wings 100 task Goodgym t-shirt for its first outing. Over breakfast, we started to plan more parkrun on holiday events to continue to make our way through the alphabet. Thanks everyone for a fab morning - definitely a Halloween Dream.

Sticker Saturday happens once a month, and yet it comes around so quickly. Today it was the first of two Goodgym events as we had a community task starting at midday. As always there is no obligation to attend both events but we will always time it so that option is available.

Today was a crisp, lovely autumnal morning, perfect for our regular Sticker Saturday outing to Princes parkrun and parkwalk. Amina, Aatefa, Clara, Leo and Sallyann joined together for our familiar route.

Princes parkrun is a busy course, but one we all know well. As we made our way around, we were greeted with plenty of shouts of “Good to see you!” and “GoodGym!” It’s lovely to feel part of the parkrun community, particularly in a park where we do so much volunteering. We’ll be back there on Monday, helping the Friends of Princes Park, who work so hard to maintain this wonderful green space.

Parkrun is about taking part, not just chasing times, but there were some achievements worth celebrating today.

A huge shout-out to Aatefa! She has recently become one of our fabulous new run leaders and started doing parkrun in January this year. In just ten months, her times have improved by just over 22% — phenomenal progress! Aatefa and Amina are regulars at Princes Parkrun, attending most weeks, and it’s inspiring to see their continued commitment.

Congratulations to Amina on getting a PB today. Amina usually has to dash off after Sticker Saturday, missing out on brunch and the social side of things. Today, though, she deserves extra kudos: she headed home to continue with her tasks and then returned for a later community mission. Brilliant commitment, Amina.

Suren deserves a special mention, too. He ran to parkrun, completed the course, ran home and then headed off to play football. Now that’s making the most of a Saturday morning!

Clara walks at a phenomenal pace and has been parkwalking all over the country, so it was lovely that today she could enjoy her home parkwalk at Princes Park with us.

Fantastic to have Leo back with us, too. His joyful presence has been missed at Sticker Saturday. As per usual, he had mislaid his loyalty card and needed a replacement. How many cards is that now, Leo? See if you can make it a hat trick next month.

Steph W joined us after running a 10K in the Wirral last week. Steph just quietly keeps moving forward with her running journey nonchantly doing 10ks after her her half a few months ago. Its just wonderful to see and it was great to catch up with her.

After parkrun, Aatefa, Clara, Leo and Sallyann headed down to Squash Community Café, where our very own Sticker Guardian, Steph H was waiting for us.

She had prepared a fantastic display: a squash on the table, surrounded by loyalty cards. What a brilliant advertisement for GoodGym! There was absolutely no doubt which table belonged to us.

We were also joined by Max. A very warm welcome! It was his first session with us, and he managed to squeeze in not one but two sessions today. A double whammy on your very first day — well done!

Breakfast at Squash was, as always, gorgeous, and conversation flowed. There was even some discussion about next year's loyalty card design. Our Sticker Guardian assures us she has some ideas up her sleeve, and I'm delighted that she is happy to remain in post for another year. We clearly couldn't manage without her!

All too soon, it was time to disband. Some of us then headed off to our next session at the Bonded Church. You'll have to read that session's report to find out how we got on and who reached their 20th Goodgym task.

If you fancy trying out Sticker Saturday, we have two more sessions before the end of the year. And it's never too late to win a prize in one of our special categories!

There are still secret categories up for grabs, and nobody knows which ones remain to be won. Intrigued? You'll have to come along and find out!

Why not join us in November? We'd love to see you there. Stickers, parkrun, good company and a gorgeous brunch — what's not to love?

It was a drizzly morning with all the hallmarks of an autumnal one but minus golden leaves and dropped temperature. It was still so mild for September and after all the rain the once bleached grass was back to healthy bright green. I saw Suren at the meeting point, it was good to meet up, I hadn’t seen him for a couple of months. Then Bekah joined us and we saw Sophie walking up. We walked over to the start line and got instruction from a very competent shouter of a martial, I have never heard someone project so well across a large crowd! There must’ve been about 300 people it was really crowded considering the recent bad weather. I ran/walked a lap and a half and then bowed out to wait for the others. Sophie had finished around 27mins, then we saw Aatefa, then Leo at a respectable 33mins. Bekah was not so happy with her finish time but this is the big build up for her now to running the London marathon next April so very soon our park run will literally be a walk in the park for her. Amina said she’d run/walked and couldn’t join us for breakfast but wanted to get in the picture as proof of her attendance for the coveted sticker. Suren must have run and left as we couldn’t find him but he had told me at the start that he wasn’t joining for breakfast. We got a message from sticker guardian Steph that she had reserved a table at our new breakfast spot, Golden Brunch. Myself, Leo, Bekah and Aatefa walked from the park to join her. The food was amazing! Very generous portions, a good variety and great quality. Possibly a contender for our new favourite. Then we all went our separate ways in the rain.