It was a gloriously muddy morning at London Fields junior parkrun, with 28 young runners lining up despite wet and muddy conditions. We welcomed two first timers to the course — one of whom took part in an incredibly close photo finish for first and second place, edging it on her debut!

GoodGym was out in force, with Lobo, Anna, Sarah and Rue supporting the event, and Nick expertly taking on the role of Race Director. Huge thanks to the whole team for keeping things running smoothly in tricky conditions.

The mud didn’t slow anyone down, with some super-strong finishes, impressive determination, and even a few joyful slides over the finish line. Some may have slipped on the course too, but as Nick said it was all character building! (and definitely not an incident)

As always a brilliant display of effort, encouragement and community spirit from start to finish. All the mud, all the smiles, all the reasons we love junior parkrun — we’ll be back for more next week.

Kitty, Anna and Lobo collected 3 bags full of rubbish on a Saturday jaunt around Wapping’s pretty cobbled streets. We were kindly lent the litter picking equipment by local community-led litter picking organisation, WaSh Wombles. Although many of the streets of Wapping seemed unusually tidy, we managed to find some litter hotspots and fill up our 3 bags before the sun set.