ooh, that was a chilly morning! But seeing 68 juniors getting to take part in the first junior parkrun of the year definitely warmed the heart!

Claire, Emily, Maurice, Nigel and Karen gathered at the bandstand this icily-cold morning ready for an amazing morning of fun. Lots of juniors joined us for the first time, and today we saw two big milestones - one junior was awarded a wristband and badge for completing 100 junior parkruns! Simply amazing! The other was one of our most regular juniors, who was at the first event back in May 2021, got the first place for the first time!

Tasks done today by GoodGym included event set up, volunteer coordinator, marshaling around the course, timekeeper, event close down, and communications on social media. Well done everyone! We deserved the reward of hot drinks and great company afterwards in the cafe - and very impressed that Claire and Emily both got active and went running afterwards - sure was the best way to get warm today!

What a way to start 2025! 323 parkrunners and 30 volunteers - including 7 GoodGymmers - all leapt out of bed to join this special parkrun. This week the 7 Goodgymmers carried out the following roles: event set up, volunteer coordinator, first timers welcome, timekeeper, barcode scanner, number checker, course close down, token sorting, and the all important roles - participants! Why else are we all here?! Another lovely morning with lovely people, well done everyone.

What do you do in that bit between Christmas and New Year where no one knows what day it is, and you are fed up of eating? Volunteer at junior parkrun of course! Thats what six GoodGym members did - they gathered in Queens Park and made the junior parkrun magic happen!

Claire, Emily, Maurice, Mark, Nigel and Karen carried out lots of roles - Run Director, event set up, course check, volunteer coordinator, first timers welcome, warm up leader, timekeeper, barcode scanning, marshal, and results processing. Phew! Thats a long list and a huge contribution from GoodGym. Well done everyone!