Today's Acton Junior parkrun was full of changes as usual. Before the start, there were lots of swaps being discussed, with a few of the GoodGymers wishing that that could take someone else's role. Harvey could have done without the pressure of time keeping and Maria, who was tail walking, wasn't in the mood for grumpy or crying children today.

Kash and Sevan were pretty content marshalling, along with Hassan who was up bright and early for his first good deed. Hassan had joined for a social run earlier in the year and was back today to help the Junior parkrun run smoothly. Welcome to GoodGym! 👏🥳. Finally, Joanna was cool as a cucumber, time keeping alongside Harvey, trying to ease the pressure.

The main drama was a Greener Ealing van that decided to invade the course and was moved on by the Run Director just in time for the runners to get going. The driver said that they were in the park every Sunday morning, so they should already have known to stay out of the way. Even Maria had a quiet time today as all of the children were happy to be running around the course, from the front of the field to the back.

Sunday morning and both Maria and Steph Ducat were joined for a warm up by Hassan who is new to GoodGym and to running : still learning the run‑damentals of doing good and keeping fit, but powered by enthusiasm.Welcome to the club Hassan !! We did a warm up and then adventured in the streets of Ealing towards Acton Junior Park run : roughly 3km.

First run for Hassan : let’s hope it’s love at first stride.

All reached the meeting point in the park to then discover their volunteering roles and positions at the Junior Parkrun.