The day after Halloween brought a crisp coldness to the air, and Woking Park looked amazing with the trees putting on a display of brilliant autumn colours.

Five GoodGym volunteers, Anne, James, Karen, Melanie and Steve headed to Woking Park to lend a hand at the Woking junior parkrun.

Being the morning after Halloween, it was great to see several of the juniors running in fancy dress, including pumpkins 🎃, skeletons ☠️ and scary monsters 🧟.

James kicked things off with the toot of his whistle and delivering the welcoming first-timers briefing. The rest of the crew headed out onto the course to watch the start and then get to their marshal posts.

The team kept the energy sky-high from start to finish by jumping up and down, clapping, and high-fived enthusiastically to support the runners fast and slow and stay warm.

A massive well done to all the fa-boo-lous finishers, and a huge thank you to the “spirited” team for bringing so much enthusiasm to a beautiful autumn morning.

A chilly autumnal Sunday morning brought another fantastic edition of Woking juniors parkrun, where the enthusiasm was high, and the local GoodGym crew turned out in style to lend a helping hand!

Four fantastic Good Gym volunteers: Adam, Karen, Olalekan and Steve, donned the iconic bright yellow hi-vis vests to help keep the two-lap 2km course safe, cheery, and running like clockwork for the energetic crowd of young runners.

In other news only two of the volunteers were in plaster!

At Woking Junior parkrun this morning, a spectacular 197 runners charged across the 2 km course, supported by 35 volunteers, five of whom resembled the outpatient clinic of Woking Community Hospital. Not a single member of the Goodgym contingent actually ran before putting on their high-vis vests. What they lacked in functional limbs, however, they more than made up for in pure enthusiasm.

🏆 The Milestone Man • Wayne (The 300-Deed Legend): The undisputed star of the morning, Wayne hit a monumental milestone by celebrating his 300th good deed! How did he mark this legendary achievement? By hobbling onto the field in the middle of recovering from a knee operation. Wayne proved that you don't need two working joints to be an absolute community hero. 300 deeds down, and not even a surgeon's scalpel could keep him away!

🏥 The Walking Wounded Cheer Squad The rest of the team appeared less like a running club and more like a post-op recovery ward:

• Karen (The Holiday Survivor): Freshly back from her holidays, Karen brought home the ultimate, non-refundable souvenir: an arm completely encased in plaster. While casually waiting for her upcoming surgery, she used her one good arm to point children in the right direction with maximum enthusiasm.

• Adam (The Crutch Cruiser): Deciding that standard walking was far too mainstream, Adam spent the morning ambling gracefully on crutches. Fresh off the back of foot surgery, he proved that you don't need to put your foot down to stand up for your community.

• Luan (The Comeback Kid): Luan, as the only member not actively bound by plaster, stitches, or crutches, is bravely starting again to run; although "starting" was wisely deferred until after her marshaling duties.

• Anne (The Visionary): Anne brought a totally fresh perspective to marshaling. Having just undergone a cataract operation, she was out there spotting corner-cutting juniors with brand-new bionic vision.

Despite the squad having fewer fully functioning legs than a standard camera tripod, the team directed, cheered, and clapped with world-class enthusiasm. Fun was firmly had by all, proving once and for all that you don't actually need to run to make a Goodgym mission an absolute, roaring success!

Warm congratulations again to Wayne for his 300th Goodgym good deed!

GoodGym Woking were delighted to welcome Harvey Gallagher, a GoodGymer from Ealing, who joined us ( Kirsty and Karen) to help at the Park run this morning.

The sun was shining, the autumn season was off to a flying start and there was a fantastic turnout of children and parents. And judging by some of the times, everyone had clearly decided it was a morning for putting their trainers into top gear! ⚡️

A huge well done to all the children for getting out there and giving it their all, to the parents for cheering them on, and to all the brilliant volunteers who made it happen.

What a great way to start the autumn season! 🍂👏

Last night, six members of GoodGym Woking went on a plogging mission near to the Hoe Valley.

Adam, our designated photographer, Julie, who is thinking about training as a Run Leader, Karen who has now completed 40 good deeds, Kirsty whose enthusiasm for GoodGym knows no bounds, Luan who is determined to join our tasks and missions more often and Anne, armed with Woking Council's litter pickers eagerly joined forces to fill up three enormous bags of rubbish.

Our plogging was met by local people expressing their gratitude, which boosted our spirits! We also appreciated completing this task in the daylight and without feeling cold or wet! Let's agree that this second plogging session was a (rubbishy) success.