Despite the threat of rain, 125 children (including 13 first timers) turned out for today's junior parkrun, with Karen, Laura & Alys making up three of the volunteer team. Karen has recently fractured her foot, but still turned out boot 'n' all!

Today's run director Jennifer managed to get the attention of everyone attending with the help of a megaphone, and some lucky junior parkrunners even got to use it whilst listing rules. A few wristbands were given out, and a special shout out to Rhiannon who has been attending Woking junior parkrun since 2017 running her last junior parkrun as she turns 15 next week!

Karen & Laura were out marshalling, whilst Alys handed out finish tokens. It's a task that's always made a bit trickier due to a few parents not listening to the rules about the finish funnel, so we had a couple of younger kids and a parent manage to slip through.

The rain timed itself perfectly with the start of the run, but it didn't stop 38 children getting a PB and volunteers managed to keep a smile on their faces thanks to umbrellas & rainjackets.

We volunteer at junior parkrun whenever it's on, so please do come and join us if you have a free hour on a Sunday morning.

Tonight we were back at Woking food bank at The Lighthouse, giving it a good old spring clean.

Anne, Karen & Laura ran from the Leisure Centre, whilst Katie, Phil, Julie and Alys made their own way to the task.

In less than half an hour, we had the place hoovered, mopped and organised! Many hands make light work as they say…

If you couldn’t join us today, there are two tasks available this Sunday - one indoors helping build a train set for All Aboard’s sessions for autistic, ADHD and SEN children, and another outdoor sowing wildflowers on Millmoor Common.

This evening,Adam, Anne, Chris, Laura and Katie decided to make the most of the lovely weather and lighter evening by going for a (slightly longer than planned) run.

We met at the leisure centre and Anne led us with a warm up. Adam then guided the group through the footpaths towards the canal. We then ran along the canal to Goldsworth Lake and round, stopping to see the ducks and geese and for a group photo. After doing a lap around the Lake we headed back along the canal to the town centre and then into the park. Once we had got to the park we realised we'd ran 9km, so thought why not keep going to get to 10km? Adam then encouraged us to do some cool down exercises, He taught us a new one - the duck walk.

We wish Adam all the best for the Sutton race on Sunday. There are two Goodgym tasks to sign up for on Sunday - volunteering at Junior Park Run and a joint task with WWF.