Saturday 30th April 2022
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๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐! ๐๏ธ With a full report from event 12 in the pipeline, we thought we'd share with you some highlights from last Saturday's parkrun ๐ณ including lots of milestones and several shout-outs to our awesome volunteers ๐ ๐ธ We've also got another fantastic album for you! Rose joined us again to take these beautiful photos of you all enjoying yourselves in the sunshine ๐ Rose has an amazing eye for a good shot and we're so grateful to Rose for volunteering her skills ๐
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ESf5VJMTMapuGDJS6
๐ Amongst the ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ who joined us, ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ were new to University Parks parkrun and ๐ฏ๐ฌ completed their ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ever parkrun! This included Tail Walker Joe, who volunteered to hand out finish tokens at event 10 before trying out our course on Saturday ๐งก Welcome to the parkrun family everyone! ๐ A big well done to the following on reaching new ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐: 1๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ Emma and Matt ๐ 5๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ Oliver ๐ 2๏ธโฃ5๏ธโฃ Elaine, Christopher and Justin ๐ ๐ฆบ ๐ฎ๐ฒ wonderful ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ helped make event 12 happen... ๐ Trev donned the Run Directorโs vest for the second time and dealt magnificently with some curve balls thrown at him mid-event โพ Thank you so much for taking everything in your stride with such good humour as always Trev ๐ค ๐คนโโ๏ธ David proved himself a master juggler of tasks too at an unusually busy marshal point 4 ๐ David also dished out motivational stats to parkrunners on their way round ๐ Did you know that, on your second lap, you have completed 72% of the course and have just 1.4km left to go when you pass Marshal 4? Weโre thinking of adding these numbers to our Marshal lanyards ๐ David โ youโre an absolute legend and weโre very lucky to have you at University Parks! ๐ Core team member Tilly flew round the course to set a new parkrun PB before throwing on a hi-vis and managing the flow of finishers through the funnel ๐ฃ Great work Tilly! ๐ Anthony completed his 250th parkrun at event 11 and volunteered to scan barcodes the following week (along with his mini assistant) to celebrate ๐ Needless to say, Anthonyโs 250 milestone t-shirt was much admired by all ๐ Thank you so much for joining our hi-vis team Anthony, and congratulations on a fantastic achievement ๐ ๐ฒ Henry is back in town for Trinity Term (after an Easter break parkrunning at Sandhurst Memorial parkrun) and joined us in hi-vis to scan barcodes after his run ๐โโ๏ธ Itโs lovely to have you back Henry! ๐ด Nick was visiting us from his home parkrun of Banbury, where he is a Run Director. Nick took on the not-insubstantial task of Lead Biking (his debut in this role) before handing our finish tokens at the funnel with University Parks regular Kersti ๐ซ Thanks for joining us David โ we hope you enjoyed your visit! ๐ Ben came to the rescue yet again this week when we needed to fill a Marshal slot at the last minute ๐ฆธโโ๏ธ Calm and collected as ever, Ben handed back his pink tokens bucket and scooted off down Oak Walk to marshal point 8 ๐ฆบ Thank you so much for everything you do Ben! ๐ Oof, we lost a lot of tokens this week ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ณ๐ต didn't make it back to our pink buckets after the event. All of these finishers were Unknowns in our results. If anyone knows where any of the tokens might have ended up, please do get in touch! #loveparkrun